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Message-ID: <20191108125917.GG32742@smile.fi.intel.com>
Date:   Fri, 8 Nov 2019 14:59:17 +0200
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>,
        Mans Rullgard <mans@...sr.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 1/2] kernel.h: Update comment about
 simple_strto<foo>() functions

On Mon, Aug 26, 2019 at 04:43:56PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 01, 2019 at 09:50:54PM +0200, Miguel Ojeda wrote:
> > On Thu, Aug 1, 2019 at 9:29 PM Andy Shevchenko
> > <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > There were discussions in the past about use cases for
> > > simple_strto<foo>() functions and, in some rare cases,
> > > they have a benefit over kstrto<foo>() ones.
> > >
> > > Update a comment to reduce confusion about special use cases.
> > >
> > > Suggested-by: Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>
> > 
> > I don't recall suggesting this, but I have a bad memory :-)
> > 
> > Andrew, should I pick both patches myself or do you want to pick this one?
> 
> It seems you can take both.

Can we proceed with this?

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko