< NR_CPUS or cpu#4 was just offline) # cat cpus 0-1 # /bin/echo 4 > cpus # /bin/echo $? 0 # cat cpus # The same occurs when add a nonexistent mem. This patch will fix this bug. And when *buf == "", the check is unneeded. Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan Acked-by: Paul Jackson Cc: David Rientjes Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds jr!Q–