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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/netconsole.c20
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/netconsole.c b/drivers/net/netconsole.c
index 62fdbaa1fb6..a83e101440f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/netconsole.c
+++ b/drivers/net/netconsole.c
@@ -429,8 +429,6 @@ static ssize_t store_remote_mac(struct netconsole_target *nt,
size_t count)
{
u8 remote_mac[ETH_ALEN];
- char *p = (char *) buf;
- int i;
if (nt->enabled) {
printk(KERN_ERR "netconsole: target (%s) is enabled, "
@@ -439,23 +437,13 @@ static ssize_t store_remote_mac(struct netconsole_target *nt,
return -EINVAL;
}
- for (i = 0; i < ETH_ALEN - 1; i++) {
- remote_mac[i] = simple_strtoul(p, &p, 16);
- if (*p != ':')
- goto invalid;
- p++;
- }
- remote_mac[ETH_ALEN - 1] = simple_strtoul(p, &p, 16);
- if (*p && (*p != '\n'))
- goto invalid;
-
+ if (!mac_pton(buf, remote_mac))
+ return -EINVAL;
+ if (buf[3 * ETH_ALEN - 1] && buf[3 * ETH_ALEN - 1] != '\n')
+ return -EINVAL;
memcpy(nt->np.remote_mac, remote_mac, ETH_ALEN);
return strnlen(buf, count);
-
-invalid:
- printk(KERN_ERR "netconsole: invalid input\n");
- return -EINVAL;
}
/*