@@ -176,66 +176,32 @@ static int read_priomap(struct cgroup *cont, struct cftype *cft,
 static int write_priomap(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct cftype *cft,
 			 const char *buffer)
 {
-	char *devname = kstrdup(buffer, GFP_KERNEL);
-	int ret = -EINVAL;
 	u32 prioidx = cgrp_netprio_state(cgrp)->prioidx;
-	unsigned long priority;
-	char *priostr;
+	char devname[IFNAMSIZ + 1];
 	struct net_device *dev;
 	struct netprio_map *map;
+	u32 prio;
+	int ret;
 
-	if (!devname)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	/*
-	 * Minimally sized valid priomap string
-	 */
-	if (strlen(devname) < 3)
-		goto out_free_devname;
-
-	priostr = strstr(devname, " ");
-	if (!priostr)
-		goto out_free_devname;
-
-	/*
-	 *Separate the devname from the associated priority
-	 *and advance the priostr pointer to the priority value
-	 */
-	*priostr = '\0';
-	priostr++;
-
-	/*
-	 * If the priostr points to NULL, we're at the end of the passed
-	 * in string, and its not a valid write
-	 */
-	if (*priostr == '\0')
-		goto out_free_devname;
-
-	ret = kstrtoul(priostr, 10, &priority);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		goto out_free_devname;
-
-	ret = -ENODEV;
+	if (sscanf(buffer, "%"__stringify(IFNAMSIZ)"s %u", devname, &prio) != 2)
+		return -EINVAL;
 
 	dev = dev_get_by_name(&init_net, devname);
 	if (!dev)
-		goto out_free_devname;
+		return -ENODEV;
 
 	rtnl_lock();
+
 	ret = write_update_netdev_table(dev);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		goto out_put_dev;
+	if (ret)
+		goto out_unlock;
 
 	map = rtnl_dereference(dev->priomap);
 	if (map)
-		map->priomap[prioidx] = priority;
-
-out_put_dev:
+		map->priomap[prioidx] = prio;
+out_unlock:
 	rtnl_unlock();
 	dev_put(dev);
-
-out_free_devname:
-	kfree(devname);
 	return ret;
 }