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

[John W. Linville]

On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 09:52:31PM +0200, Peter Hüwe wrote:
> 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

I merged it to wireless-next yesterday.

Thanks for the reminder!

John
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