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-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c7
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
index 000a4746c7ce..766c76d5ec4c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
@@ -1640,7 +1640,12 @@ static ssize_t set_attr_rdpmc(struct device *cdev,
struct device_attribute *attr,
const char *buf, size_t count)
{
- unsigned long val = simple_strtoul(buf, NULL, 0);
+ unsigned long val;
+ ssize_t ret;
+
+ ret = kstrtoul(buf, 0, &val);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
if (!!val != !!x86_pmu.attr_rdpmc) {
x86_pmu.attr_rdpmc = !!val;