Re: [PATCH v2] ALSA: control: Fix parsing of numeric fields

[Takashi Iwai]

On Sun, 08 Nov 2026 12:18:48 +0100,
Sreeraj S Kurup wrote:
> 
> Hi Takashi,
> 
> I compared the approaches.
> 
> Using simple_strtoul() would provide an end pointer, but it is deprecated.
> 
> Another option is to retain kstrtoull() from the original implementation 
> and apply the delimiter-first approach. This would minimize changes to the 
> existing conversion logic.
> 
> However, since the destination is an unsigned int, kstrtouint() better matches 
> the destination type and also detects values outside the unsigned int range.
> 
> I currently prefer the v2 approach, but wanted to point out this difference in 
> overflow handling.

OK, thanks.  Feel free to resubmit whatever you find better :)


Takashi