3 files changed, 4 insertions, 49 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/staging/speakup/kobjects.c b/drivers/staging/speakup/kobjects.c
index d6d9264e4ca7..943b6c134a22 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/speakup/kobjects.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/speakup/kobjects.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/kobject.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
+#include <linux/string_helpers.h>
 #include <linux/sysfs.h>
 #include <linux/ctype.h>
 
@@ -417,7 +418,7 @@ static ssize_t synth_direct_store(struct kobject *kobj,
 		bytes = min_t(size_t, len, 250);
 		strncpy(tmp, ptr, bytes);
 		tmp[bytes] = '\0';
-		spk_xlate(tmp);
+		string_unescape_any_inplace(tmp);
 		synth_printf("%s", tmp);
 		ptr += bytes;
 		len -= bytes;
@@ -605,7 +606,8 @@ ssize_t spk_var_store(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_attribute *attr,
 	if (param->data == NULL)
 		return 0;
 	ret = 0;
-	cp = spk_xlate((char *) buf);
+	cp = (char *)buf;
+	string_unescape_any_inplace(cp);
 
 	spk_lock(flags);
 	switch (param->var_type) {
diff --git a/drivers/staging/speakup/speakup.h b/drivers/staging/speakup/speakup.h
index c387a02fc1c2..0126f714821a 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/speakup/speakup.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/speakup/speakup.h
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ void spk_get_index_count(int *linecount, int *sentcount);
 extern int spk_set_key_info(const u_char *key_info, u_char *k_buffer);
 extern char *spk_strlwr(char *s);
 extern char *spk_s2uchar(char *start, char *dest);
-extern char *spk_xlate(char *s);
 extern int speakup_kobj_init(void);
 extern void speakup_kobj_exit(void);
 extern int spk_chartab_get_value(char *keyword);
diff --git a/drivers/staging/speakup/varhandlers.c b/drivers/staging/speakup/varhandlers.c
index 0099cb12e560..7f6288fc2299 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/speakup/varhandlers.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/speakup/varhandlers.c
@@ -328,49 +328,3 @@ char *spk_s2uchar(char *start, char *dest)
 	*dest = (u_char)val;
 	return start;
 }
-
-char *spk_xlate(char *s)
-{
-	static const char finds[] = "nrtvafe";
-	static const char subs[] = "\n\r\t\013\001\014\033";
-	static const char hx[] = "0123456789abcdefABCDEF";
-	char *p = s, *p1, *p2, c;
-	int num;
-	while ((p = strchr(p, '\\'))) {
-		p1 = p+1;
-		p2 = strchr(finds, *p1);
-		if (p2) {
-			*p++ = subs[p2-finds];
-			p1++;
-		} else if (*p1 >= '0' && *p1 <= '7') {
-			num = (*p1++)&7;
-			while (num < 32 && *p1 >= '0' && *p1 <= '7') {
-				num <<= 3;
-				num += (*p1++)&7;
-			}
-			*p++ = num;
-		} else if (*p1 == 'x' &&
-				strchr(hx, p1[1]) && strchr(hx, p1[2])) {
-			p1++;
-			c = *p1++;
-			if (c > '9')
-				c = (c - '7') & 0x0f;
-			else
-				c -= '0';
-			num = c << 4;
-			c = *p1++;
-			if (c > '9')
-				c = (c-'7')&0x0f;
-			else
-				c -= '0';
-			num += c;
-			*p++ = num;
-		} else
-			*p++ = *p1++;
-		p2 = p;
-		while (*p1)
-			*p2++ = *p1++;
-		*p2 = '\0';
-	}
-	return s;
-}