Re: [PATCH v1 1/2] kernel.h: Update comment about simple_strto<foo>() functions

From: Miguel Ojeda
Date: Thu Jun 20 2019 - 09:19:48 EST


On Wed, Jun 19, 2019 at 6:38 PM Andy Shevchenko
<andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> There were discussions in the past about use cases for
> simple_strto<foo>() functions and in some rare cases they have a benefit
> on kstrto<foo>() ones.
>
> Update a comment to reduce confusing about special use cases.

I don't recall the discussions anymore... :-) But are we sure
simple_strtoul() etc. are not obsolete anymore and want to use them
again?

Cheers,
Miguel