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

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Date:	Tue, 19 Apr 2011 11:06:23 +0930
From:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
To:	Jonathan Cameron <jic23@....ac.uk>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	greg@...ah.com, adobriyan@...il.com,
	Jonathan Cameron <jic23@....ac.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] Add a usr_strtobool function matching semantics of existing in kernel equivalents

On Thu, 24 Mar 2011 13:23:43 +0000, Jonathan Cameron <jic23@....ac.uk> wrote:
> This is a renamed and relocated fixed version of previous kstrtobool RFC

Please just call it strtobool, usr_ implies it's a user pointer.

And there's no need to introduce a new var in debugfs, just do:

	if (strtobool(buf, &bv) == 0)
		*val = bv;

And yes, I'll take it for the param stuff.

Thanks,
Rusty.
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