linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] Add a kstrtobool function matching semantics of existing in kernel equivalents.

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Message-ID: <20110323184421.GA21728@kroah.com>
Date:	Wed, 23 Mar 2011 11:44:21 -0700
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Jonathan Cameron <jic23@....ac.uk>
Cc:	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, rusty@...tcorp.com.au
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] Add a kstrtobool function matching semantics of
 existing in kernel equivalents.

On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 04:37:40PM +0000, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
> > Ok, perhaps the name might need to be changed a bit, but the idea is
> > still good to have.  Please try again.
> > 
> Any thoughts on what naming would work?  Nothing immediately comes to mind
> which is why I ended up pinching the kstrto* naming...
> 
> reallysloppy_strtobool?
> guessintent_strtobool?

usr_strtobool?  I don't care :)

> or the old classic underscore prefix to 'encourage' people to check what it does
> before using it
> 
> __strtobool?

Ick, no, that implies that no one outside of this file should call it.
Or it should be called with locks held or some such "special" thing.
Don't do that...

thanks,

greg k-h
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