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Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 12:46:05 -0800 From: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> To: Andy Whitcroft <apw@...dowen.org> Cc: eibach@...ys.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, greg@...ah.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] usb: add sysfs configuration interface for CP2101 On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:44:37 +0000 Andy Whitcroft <apw@...dowen.org> wrote: > On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 02:02:45AM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: > > On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 10:02:18 +0100 Dirk Eibach <eibach@...ys.de> wrote: > > > We have a new strict_strtoul() (and related functions) which will perform > > proper checking for a valid number. Please use that interface. > > > > Andy, this is going to happen so much that a "should you have used > > strict_strtoul?" warning in checkpatch would reduce my email output. > > Sure, will add something. I wonder if this new interface is documented. It has kerneldoc. > I note that this interface is new in -mm at this time. It is in mainline. > So that brings > up an interesting question as to how one would integrate this check with > checkpatch. As checking patches for mainline, this would be an > incorrect check until that patch merges. I guess the right thing to do > is provide a separate patch for checkpatch which adds this check which > should sit with the patch in your tree which adds the functionality. > It would be easier to just update your kernel tree ;) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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