linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 02/12] Add parse_integer() (replacement for simple

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Message-Id: <20150709122841.ed218895c5cda9186c91ae52@linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Thu, 9 Jul 2015 12:28:41 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux@...musvillemoes.dk,
	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/12] Add parse_integer() (replacement for
 simple_strto*())

On Fri, 8 May 2015 21:30:29 +0300 Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com> wrote:

> Enter parse_integer().
> 
> 	int parse_integer(const char *s, unsigned int base, T *val);

OK, I grabbed these.  Let's see how it goes.  Were these patches still
up to date?

Presumably we'd benefit from a checkpatch rule to alert people to the
new regime.  Can you please suggest what such a rule should do?

The macros in lib/test-parse-integer.c hurt my brain.
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