linux-kernel - [GIT PULL] x86/microcode change for v3.5

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Date:	Wed, 23 May 2012 10:33:38 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: [GIT PULL] x86/microcode change for v3.5

Linus,

Please pull the latest x86-microcode-for-linus git tree from:

   git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git x86-microcode-for-linus

   HEAD: e826abd523913f63eb03b59746ffb16153c53dc4 x86, microcode: microcode_core.c simple_strtoul cleanup

One simple cleanup.

 Thanks,

	Ingo

------------------>
Shuah Khan (1):
      x86, microcode: microcode_core.c simple_strtoul cleanup


 arch/x86/kernel/microcode_core.c | 9 ++++-----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_core.c b/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_core.c
index c9bda6d..fbdfc69 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_core.c
@@ -299,12 +299,11 @@ static ssize_t reload_store(struct device *dev,
 {
 	unsigned long val;
 	int cpu = dev->id;
-	int ret = 0;
-	char *end;
+	ssize_t ret = 0;
 
-	val = simple_strtoul(buf, &end, 0);
-	if (end == buf)
-		return -EINVAL;
+	ret = kstrtoul(buf, 0, &val);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
 
 	if (val == 1) {
 		get_online_cpus();
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