Index: linux-2.6.18/kernel/cpuset.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.18.orig/kernel/cpuset.c
+++ linux-2.6.18/kernel/cpuset.c
@@ -1743,12 +1743,7 @@ static ssize_t cpuset_tasks_read(struct 
 {
 	struct ctr_struct *ctr = file->private_data;
 
-	if (*ppos + nbytes > ctr->bufsz)
-		nbytes = ctr->bufsz - *ppos;
-	if (copy_to_user(buf, ctr->buf + *ppos, nbytes))
-		return -EFAULT;
-	*ppos += nbytes;
-	return nbytes;
+	return simple_read_from_buffer(buf, nbytes, ppos, ctr->buf, ctr->bufsz);
 }
 
 static int cpuset_tasks_release(struct inode *unused_inode, struct file *file)