2 files changed, 4 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/fs/cachefiles/daemon.c b/fs/cachefiles/daemon.c
index 4618516dd994..c2413561ea75 100644
--- a/fs/cachefiles/daemon.c
+++ b/fs/cachefiles/daemon.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include <linux/mount.h>
 #include <linux/statfs.h>
 #include <linux/ctype.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/fs_struct.h>
 #include "internal.h"
 
@@ -257,8 +258,7 @@ static ssize_t cachefiles_daemon_write(struct file *file,
                 if (args == data)
                         goto error;
                 *args = '\0';
-                for (args++; isspace(*args); args++)
-                        continue;
+                args = skip_spaces(++args);
         }
 
         /* run the appropriate command handler */
diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 768c111a77ec..827bde1f2594 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -2137,11 +2137,8 @@ static int parse_strtoul(const char *buf,
 {
         char *endp;
 
-        while (*buf && isspace(*buf))
-                buf++;
-        *value = simple_strtoul(buf, &endp, 0);
-        while (*endp && isspace(*endp))
-                endp++;
+        *value = simple_strtoul(skip_spaces(buf), &endp, 0);
+        endp = skip_spaces(endp);
         if (*endp || *value > max)
                 return -EINVAL;