On Sat, May 26, 2018 at 04:03:35PM -0300, Gabriel Fedel wrote:
> Replace simple_strtoul() with kstrtoul(), because simple_strtoul() is
> obsolete.
>
> kstrtoul and simple_strtoul are not equal, so some new code was
> inserted:
>
> It was necessary to pass to kstrtoul just number part (new variable num).
>
> temp variable was setted manually (to position after cp number part).
>
> Signed-off-by: Gabriel Fedel <fe...@fedel.net.br>
> ---
> Changes since first patch:
>
> Fix C error
> Change the way to use kstrtoul (on first patch just substitue simple_strtoul
> by
> kstrtoul)
>
> ---
> drivers/staging/speakup/kobjects.c | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++--
> 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/speakup/kobjects.c
> b/drivers/staging/speakup/kobjects.c
> index f1f9022..50dc456 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/speakup/kobjects.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/speakup/kobjects.c
> @@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ static ssize_t chars_chartab_store(struct kobject *kobj,
> char *outptr = NULL; /* Will hold keyword or desc. */
> char *temp = NULL;
> char *desc = NULL;
> + char *num = NULL; /* The number part of cp */
> ssize_t retval = count;
> unsigned long flags;
> unsigned long index = 0;
> @@ -154,7 +155,17 @@ static ssize_t chars_chartab_store(struct kobject *kobj,
> continue;
> }
>
> - index = simple_strtoul(cp, &temp, 10);
> + i = 0;
> + while (isdigit(*(cp + i)))
> + i = i + 1;
> + temp = cp + i;
> +
> + num = kmalloc(i + 2, GFP_ATOMIC);
> + strscpy(num, cp, i + 1);
> +
> + if (kstrtoul(num, 10, &index) != 0)
> + pr_warn("overflow or parsing error has occurred");
If you have to go through the string twice, that's a huge sign that
something is wrong. This "conversion" is not correct at all :(
greg k-h
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