From: "Kars Mulder" <kerneldev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: kstrto*: do not describe simple_strto*() as obsolete/replaced The documentation of the kstrto*() functions describes kstrto*() as "replacements" of the "obsolete" simple_strto*() functions. Both of these terms are inaccurate: they're not replacements because they have different behaviour, and the simple_strto*() are not obsolete because there are cases where they have benefits over kstrto*(). Remove usage of the terms "replacement" and "obsolete" in reference to simple_strto*(), and instead use the term "preferred over". Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/29b9-5f234c80-13-4e3aa200@244003027 Fixes: 4c925d6031f71 ("kstrto*: add documentation") Fixes: 885e68e8b7b13 ("kernel.h: update comment about simple_strto<foo>() functions") Signed-off-by: Kars Mulder <kerneldev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Eldad Zack <eldad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Mans Rullgard <mans@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Petr Mladek <pmladek@xxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/kernel.h | 4 ++-- lib/kstrtox.c | 12 ++++-------- 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) --- a/include/linux/kernel.h~kstrto-do-not-describe-simple_strto-as-obsolete-replaced +++ a/include/linux/kernel.h @@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ int __must_check kstrtoll(const char *s, * @res: Where to write the result of the conversion on success. * * Returns 0 on success, -ERANGE on overflow and -EINVAL on parsing error. - * Used as a replacement for the simple_strtoul(). Return code must be checked. + * Preferred over simple_strtoul(). Return code must be checked. */ static inline int __must_check kstrtoul(const char *s, unsigned int base, unsigned long *res) { @@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ static inline int __must_check kstrtoul( * @res: Where to write the result of the conversion on success. * * Returns 0 on success, -ERANGE on overflow and -EINVAL on parsing error. - * Used as a replacement for the simple_strtol(). Return code must be checked. + * Preferred over simple_strtol(). Return code must be checked. */ static inline int __must_check kstrtol(const char *s, unsigned int base, long *res) { --- a/lib/kstrtox.c~kstrto-do-not-describe-simple_strto-as-obsolete-replaced +++ a/lib/kstrtox.c @@ -115,8 +115,7 @@ static int _kstrtoull(const char *s, uns * @res: Where to write the result of the conversion on success. * * Returns 0 on success, -ERANGE on overflow and -EINVAL on parsing error. - * Used as a replacement for the obsolete simple_strtoull(). Return code must - * be checked. + * Preferred over simple_strtoull(). Return code must be checked. */ int kstrtoull(const char *s, unsigned int base, unsigned long long *res) { @@ -139,8 +138,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(kstrtoull); * @res: Where to write the result of the conversion on success. * * Returns 0 on success, -ERANGE on overflow and -EINVAL on parsing error. - * Used as a replacement for the obsolete simple_strtoll(). Return code must - * be checked. + * Preferred over simple_strtoll(). Return code must be checked. */ int kstrtoll(const char *s, unsigned int base, long long *res) { @@ -211,8 +209,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(_kstrtol); * @res: Where to write the result of the conversion on success. * * Returns 0 on success, -ERANGE on overflow and -EINVAL on parsing error. - * Used as a replacement for the obsolete simple_strtoul(). Return code must - * be checked. + * Preferred over simple_strtoul(). Return code must be checked. */ int kstrtouint(const char *s, unsigned int base, unsigned int *res) { @@ -242,8 +239,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(kstrtouint); * @res: Where to write the result of the conversion on success. * * Returns 0 on success, -ERANGE on overflow and -EINVAL on parsing error. - * Used as a replacement for the obsolete simple_strtol(). Return code must - * be checked. + * Preferred over simple_strtol(). Return code must be checked. */ int kstrtoint(const char *s, unsigned int base, int *res) { _
