diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index cf22b4b..c977018 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -2706,20 +2706,11 @@
 		   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 @@
 		      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 @@
 		      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 @@
 {
 	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 @@
 			 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)