Re: [PATCH 3/4] Add strict version of vsscanf()

To: Demi Marie Obenour <demi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] Add strict version of vsscanf()
From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2023 00:52:02 -0700
Cc: Dwaipayan Ray <dwaipayanray1@xxxxxxxxx>, Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@xxxxxxxxx>, Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>, Federico Vaga <federico.vaga@xxxxxxxxxx>, Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>, Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@xxxxxxxxxx>, Oleksandr Tyshchenko <oleksandr_tyshchenko@xxxxxxxx>, Lee Jones <lee@xxxxxxxxxx>, Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Vincenzo Frascino <vincenzo.frascino@xxxxxxx>, Petr Mladek <pmladek@xxxxxxxx>, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Rasmus Villemoes <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, linux-doc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: <20230610025759.1813-3-demi@invisiblethingslab.com>
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This needs a real commit message explaining what the strict version
does and why, and why we can't just make the normal version more
strict.

References:
- [PATCH 1/4] Rip out simple_strtoll()
  - From: Demi Marie Obenour
- [PATCH 3/4] Add strict version of vsscanf()
  - From: Demi Marie Obenour