netdev - [PATCH net-next 6/6] amd-xgbe: Resolve checkpatch warning about sscanf usage

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Date:	Tue, 24 Jun 2014 16:19:35 -0500
From:	Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>
To:	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>
CC:	<davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: [PATCH net-next 6/6] amd-xgbe: Resolve checkpatch warning about
 sscanf usage

Checkpatch issued a warning preferring to use kstrto<type> when
using a single variable sscanf.  Change the sscanf invocation to
a kstrtouint call.

Signed-off-by: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-debugfs.c |    9 ++++-----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-debugfs.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-debugfs.c
index 6bb76d5..8119858 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-debugfs.c
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ static ssize_t xgbe_common_write(const char __user *buffer, size_t count,
 {
 	char workarea[32];
 	ssize_t len;
-	unsigned int scan_value;
+	int ret;
 
 	if (*ppos != 0)
 		return 0;
@@ -165,10 +165,9 @@ static ssize_t xgbe_common_write(const char __user *buffer, size_t count,
 		return len;
 
 	workarea[len] = '\0';
-	if (sscanf(workarea, "%x", &scan_value) == 1)
-		*value = scan_value;
-	else
-		return -EIO;
+	ret = kstrtouint(workarea, 0, value);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
 
 	return len;
 }

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