linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1] lib/vsprintf: update comment about simple

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Date:   Fri, 21 Feb 2020 15:51:41 +0100
From:   Uwe Kleine-König 
        <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] lib/vsprintf: update comment about
 simple_strto<foo>() functions

Hello,

On Fri, Feb 21, 2020 at 10:57:23AM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> The commit 885e68e8b7b1 ("kernel.h: update comment about simple_strto<foo>()
> functions") updated a comment regard to simple_strto<foo>() functions, but
> missed similar change in the vsprintf.c module.
> 
> Update comments in vsprintf.c as well for simple_strto<foo>() functions.
> 
> Reported-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
> Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
> ---
>  lib/vsprintf.c | 8 ++++----
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/lib/vsprintf.c b/lib/vsprintf.c
> index 7c488a1ce318..d5641a217685 100644
> --- a/lib/vsprintf.c
> +++ b/lib/vsprintf.c
> @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
>   * @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 - * This function is obsolete.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.
> + * This function has caveats. Please use kstrtoull instead.
>   */

I wonder if we instead want to create a set of functions that is
versatile enough to cover kstrtoull and simple_strtoull. i.e. fix the
rounding problems (that are the caveats, right?) and as calling
convention use an errorvalued int return + an output-parameter of the
corresponding type.

Best regards
Uwe

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