From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mailout-de.gmx.net ([213.165.64.22]:49932 "HELO mailout-de.gmx.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1752391Ab1H1Twl (ORCPT ); Sun, 28 Aug 2011 15:52:41 -0400 From: Peter =?iso-8859-15?q?H=FCwe?= To: Johannes Berg Subject: Re: [PATCH] net/mac80211/debugfs: Convert to kstrou8_from_user Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2011 21:52:31 +0200 Cc: "John W. Linville" , "David S. Miller" , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org References: <1307478974-32727-1-git-send-email-peterhuewe@gmx.de> In-Reply-To: <1307478974-32727-1-git-send-email-peterhuewe@gmx.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Message-Id: <201108282152.32180.PeterHuewe@gmx.de> (sfid-20110828_215259_191676_04BBCF65) Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Am Dienstag 07 Juni 2011, 22:36:14 schrieb Peter Huewe: > This patch replaces the code for getting an number from a > userspace buffer by a simple call to kstrou8_from_user. > This makes it easier to read and less error prone. > > Since the old buffer was only 10 bytes long and the value is masked by a > nibble-mask anyway, we don't need to use kstrtoul but rather kstrtou8. > > Kernel Version: v3.0-rc2 > > Signed-off-by: Peter Huewe Any updates on this one? Still applies to the latest linus' tree Thanks, Peter