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The current implementation seems to reinvent what `kstrtoul` already does in terms of functionality and error handling. Remove uses of `simple_strtoul()` in favor of `kstrtoul()`. There is the following note at `lib/vsprintf.c:simple_strtoull()` which further backs this change: | * This function has caveats. Please use kstrtoull (or kstrtoul) instead. And here, simple_str* are explicitly deprecated [3]. This patch also removes an instance of the deprecated `strncpy` which helps [2]. Compile tested only. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/202308011602.3CC1C0244C@keescook/ [1] Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/90 [2] Link: https://docs.kernel.org/process/deprecated.html#simple-strtol-simple-strtoll-simple-strtoul-simple-strtoull [3] Cc: linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org Suggested-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Signed-off-by: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230802-wifi-ipw2x00-refactor-v2-1-d33f765e9cd5@google.com
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.