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Subject: kstrto*: add documentation
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kstrto-add-documentation.patch
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From: Eldad Zack <eldad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: kstrto*: add documentation
As Bruce Fields pointed out, kstrto* is currently lacking kerneldoc
comments. This patch adds kerneldoc comments to common variants of
kstrto*: kstrto(u)l, kstrto(u)ll and kstrto(u)int.
Signed-off-by: Eldad Zack <eldad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Rob Landley <rob@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl | 3 +
include/linux/kernel.h | 33 ++++++++++++
lib/kstrtox.c | 64 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 100 insertions(+)
diff -puN Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl~kstrto-add-documentation Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl~kstrto-add-documentation
+++ a/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@
<sect1><title>String Conversions</title>
!Elib/vsprintf.c
+!Finclude/linux/kernel.h kstrtol
+!Finclude/linux/kernel.h kstrtoul
+!Elib/kstrtox.c
</sect1>
<sect1><title>String Manipulation</title>
<!-- All functions are exported at now
diff -puN include/linux/kernel.h~kstrto-add-documentation include/linux/kernel.h
--- a/include/linux/kernel.h~kstrto-add-documentation
+++ a/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -228,6 +228,23 @@ int __must_check _kstrtol(const char *s,
int __must_check kstrtoull(const char *s, unsigned int base, unsigned long long *res);
int __must_check kstrtoll(const char *s, unsigned int base, long long *res);
+
+/**
+ * kstrtoul - convert a string to an unsigned long
+ * @s: The start of the string. The string must be null-terminated, and may also
+ * include a single newline before its terminating null. The first character
+ * may also be a plus sign, but not a minus sign.
+ * @base: The number base to use. The maximum supported base is 16. If base is
+ * given as 0, then the base of the string is automatically detected with the
+ * conventional semantics - If it begins with 0x the number will be parsed as a
+ * hexadecimal (case insensitive), if it otherwise begins with 0, it will be
+ * parsed as an octal number. Otherwise it will be parsed as a decimal.
+ * @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.
+*/
static inline int __must_check kstrtoul(const char *s, unsigned int base, unsigned long *res)
{
/*
@@ -241,6 +258,22 @@ static inline int __must_check kstrtoul(
return _kstrtoul(s, base, res);
}
+/**
+ * kstrtol - convert a string to a long
+ * @s: The start of the string. The string must be null-terminated, and may also
+ * include a single newline before its terminating null. The first character
+ * may also be a plus sign or a minus sign.
+ * @base: The number base to use. The maximum supported base is 16. If base is
+ * given as 0, then the base of the string is automatically detected with the
+ * conventional semantics - If it begins with 0x the number will be parsed as a
+ * hexadecimal (case insensitive), if it otherwise begins with 0, it will be
+ * parsed as an octal number. Otherwise it will be parsed as a decimal.
+ * @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.
+ */
static inline int __must_check kstrtol(const char *s, unsigned int base, long *res)
{
/*
diff -puN lib/kstrtox.c~kstrto-add-documentation lib/kstrtox.c
--- a/lib/kstrtox.c~kstrto-add-documentation
+++ a/lib/kstrtox.c
@@ -104,6 +104,22 @@ static int _kstrtoull(const char *s, uns
return 0;
}
+/**
+ * kstrtoull - convert a string to an unsigned long long
+ * @s: The start of the string. The string must be null-terminated, and may also
+ * include a single newline before its terminating null. The first character
+ * may also be a plus sign, but not a minus sign.
+ * @base: The number base to use. The maximum supported base is 16. If base is
+ * given as 0, then the base of the string is automatically detected with the
+ * conventional semantics - If it begins with 0x the number will be parsed as a
+ * hexadecimal (case insensitive), if it otherwise begins with 0, it will be
+ * parsed as an octal number. Otherwise it will be parsed as a decimal.
+ * @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.
+ */
int kstrtoull(const char *s, unsigned int base, unsigned long long *res)
{
if (s[0] == '+')
@@ -112,6 +128,22 @@ int kstrtoull(const char *s, unsigned in
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(kstrtoull);
+/**
+ * kstrtoll - convert a string to a long long
+ * @s: The start of the string. The string must be null-terminated, and may also
+ * include a single newline before its terminating null. The first character
+ * may also be a plus sign or a minus sign.
+ * @base: The number base to use. The maximum supported base is 16. If base is
+ * given as 0, then the base of the string is automatically detected with the
+ * conventional semantics - If it begins with 0x the number will be parsed as a
+ * hexadecimal (case insensitive), if it otherwise begins with 0, it will be
+ * parsed as an octal number. Otherwise it will be parsed as a decimal.
+ * @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.
+ */
int kstrtoll(const char *s, unsigned int base, long long *res)
{
unsigned long long tmp;
@@ -168,6 +200,22 @@ int _kstrtol(const char *s, unsigned int
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(_kstrtol);
+/**
+ * kstrtouint - convert a string to an unsigned int
+ * @s: The start of the string. The string must be null-terminated, and may also
+ * include a single newline before its terminating null. The first character
+ * may also be a plus sign, but not a minus sign.
+ * @base: The number base to use. The maximum supported base is 16. If base is
+ * given as 0, then the base of the string is automatically detected with the
+ * conventional semantics - If it begins with 0x the number will be parsed as a
+ * hexadecimal (case insensitive), if it otherwise begins with 0, it will be
+ * parsed as an octal number. Otherwise it will be parsed as a decimal.
+ * @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.
+ */
int kstrtouint(const char *s, unsigned int base, unsigned int *res)
{
unsigned long long tmp;
@@ -183,6 +231,22 @@ int kstrtouint(const char *s, unsigned i
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(kstrtouint);
+/**
+ * kstrtoint - convert a string to an int
+ * @s: The start of the string. The string must be null-terminated, and may also
+ * include a single newline before its terminating null. The first character
+ * may also be a plus sign or a minus sign.
+ * @base: The number base to use. The maximum supported base is 16. If base is
+ * given as 0, then the base of the string is automatically detected with the
+ * conventional semantics - If it begins with 0x the number will be parsed as a
+ * hexadecimal (case insensitive), if it otherwise begins with 0, it will be
+ * parsed as an octal number. Otherwise it will be parsed as a decimal.
+ * @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.
+ */
int kstrtoint(const char *s, unsigned int base, int *res)
{
long long tmp;
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from eldad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are
kstrto-add-documentation.patch
simple_strto-annotate-function-as-obsolete.patch
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