diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
index e1538071660db77a6f3c222f74809606dddfb40d..458018a1ac9ab24c55046e335147e6e0ce5d50bc 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -803,19 +803,10 @@ ftrace_profile_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf,
 		     size_t cnt, loff_t *ppos)
 {
 	unsigned long val;
-	char buf[64];		/* big enough to hold a number */
 	int ret;
 
-	if (cnt >= sizeof(buf))
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	if (copy_from_user(&buf, ubuf, cnt))
-		return -EFAULT;
-
-	buf[cnt] = 0;
-
-	ret = strict_strtoul(buf, 10, &val);
-	if (ret < 0)
+	ret = kstrtoul_from_user(ubuf, cnt, 10, &val);
+	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
 	val = !!val;
diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
index 725153d6cf7338722dc35c8d1427935f66f3517a..f00ede314eb6e7dcf00b07998c410009ea06e033 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
@@ -3980,20 +3980,11 @@ rb_simple_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf,
 		size_t cnt, loff_t *ppos)
 {
 	unsigned long *p = filp->private_data;
-	char buf[64];
 	unsigned long val;
 	int ret;
 
-	if (cnt >= sizeof(buf))
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	if (copy_from_user(&buf, ubuf, cnt))
-		return -EFAULT;
-
-	buf[cnt] = 0;
-
-	ret = strict_strtoul(buf, 10, &val);
-	if (ret < 0)
+	ret = kstrtoul_from_user(ubuf, cnt, 10, &val);
+	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
 	if (val)
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index cf22b4bf9896521c1854cf3632bacbdc64fcc5cd..c977018e87c2dc5e03ba5a0344099c48b19149da 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -2706,20 +2706,11 @@ tracing_ctrl_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf,
 		   size_t cnt, loff_t *ppos)
 {
 	struct trace_array *tr = filp->private_data;
-	char buf[64];
 	unsigned long val;
 	int ret;
 
-	if (cnt >= sizeof(buf))
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	if (copy_from_user(&buf, ubuf, cnt))
-		return -EFAULT;
-
-	buf[cnt] = 0;
-
-	ret = strict_strtoul(buf, 10, &val);
-	if (ret < 0)
+	ret = kstrtoul_from_user(ubuf, cnt, 10, &val);
+	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
 	val = !!val;
@@ -3006,20 +2997,11 @@ tracing_max_lat_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf,
 		      size_t cnt, loff_t *ppos)
 {
 	unsigned long *ptr = filp->private_data;
-	char buf[64];
 	unsigned long val;
 	int ret;
 
-	if (cnt >= sizeof(buf))
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	if (copy_from_user(&buf, ubuf, cnt))
-		return -EFAULT;
-
-	buf[cnt] = 0;
-
-	ret = strict_strtoul(buf, 10, &val);
-	if (ret < 0)
+	ret = kstrtoul_from_user(ubuf, cnt, 10, &val);
+	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
 	*ptr = val * 1000;
@@ -3474,19 +3456,10 @@ tracing_entries_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf,
 		      size_t cnt, loff_t *ppos)
 {
 	unsigned long val;
-	char buf[64];
 	int ret;
 
-	if (cnt >= sizeof(buf))
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	if (copy_from_user(&buf, ubuf, cnt))
-		return -EFAULT;
-
-	buf[cnt] = 0;
-
-	ret = strict_strtoul(buf, 10, &val);
-	if (ret < 0)
+	ret = kstrtoul_from_user(ubuf, cnt, 10, &val);
+	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
 	/* must have at least 1 entry */
@@ -4139,19 +4112,10 @@ trace_options_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf, size_t cnt,
 {
 	struct trace_option_dentry *topt = filp->private_data;
 	unsigned long val;
-	char buf[64];
 	int ret;
 
-	if (cnt >= sizeof(buf))
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	if (copy_from_user(&buf, ubuf, cnt))
-		return -EFAULT;
-
-	buf[cnt] = 0;
-
-	ret = strict_strtoul(buf, 10, &val);
-	if (ret < 0)
+	ret = kstrtoul_from_user(ubuf, cnt, 10, &val);
+	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
 	if (val != 0 && val != 1)
@@ -4199,20 +4163,11 @@ trace_options_core_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf, size_t cnt,
 			 loff_t *ppos)
 {
 	long index = (long)filp->private_data;
-	char buf[64];
 	unsigned long val;
 	int ret;
 
-	if (cnt >= sizeof(buf))
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	if (copy_from_user(&buf, ubuf, cnt))
-		return -EFAULT;
-
-	buf[cnt] = 0;
-
-	ret = strict_strtoul(buf, 10, &val);
-	if (ret < 0)
+	ret = kstrtoul_from_user(ubuf, cnt, 10, &val);
+	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
 	if (val != 0 && val != 1)
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
index 686ec399f2a83a007ddacfdbd07fd7cced24783f..4d7e1498ae918c6aff6b3fe89dffc17d609763ce 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
@@ -486,20 +486,11 @@ event_enable_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf, size_t cnt,
 		   loff_t *ppos)
 {
 	struct ftrace_event_call *call = filp->private_data;
-	char buf[64];
 	unsigned long val;
 	int ret;
 
-	if (cnt >= sizeof(buf))
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	if (copy_from_user(&buf, ubuf, cnt))
-		return -EFAULT;
-
-	buf[cnt] = 0;
-
-	ret = strict_strtoul(buf, 10, &val);
-	if (ret < 0)
+	ret = kstrtoul_from_user(ubuf, cnt, 10, &val);
+	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
 	ret = tracing_update_buffers();
@@ -571,19 +562,10 @@ system_enable_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf, size_t cnt,
 {
 	const char *system = filp->private_data;
 	unsigned long val;
-	char buf[64];
 	ssize_t ret;
 
-	if (cnt >= sizeof(buf))
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	if (copy_from_user(&buf, ubuf, cnt))
-		return -EFAULT;
-
-	buf[cnt] = 0;
-
-	ret = strict_strtoul(buf, 10, &val);
-	if (ret < 0)
+	ret = kstrtoul_from_user(ubuf, cnt, 10, &val);
+	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
 	ret = tracing_update_buffers();
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_stack.c b/kernel/trace/trace_stack.c
index b0b53b8e4c25ffbe23e4c8a1f40fa19ba4326682..77575b386d9743cd337962698d10bdd499d7a8c6 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_stack.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_stack.c
@@ -156,20 +156,11 @@ stack_max_size_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf,
 {
 	long *ptr = filp->private_data;
 	unsigned long val, flags;
-	char buf[64];
 	int ret;
 	int cpu;
 
-	if (count >= sizeof(buf))
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	if (copy_from_user(&buf, ubuf, count))
-		return -EFAULT;
-
-	buf[count] = 0;
-
-	ret = strict_strtoul(buf, 10, &val);
-	if (ret < 0)
+	ret = kstrtoul_from_user(ubuf, count, 10, &val);
+	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
 	local_irq_save(flags);