--- zzzz-none-000/linux-5.4.213/kernel/sysctl.c	2022-09-15 10:04:56.000000000 +0000
+++ miami-7690-761/linux-5.4.213/kernel/sysctl.c	2024-05-29 11:20:02.000000000 +0000
@@ -2156,13 +2156,14 @@
 			       (char __user *)buffer, lenp, ppos);
 }
 
-static size_t proc_skip_spaces(char **buf)
+static void proc_skip_spaces(char **buf, size_t *size)
 {
-	size_t ret;
-	char *tmp = skip_spaces(*buf);
-	ret = tmp - *buf;
-	*buf = tmp;
-	return ret;
+	while (*size) {
+		if (!isspace(**buf))
+			break;
+		(*size)--;
+		(*buf)++;
+	}
 }
 
 static void proc_skip_char(char **buf, size_t *size, const char v)
@@ -2231,13 +2232,12 @@
 			  unsigned long *val, bool *neg,
 			  const char *perm_tr, unsigned perm_tr_len, char *tr)
 {
-	int len;
 	char *p, tmp[TMPBUFLEN];
+	ssize_t len = *size;
 
-	if (!*size)
+	if (len <= 0)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	len = *size;
 	if (len > TMPBUFLEN - 1)
 		len = TMPBUFLEN - 1;
 
@@ -2400,7 +2400,7 @@
 		bool neg;
 
 		if (write) {
-			left -= proc_skip_spaces(&p);
+			proc_skip_spaces(&p, &left);
 
 			if (!left)
 				break;
@@ -2431,7 +2431,7 @@
 	if (!write && !first && left && !err)
 		err = proc_put_char(&buffer, &left, '\n');
 	if (write && !err && left)
-		left -= proc_skip_spaces(&p);
+		proc_skip_spaces(&p, &left);
 	if (write) {
 		kfree(kbuf);
 		if (first)
@@ -2480,7 +2480,7 @@
 	if (IS_ERR(kbuf))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	left -= proc_skip_spaces(&p);
+	proc_skip_spaces(&p, &left);
 	if (!left) {
 		err = -EINVAL;
 		goto out_free;
@@ -2500,7 +2500,7 @@
 	}
 
 	if (!err && left)
-		left -= proc_skip_spaces(&p);
+		proc_skip_spaces(&p, &left);
 
 out_free:
 	kfree(kbuf);
@@ -2914,7 +2914,7 @@
 		if (write) {
 			bool neg;
 
-			left -= proc_skip_spaces(&p);
+			proc_skip_spaces(&p, &left);
 			if (!left)
 				break;
 
@@ -2947,7 +2947,7 @@
 	if (!write && !first && left && !err)
 		err = proc_put_char(&buffer, &left, '\n');
 	if (write && !err)
-		left -= proc_skip_spaces(&p);
+		proc_skip_spaces(&p, &left);
 	if (write) {
 		kfree(kbuf);
 		if (first)