linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: kernel/cpu/mtrr/cleanup.c simple

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Message-ID: <1339695079.2603.19.camel@lorien2>
Date:	Thu, 14 Jun 2012 11:31:19 -0600
From:	Shuah Khan <shuahkhan@...il.com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc:	shuahkhan@...il.com, tglx@...utronix.de, hpa@...or.com,
	mingo@...hat.com, x86@...nel.org,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: kernel/cpu/mtrr/cleanup.c simple_strtoul cleanup

On Thu, 2012-06-14 at 12:48 +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Shuah Khan <shuahkhan@...il.com> wrote:
> 
> > Change parse_mtrr_spare_reg() to call kstrtoul() instead of calling obsoleted
> > simple_strtoul().
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan <shuahkhan@...il.com>
> > ---
> >  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/cleanup.c |    2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> There's about 22 simple_strto*() uses remaining in arch/x86/ - 
> please send a single patch that addresses them in one go, 
> instead of these peacemail patches...
> 
Since I use my personal spare time doing this type of work it is easier
for me to work on one patch at a time, however I understand it will be
easier for you to pull in a single large patch as opposed to multiple. I
will pool my changes and send them in a single patch.

-- Shuah

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