The patch titled
Subject: lib: parser: update documentation for match_NUMBER functions
has been added to the -mm mm-hotfixes-unstable branch. Its filename is
lib-parser-update-documentation-for-match_number-functions.patch
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https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/lib-parser-update-documentation-for-match_number-functions.patch
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm
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From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: lib: parser: update documentation for match_NUMBER functions
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2023 20:26:18 -0800
commit 67222c4ba8af ("lib: parser: optimize match_NUMBER apis to use local
array") removed -ENOMEM as a possible return value, so update the comments
accordingly.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230224042618.9092-1-ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: 67222c4ba8af ("lib: parser: optimize match_NUMBER apis to use local array")
Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Li Lingfeng <lilingfeng3@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Yu Kuai <yukuai1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
--- a/lib/parser.c~lib-parser-update-documentation-for-match_number-functions
+++ b/lib/parser.c
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(match_token);
* as a number in that base.
*
* Return: On success, sets @result to the integer represented by the
- * string and returns 0. Returns -ENOMEM, -EINVAL, or -ERANGE on failure.
+ * string and returns 0. Returns -EINVAL or -ERANGE on failure.
*/
static int match_number(substring_t *s, int *result, int base)
{
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ static int match_number(substring_t *s, int *result, int base)
* as a number in that base.
*
* Return: On success, sets @result to the integer represented by the
- * string and returns 0. Returns -ENOMEM, -EINVAL, or -ERANGE on failure.
+ * string and returns 0. Returns -EINVAL or -ERANGE on failure.
*/
static int match_u64int(substring_t *s, u64 *result, int base)
{
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ static int match_u64int(substring_t *s, u64 *result, int base)
* Description: Attempts to parse the &substring_t @s as a decimal integer.
*
* Return: On success, sets @result to the integer represented by the string
- * and returns 0. Returns -ENOMEM, -EINVAL, or -ERANGE on failure.
+ * and returns 0. Returns -EINVAL or -ERANGE on failure.
*/
int match_int(substring_t *s, int *result)
{
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(match_int);
* Description: Attempts to parse the &substring_t @s as a decimal integer.
*
* Return: On success, sets @result to the integer represented by the string
- * and returns 0. Returns -ENOMEM, -EINVAL, or -ERANGE on failure.
+ * and returns 0. Returns -EINVAL or -ERANGE on failure.
*/
int match_uint(substring_t *s, unsigned int *result)
{
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(match_uint);
* integer.
*
* Return: On success, sets @result to the integer represented by the string
- * and returns 0. Returns -ENOMEM, -EINVAL, or -ERANGE on failure.
+ * and returns 0. Returns -EINVAL or -ERANGE on failure.
*/
int match_u64(substring_t *s, u64 *result)
{
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(match_u64);
* Description: Attempts to parse the &substring_t @s as an octal integer.
*
* Return: On success, sets @result to the integer represented by the string
- * and returns 0. Returns -ENOMEM, -EINVAL, or -ERANGE on failure.
+ * and returns 0. Returns -EINVAL or -ERANGE on failure.
*/
int match_octal(substring_t *s, int *result)
{
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(match_octal);
* Description: Attempts to parse the &substring_t @s as a hexadecimal integer.
*
* Return: On success, sets @result to the integer represented by the string
- * and returns 0. Returns -ENOMEM, -EINVAL, or -ERANGE on failure.
+ * and returns 0. Returns -EINVAL or -ERANGE on failure.
*/
int match_hex(substring_t *s, int *result)
{
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx are
lib-parser-update-documentation-for-match_number-functions.patch
