The patch titled Subject: simple_strto*: annotate function as obsolete has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is simple_strto-annotate-function-as-obsolete.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Eldad Zack <eldad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: simple_strto*: annotate function as obsolete Update the documentation for simple_strto* to reflect that it has been obsoleted and advise the usage of kstrto*. 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> --- lib/vsprintf.c | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff -puN lib/vsprintf.c~simple_strto-annotate-function-as-obsolete lib/vsprintf.c --- a/lib/vsprintf.c~simple_strto-annotate-function-as-obsolete +++ a/lib/vsprintf.c @@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ * @cp: The start of the string * @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A pointer to the end of the parsed string will be placed here * @base: The number base to use + * + * This function is obsolete.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. */ unsigned long long simple_strtoull(const char *cp, char **endp, unsigned int base) { @@ -61,6 +63,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(simple_strtoull); * @cp: The start of the string * @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A pointer to the end of the parsed string will be placed here * @base: The number base to use + * + * This function is obsolete.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 kstrtoul instead. */ unsigned long simple_strtoul(const char *cp, char **endp, unsigned int base) { @@ -73,6 +77,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(simple_strtoul); * @cp: The start of the string * @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A pointer to the end of the parsed string will be placed here * @base: The number base to use + * + * This function is obsolete.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 kstrtol instead. */ long simple_strtol(const char *cp, char **endp, unsigned int base) { @@ -88,6 +94,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(simple_strtol); * @cp: The start of the string * @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 kstrtoll instead. */ long long simple_strtoll(const char *cp, char **endp, unsigned int base) { _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from eldad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are kstrto-add-documentation.patch simple_strto-annotate-function-as-obsolete.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html