The patch titled Subject: lib: cleanup kstrto*() usage has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is lib-cleanup-kstrto-usage.patch This patch should soon appear at https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/lib-cleanup-kstrto-usage.patch and later at https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/lib-cleanup-kstrto-usage.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: lib: cleanup kstrto*() usage Use proper conversion functions. kstrto*() variants exist for all standard types. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20201122123410.GB92364@localhost.localdomain Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- lib/test_firmware.c | 9 +++------ lib/test_kmod.c | 26 ++++++++++---------------- 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) --- a/lib/test_firmware.c~lib-cleanup-kstrto-usage +++ a/lib/test_firmware.c @@ -364,18 +364,15 @@ static ssize_t test_dev_config_show_int( static int test_dev_config_update_u8(const char *buf, size_t size, u8 *cfg) { + u8 val; int ret; - long new; - ret = kstrtol(buf, 10, &new); + ret = kstrtou8(buf, 10, &val); if (ret) return ret; - if (new > U8_MAX) - return -EINVAL; - mutex_lock(&test_fw_mutex); - *(u8 *)cfg = new; + *(u8 *)cfg = val; mutex_unlock(&test_fw_mutex); /* Always return full write size even if we didn't consume all */ --- a/lib/test_kmod.c~lib-cleanup-kstrto-usage +++ a/lib/test_kmod.c @@ -877,20 +877,17 @@ static int test_dev_config_update_uint_s int (*test_sync)(struct kmod_test_device *test_dev)) { int ret; - unsigned long new; + unsigned int val; unsigned int old_val; - ret = kstrtoul(buf, 10, &new); + ret = kstrtouint(buf, 10, &val); if (ret) return ret; - if (new > UINT_MAX) - return -EINVAL; - mutex_lock(&test_dev->config_mutex); old_val = *config; - *(unsigned int *)config = new; + *(unsigned int *)config = val; ret = test_sync(test_dev); if (ret) { @@ -914,18 +911,18 @@ static int test_dev_config_update_uint_r unsigned int min, unsigned int max) { + unsigned int val; int ret; - unsigned long new; - ret = kstrtoul(buf, 10, &new); + ret = kstrtouint(buf, 10, &val); if (ret) return ret; - if (new < min || new > max) + if (val < min || val > max) return -EINVAL; mutex_lock(&test_dev->config_mutex); - *config = new; + *config = val; mutex_unlock(&test_dev->config_mutex); /* Always return full write size even if we didn't consume all */ @@ -936,18 +933,15 @@ static int test_dev_config_update_int(st const char *buf, size_t size, int *config) { + int val; int ret; - long new; - ret = kstrtol(buf, 10, &new); + ret = kstrtoint(buf, 10, &val); if (ret) return ret; - if (new < INT_MIN || new > INT_MAX) - return -EINVAL; - mutex_lock(&test_dev->config_mutex); - *config = new; + *config = val; mutex_unlock(&test_dev->config_mutex); /* Always return full write size even if we didn't consume all */ return size; _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx are ramfs-support-o_tmpfile.patch mm-cleanup-kstrto-usage.patch lib-cleanup-kstrto-usage.patch