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-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/if.c12
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/if.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/if.c
index 42b4f2f3b557..c610f47373e4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/if.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/if.c
@@ -106,17 +106,9 @@ mtrr_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf, size_t len, loff_t * ppos)
memset(line, 0, LINE_SIZE);
- length = len;
- length--;
-
- if (length > LINE_SIZE - 1)
- length = LINE_SIZE - 1;
-
+ length = strncpy_from_user(line, buf, LINE_SIZE - 1);
if (length < 0)
- return -EINVAL;
-
- if (copy_from_user(line, buf, length))
- return -EFAULT;
+ return length;
linelen = strlen(line);
ptr = line + linelen - 1;