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Date:	Thu, 5 Jul 2012 20:59:56 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Eldad Zack <eldad@...refinery.com>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
cc:	Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@...app.com>,
	"J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@...ldses.org>,
	linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] sunrpc/cache.h: replace simple_strtoul


On Wed, 4 Jul 2012, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Thu, 2012-07-05 at 01:00 +0200, Eldad Zack wrote:
> > This patch replaces the usage of simple_strtoul with kstrtoint in
> > get_int().
> 
> >  	int len = qword_get(bpp, buf, 50);
> This would be nicer as
> 	int len = qword_get(bpp, buf, sizeof(buf));

I agree, thanks!

> > @@ -226,8 +226,8 @@ static inline int get_int(char **bpp, int *anint)
> > +	ret = kstrtoint(buf, 0, &rv);
> > +	if (ret)
> >  		return -EINVAL;
> >  
> >  	*anint = rv;
> ret and rv aren't useful anymore.
> 
> Perhaps:
> 
> 	if (kstrtoint(buf, 0, anint))
> 		return -EINVAL;
> 
> 	return 0;

Yes, that works better, since kstrtoint() will not write to anint 
unless it's successful, so the whole business with rv is 
indeed redundant.

Looks much neater now thanks to your comments - I will resend it 
a bit later. Should I add you as Signed-off-by?

Eldad
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