+static size_t proc_skip_spaces(char **buf)
+{
+ size_t ret;
+ char *tmp = skip_spaces(*buf);
+ ret = tmp - *buf;
+ *buf = tmp;
+ return ret;
+}
+
+#define TMPBUFLEN 22
+/**
+ * proc_get_long - reads an ASCII formated integer from a user buffer
+ *
+ * @buf - a kernel buffer
+ * @size - size of the kernel buffer
+ * @val - this is where the number will be stored
+ * @neg - set to %TRUE if number is negative
+ * @perm_tr - a vector which contains the allowed trailers
+ * @perm_tr_len - size of the perm_tr vector
+ * @tr - pointer to store the trailer character
+ *
+ * In case of success 0 is returned and buf and size are updated with
+ * the amount of bytes read. If tr is non NULL and a trailing
+ * character exist (size is non zero after returning from this
+ * function) tr is updated with the trailing character.
+ */
+static int proc_get_long(char **buf, size_t *size,
+ unsigned long *val, bool *neg,
+ const char *perm_tr, unsigned perm_tr_len, char *tr)
+{
+ int len;
+ char *p, tmp[TMPBUFLEN];
+
+ if (!*size)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ len = *size;
+ if (len > TMPBUFLEN - 1)
+ len = TMPBUFLEN - 1;
+
+ memcpy(tmp, *buf, len);
+
+ tmp[len] = 0;
+ p = tmp;
+ if (*p == '-' && *size > 1) {
+ *neg = true;
+ p++;
+ } else
+ *neg = false;
+ if (!isdigit(*p))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ *val = simple_strtoul(p, &p, 0);
+
+ len = p - tmp;
+
+ /* We don't know if the next char is whitespace thus we may accept
+ * invalid integers (e.g. 1234...a) or two integers instead of one
+ * (e.g. 123...1). So lets not allow such large numbers. */
+ if (len == TMPBUFLEN - 1)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ if (len < *size && perm_tr_len && !memchr(perm_tr, *p, perm_tr_len))
+ return -EINVAL;