[PATCH] staging: speakup: remove simple_strtoul()
Gabriel Fedel
fedel at fedel.net.br
Tue May 22 16:42:32 EDT 2018
Em 20-05-2018 09:33, Greg KH escreveu:
> On Sat, May 19, 2018 at 07:02:36PM -0300, Gabriel Fedel wrote:
>> Replace simple_strtoul() with kstrtoul(), because simple_strtoul() is
>> obsolete
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Gabriel Fedel <fedel at fedel.net.br>
>> ---
>> drivers/staging/speakup/kobjects.c | 7 +++++--
>> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/staging/speakup/kobjects.c
>> b/drivers/staging/speakup/kobjects.c
>> index f1f9022..ddc5ac3 100644
>> --- a/drivers/staging/speakup/kobjects.c
>> +++ b/drivers/staging/speakup/kobjects.c
>> @@ -154,7 +154,9 @@ static ssize_t chars_chartab_store(struct kobject *kobj,
>> continue;
>> }
>>
>> - index = simple_strtoul(cp, &temp, 10);
>> + if kstrtoul((char *)cp, 10, &index) != 0
>> + pr_warn("overflow or parsing error has occurred");
>> +
>
> Did you even build this code?
Sorry! I sent wrong patch version.
>
> And kstrtoul is not a "drop in replacement" for simple_strtoul(),
> otherwise we would have done that tree-wide fixup by now. Please be
> careful and understand the change, and the C language, when you make a
> kernel code change.
You are right, I understand the wrong use now.
I working in another patch version, making adjustments to use kstrtoul,
and I will send soon.
>
> And again, always test-build your code.
Yes, this will not repeat.
>
> thanks,
thank you, and sorry again for this very ugly patch
>
> greg k-h
>
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