linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/4] lib/string_helpers: export string_units

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Date:	Sat, 23 Jan 2016 18:58:29 +0200
From:	Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To:	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senpartnership.com>
Cc:	Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
	Matt Fleming <matt@...eblueprint.co.uk>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, linux-efi@...r.kernel.org,
	Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"linux-kernel @ vger . kernel . org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/4] lib/string_helpers: export string_units_{2,10} for others

On Sat, Jan 23, 2016 at 6:14 PM, James Bottomley
<James.Bottomley@...senpartnership.com> wrote:

> After two attempts, doesn't it perhaps strike you that a helper
> function rather than a direct export would get over this difficulty?

Yes, it would.

>  It might also address the precision problem you introduced.

You mean the issue with a unit range in the other cases (non-efi)?

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko