linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v13 1/6] x86/boot: Introduce kstrtoull() to boot directory instead of simple

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Message-ID: <20181214103805.GB11710@zn.tnic>
Date:   Fri, 14 Dec 2018 11:38:05 +0100
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     Chao Fan <fanc.fnst@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:     Baoquan He <bhe@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        x86@...nel.org, tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com,
        hpa@...or.com, keescook@...omium.org, msys.mizuma@...il.com,
        indou.takao@...fujitsu.com, caoj.fnst@...fujitsu.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v13 1/6] x86/boot: Introduce kstrtoull() to boot
 directory instead of simple_strtoull()

On Fri, Dec 14, 2018 at 09:34:21AM +0800, Chao Fan wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 13, 2018 at 02:26:03PM +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> >On Wed, Dec 12, 2018 at 04:03:12PM +0800, Baoquan He wrote:
> >> Surely, using the old simple_strtoull() is fine too, we can take its
> >> replacement into TODO list.
> >
> >Yes, that would be nice.
> 
> Thanks, then I can use simple_strtoull() for now.

I don't understand - patch 1 in your v13 has kstrtoull() added to
boot/string.c. Why are you reverting back to simple_strtoull()?

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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