sscanf is a very poor way to parse integer. For example, I input "discard" for act_mask, it gets 0xd and completely messes up. Using correct API to do integer parse.
This patch also makes attributes accept any base of integer. Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li <[email protected]> --- kernel/trace/blktrace.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/trace/blktrace.c b/kernel/trace/blktrace.c index bd8ae8d..193c5f5 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/blktrace.c +++ b/kernel/trace/blktrace.c @@ -1662,14 +1662,14 @@ static ssize_t sysfs_blk_trace_attr_store(struct device *dev, goto out; if (attr == &dev_attr_act_mask) { - if (sscanf(buf, "%llx", &value) != 1) { + if (kstrtoull(buf, 0, &value)) { /* Assume it is a list of trace category names */ ret = blk_trace_str2mask(buf); if (ret < 0) goto out; value = ret; } - } else if (sscanf(buf, "%llu", &value) != 1) + } else if (kstrtoull(buf, 0, &value)) goto out; ret = -ENXIO; -- 2.9.3
