* tip-bot for Shuah Khan <shuahkhan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Commit-ID: fbd24153c48b8425b09c161a020483cd77da870e > Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/fbd24153c48b8425b09c161a020483cd77da870e > Author: Shuah Khan <shuahkhan@xxxxxxxxx> > AuthorDate: Wed, 30 May 2012 18:40:03 -0600 > Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> > CommitDate: Wed, 6 Jun 2012 11:44:22 +0200 > > x86/early_printk: Replace obsolete simple_strtoul() usage with kstrtoint() > > Change early_serial_init() to call kstrtoul() instead of calling > obsoleted simple_strtoul(). > > Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan <shuahkhan@xxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1338424803.3569.5.camel@lorien2 > Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > arch/x86/kernel/early_printk.c | 12 ++++++------ > 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/early_printk.c b/arch/x86/kernel/early_printk.c > index 9b9f18b..5e47712 100644 > --- a/arch/x86/kernel/early_printk.c > +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/early_printk.c > @@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ static __init void early_serial_init(char *s) > unsigned char c; > unsigned divisor; > unsigned baud = DEFAULT_BAUD; > - char *e; > + ssize_t ret; > > if (*s == ',') > ++s; > @@ -127,14 +127,14 @@ static __init void early_serial_init(char *s) > if (*s) { > unsigned port; > if (!strncmp(s, "0x", 2)) { > - early_serial_base = simple_strtoul(s, &e, 16); > + ret = kstrtoint(s, 16, &early_serial_base); > } else { > static const int __initconst bases[] = { 0x3f8, 0x2f8 }; > > if (!strncmp(s, "ttyS", 4)) > s += 4; > - port = simple_strtoul(s, &e, 10); > - if (port > 1 || s == e) > + ret = kstrtouint(s, 10, &port); > + if (ret || port > 1) > port = 0; > early_serial_base = bases[port]; > } > @@ -149,8 +149,8 @@ static __init void early_serial_init(char *s) > outb(0x3, early_serial_base + MCR); /* DTR + RTS */ > > if (*s) { > - baud = simple_strtoul(s, &e, 0); > - if (baud == 0 || s == e) > + ret = kstrtouint(s, 0, &baud); > + if (ret || baud == 0) > baud = DEFAULT_BAUD; > } This commit is quite buggy: kstrto*int() can return an error but it's not checked in every path above. simple_strtoul() on the other hand could not fail, so this patch subtly intruduces new failure modes. I'm dropping this patch. Thanks, Ingo -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-tip-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html