Re: [PATCH] net/mac80211/debugfs: Convert to kstrou8_from_user

From: Peter Hüwe
Date: Sun Aug 28 2011 - 15:52:45 EST


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 <peterhuewe@xxxxxx>

Any updates on this one?
Still applies to the latest linus' tree

Thanks,
Peter
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