On Fri, 02 Nov 2012 14:44:08 +0000 "Jan Beulich" <jbeul...@suse.com> wrote:
> This is another step towards better standard conformance. Rather than > adding a local buffer to store the specified portion of the string > (with the need to enforce an arbitrary maximum supported width to > limit the buffer size), do a maximum width conversion and then drop as > much of it as is necessary to meet the caller's request. > > Also fail on negative field widths. > > ... > > + simple_strtol(str, &next, base) : simple_strtol() kerndoc says "This function is obsolete. Please use kstrtol instead." Can we? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
