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
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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+ * This function is obsolete.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+ * This function is obsolete.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+ * This function is obsolete.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+ * This function is obsolete.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)
{
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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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