netdev - [PATCH net-next 1/5] amd-xgbe: Fix debugfs compatibility change with kstrtouint

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Message-ID: <20140702180428.14996.63518.stgit@tlendack-t1.amdoffice.net>
Date:	Wed, 2 Jul 2014 13:04:28 -0500
From:	Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>
To:	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>
CC:	<davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: [PATCH net-next 1/5] amd-xgbe: Fix debugfs compatibility change with
 kstrtouint

The initial change from sscanf to kstrtouint broke backward
compatbility by using a base of "0" in the kstrtouint call.
This allowed for entering decimal, hexadecimal or octal as
input where previously the sscanf always interpreted the input
as hexadecimal.  Additionally, -EIO was returned on error prior
to this change and now it is whatever the error value that is
returned by kstrtouint.

Change the base value of the kstrtouint from 0 to 16 and return
-EIO on error.

Signed-off-by: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>
Reported-by: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-debugfs.c |    4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-debugfs.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-debugfs.c
index 8119858..346592d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-debugfs.c
@@ -165,9 +165,9 @@ static ssize_t xgbe_common_write(const char __user *buffer, size_t count,
 		return len;
 
 	workarea[len] = '\0';
-	ret = kstrtouint(workarea, 0, value);
+	ret = kstrtouint(workarea, 16, value);
 	if (ret)
-		return ret;
+		return -EIO;
 
 	return len;
 }

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