linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5/5] staging:ti dspbridge: replace simple_strtoul by strict

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Message-ID: <20100728185654.GA7424@suse.de>
Date:	Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:56:54 -0700
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
Cc:	Ernesto Ramos <ernesto@...com>, omar.ramirez@...com,
	ohad@...ery.com, ameya.palande@...ia.com,
	felipe.contreras@...ia.com, fernando.lugo@...com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, nm@...com, linux-omap@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5] staging:ti dspbridge: replace simple_strtoul by
 strict_strtoul

On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 09:40:19PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 6:09 PM, Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de> wrote:
> > On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 09:40:52AM -0500, Ernesto Ramos wrote:
> >> Replace simple_strtoul by strict_strtoul in atoi function.
> >
> > Why not use the built-in kernel function instead of having your own atoi
> > function?
> The commit message left opened questions about
> http://dev.omapzoom.org/?p=tidspbridge/kernel-dspbridge.git;a=commit;h=b8af1123b47741086ef5a307ad1ec8fec6fc7f0d

Ok, but you will have to fix this up eventually, you need to use the
in-kernel library functions, or fix the in-kernel ones to add the
support you need.

thanks,

greg k-h
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