The patch titled md: raid5.c convert simple_strtoul to strict_strtoul has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is md-raid5c-convert-simple_strtoul-to-strict_strtoul.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/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: md: raid5.c convert simple_strtoul to strict_strtoul From: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx> strict_strtoul handles the open-coded sanity checks in raid5_store_stripe_cache_size and raid5_store_preread_threshold Acked-by: NeilBrown <neilb@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/md/raid5.c | 14 +++++--------- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff -puN drivers/md/raid5.c~md-raid5c-convert-simple_strtoul-to-strict_strtoul drivers/md/raid5.c --- a/drivers/md/raid5.c~md-raid5c-convert-simple_strtoul-to-strict_strtoul +++ a/drivers/md/raid5.c @@ -4034,15 +4034,13 @@ static ssize_t raid5_store_stripe_cache_size(mddev_t *mddev, const char *page, size_t len) { raid5_conf_t *conf = mddev_to_conf(mddev); - char *end; - int new; + unsigned long new; if (len >= PAGE_SIZE) return -EINVAL; if (!conf) return -ENODEV; - new = simple_strtoul(page, &end, 10); - if (!*page || (*end && *end != '\n') ) + if (strict_strtoul(page, 10, &new)) return -EINVAL; if (new <= 16 || new > 32768) return -EINVAL; @@ -4080,17 +4078,15 @@ static ssize_t raid5_store_preread_threshold(mddev_t *mddev, const char *page, size_t len) { raid5_conf_t *conf = mddev_to_conf(mddev); - char *end; - int new; + unsigned long new; if (len >= PAGE_SIZE) return -EINVAL; if (!conf) return -ENODEV; - new = simple_strtoul(page, &end, 10); - if (!*page || (*end && *end != '\n')) + if (strict_strtoul(page, 10, &new)) return -EINVAL; - if (new > conf->max_nr_stripes || new < 0) + if (new > conf->max_nr_stripes) return -EINVAL; conf->bypass_threshold = new; return len; _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx are git-arm.patch git-async-tx.patch fsldma-the-mpc8377mds-board-device-tree-node-for-fsldma-driver.patch md-introduce-get_priority_stripe-to-improve-raid456-write-performance.patch md-raid5c-convert-simple_strtoul-to-strict_strtoul.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html