linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/2] simple_strto*: annotate function as obsolete

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Message-Id: <1342126395-18055-2-git-send-email-eldad@fogrefinery.com>
Date:	Thu, 12 Jul 2012 22:53:14 +0200
From:	Eldad Zack <eldad@...refinery.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org (open list)
Cc:	Eldad Zack <eldad@...refinery.com>,
	"J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@...ldses.org>
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] simple_strto*: annotate function as obsolete

This patch update the documentation to simple_strto* to reflect
that it has been obsoleted and advise the usage of kstrto*.

Cc: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@...ldses.org>
Signed-off-by: Eldad Zack <eldad@...refinery.com>
---
 lib/vsprintf.c |    8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/vsprintf.c b/lib/vsprintf.c
index c3f36d41..1980cf3 100644
--- a/lib/vsprintf.c
+++ b/lib/vsprintf.c
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@
  * @cp: The start of the string
  * @endp: A pointer to the end of the parsed string will be placed here
  * @base: The number base to use
+ *
+ * This function is obsolete. Please use kstrtoull instead.
  */
 unsigned long long simple_strtoull(const char *cp, char **endp, unsigned int base)
 {
@@ -61,6 +63,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(simple_strtoull);
  * @cp: The start of the string
  * @endp: A pointer to the end of the parsed string will be placed here
  * @base: The number base to use
+ *
+ * This function is obsolete. Please use kstrtoul instead.
  */
 unsigned long simple_strtoul(const char *cp, char **endp, unsigned int base)
 {
@@ -73,6 +77,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(simple_strtoul);
  * @cp: The start of the string
  * @endp: A pointer to the end of the parsed string will be placed here
  * @base: The number base to use
+ *
+ * This function is obsolete. Please use kstrtol instead.
  */
 long simple_strtol(const char *cp, char **endp, unsigned int base)
 {
@@ -88,6 +94,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(simple_strtol);
  * @cp: The start of the string
  * @endp: A pointer to the end of the parsed string will be placed here
  * @base: The number base to use
+ *
+ * This function is obsolete. Please use kstrtoll instead.
  */
 long long simple_strtoll(const char *cp, char **endp, unsigned int base)
 {
-- 
1.7.10.4

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