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Date:	Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:43:55 +0200
From:	Muli Ben-Yehuda <muli@...ibm.com>
To:	Julia Lawall <julia@...u.dk>
Cc:	jdmason@...zu.us, discuss@...-64.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/5] arch/x86/kernel/pci-calgary_64.c: change
	simple_strtol to simple_strtoul

On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 02:13:03PM +0100, Julia Lawall wrote:
> From: Julia Lawall <julia@...u.dk>
> 
> Since bridge is unsigned, it would seem better to use simple_strtoul that
> simple_strtol.
> 
> A simplified version of the semantic patch that makes this change is as
> follows: (http://www.emn.fr/x-info/coccinelle/)
> 
> // <smpl>
> @r2@
> long e;
> position p;
> @@
> 
> e = simple_strtol@p(...)
> 
> @@
> position p != r2.p;
> type T;
> T e;
> @@
> 
> e = 
> - simple_strtol@p
> + simple_strtoul
>   (...)
> // </smpl>
> 
> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@...u.dk>

Acked-by: Muli Ben-Yehuda <muli@...ibm.com>

Ingo, can you please push?

Thanks,
Muli
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