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-rw-r--r--drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_watchdog.c25
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_watchdog.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_watchdog.c
index 2d11ddd99e5..8f886717097 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_watchdog.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_watchdog.c
@@ -212,24 +212,16 @@ static int set_param_str(const char *val, struct kernel_param *kp)
{
action_fn fn = (action_fn) kp->arg;
int rv = 0;
- const char *end;
- char valcp[16];
- int len;
-
- /* Truncate leading and trailing spaces. */
- while (isspace(*val))
- val++;
- end = val + strlen(val) - 1;
- while ((end >= val) && isspace(*end))
- end--;
- len = end - val + 1;
- if (len > sizeof(valcp) - 1)
- return -EINVAL;
- memcpy(valcp, val, len);
- valcp[len] = '\0';
+ char *dup, *s;
+
+ dup = kstrdup(val, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!dup)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ s = strstrip(dup);
down_read(&register_sem);
- rv = fn(valcp, NULL);
+ rv = fn(s, NULL);
if (rv)
goto out_unlock;
@@ -239,6 +231,7 @@ static int set_param_str(const char *val, struct kernel_param *kp)
out_unlock:
up_read(&register_sem);
+ kfree(dup);
return rv;
}