Re: [PATCH RESEND 0/3] x86/vdso: Improve vdso=/vdso32= boot parameter validation

[Dave Hansen]

On 7/13/26 16:34, Thorsten Blum wrote:
> Replace the deprecated simple_strtoul() [1] with kstrtouint() when
> parsing the vDSO boot parameters. This provides strict input validation,
> rejects partial input, and warns when disabling vDSO for invalid values.

Hey Thorsten,

I'm curious what motivated this change. Were you trying to manipulate
the VDSO and ran into some difficulties? Or is it a larger effort to
audit and simple_strtoul() users?