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SubjectRe: [PATCH v4 1/2] kernel.h: Update comment about simple_strto<foo>() functions
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On Thu, 2019-08-01 at 22:29 +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> There were discussions in the past about use cases for
> simple_strto<foo>() functions and, in some rare cases,
> they have a benefit over kstrto<foo>() ones.
[]
> diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h
[]
> @@ -334,8 +334,7 @@ int __must_check kstrtoll(const char *s, unsigned int base, long long *res);
> * @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.
> + * Used as a replacement for the simple_strtoull. Return code must be checked.

Using 'the' here is unnecessary and somewhat confusing.

Perhaps:

* Preferred over simple_strtoull() unless the end position is required
* Return value must be checked

>

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