1 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/net/irda/irnet/irnet_ppp.c b/net/irda/irnet/irnet_ppp.c
index 7dea882dbb75..6a1a202710c5 100644
--- a/net/irda/irnet/irnet_ppp.c
+++ b/net/irda/irnet/irnet_ppp.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/smp_lock.h>
 #include "irnet_ppp.h"          /* Private header */
 /* Please put other headers in irnet.h - Thanks */
@@ -76,9 +77,8 @@ irnet_ctrl_write(irnet_socket *	ap,
       /* Look at the next command */
       start = next;
 
-      /* Scrap whitespaces before the command */
-      while(isspace(*start))
-        start++;
+        /* Scrap whitespaces before the command */
+        start = skip_spaces(start);
 
       /* ',' is our command separator */
       next = strchr(start, ',');
@@ -133,8 +133,7 @@ irnet_ctrl_write(irnet_socket *	ap,
               char *    endp;
 
               /* Scrap whitespaces before the command */
-              while(isspace(*begp))
-                begp++;
+              begp = skip_spaces(begp);
 
               /* Convert argument to a number (last arg is the base) */
               addr = simple_strtoul(begp, &endp, 16);
@@ -700,15 +699,18 @@ dev_irnet_ioctl(
 
       /* Query PPP channel and unit number */
     case PPPIOCGCHAN:
+      lock_kernel();
       if(ap->ppp_open && !put_user(ppp_channel_index(&ap->chan),
                                                 (int __user *)argp))
         err = 0;
+      unlock_kernel();
       break;
     case PPPIOCGUNIT:
       lock_kernel();
       if(ap->ppp_open && !put_user(ppp_unit_number(&ap->chan),
                                                 (int __user *)argp))
-      err = 0;
+        err = 0;
+      unlock_kernel();
       break;
 
       /* All these ioctls can be passed both directly and from ppp_generic,