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-rw-r--r--drivers/acpi/processor_throttling.c24
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/processor_throttling.c b/drivers/acpi/processor_throttling.c
index 8728782aad3..53345dbc502 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/processor_throttling.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/processor_throttling.c
@@ -1232,7 +1232,10 @@ static ssize_t acpi_processor_write_throttling(struct file *file,
int result = 0;
struct seq_file *m = file->private_data;
struct acpi_processor *pr = m->private;
- char state_string[12] = { '\0' };
+ char state_string[5] = "";
+ char *charp = NULL;
+ size_t state_val = 0;
+ char tmpbuf[5] = "";
if (!pr || (count > sizeof(state_string) - 1))
return -EINVAL;
@@ -1241,10 +1244,23 @@ static ssize_t acpi_processor_write_throttling(struct file *file,
return -EFAULT;
state_string[count] = '\0';
+ if ((count > 0) && (state_string[count-1] == '\n'))
+ state_string[count-1] = '\0';
- result = acpi_processor_set_throttling(pr,
- simple_strtoul(state_string,
- NULL, 0));
+ charp = state_string;
+ if ((state_string[0] == 't') || (state_string[0] == 'T'))
+ charp++;
+
+ state_val = simple_strtoul(charp, NULL, 0);
+ if (state_val >= pr->throttling.state_count)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ snprintf(tmpbuf, 5, "%d", state_val);
+
+ if (strcmp(tmpbuf, charp) != 0)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ result = acpi_processor_set_throttling(pr, state_val);
if (result)
return result;