1 files changed, 2 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
index e1538071660d..458018a1ac9a 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -803,19 +803,10 @@ ftrace_profile_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf,
 		     size_t cnt, loff_t *ppos)
 {
 	unsigned long val;
-	char buf[64];		/* big enough to hold a number */
 	int ret;
 
-	if (cnt >= sizeof(buf))
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	if (copy_from_user(&buf, ubuf, cnt))
-		return -EFAULT;
-
-	buf[cnt] = 0;
-
-	ret = strict_strtoul(buf, 10, &val);
-	if (ret < 0)
+	ret = kstrtoul_from_user(ubuf, cnt, 10, &val);
+	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
 	val = !!val;