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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/kernel.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/kernel.h | 26 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h index d83d403dac2e..3adcb39fa6f5 100644 --- a/include/linux/kernel.h +++ b/include/linux/kernel.h @@ -328,13 +328,6 @@ extern int oops_may_print(void); void do_exit(long error_code) __noreturn; void complete_and_exit(struct completion *, long) __noreturn; -#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_REFCOUNT -void refcount_error_report(struct pt_regs *regs, const char *err); -#else -static inline void refcount_error_report(struct pt_regs *regs, const char *err) -{ } -#endif - /* Internal, do not use. */ int __must_check _kstrtoul(const char *s, unsigned int base, unsigned long *res); int __must_check _kstrtol(const char *s, unsigned int base, long *res); @@ -355,8 +348,7 @@ 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. */ static inline int __must_check kstrtoul(const char *s, unsigned int base, unsigned long *res) { @@ -384,8 +376,7 @@ static inline int __must_check kstrtoul(const char *s, unsigned int base, unsign * @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. */ static inline int __must_check kstrtol(const char *s, unsigned int base, long *res) { @@ -461,7 +452,18 @@ static inline int __must_check kstrtos32_from_user(const char __user *s, size_t return kstrtoint_from_user(s, count, base, res); } -/* Obsolete, do not use. Use kstrto<foo> instead */ +/* + * Use kstrto<foo> instead. + * + * NOTE: simple_strto<foo> does not check for the range overflow and, + * depending on the input, may give interesting results. + * + * Use these functions if and only if you cannot use kstrto<foo>, because + * the conversion ends on the first non-digit character, which may be far + * beyond the supported range. It might be useful to parse the strings like + * 10x50 or 12:21 without altering original string or temporary buffer in use. + * Keep in mind above caveat. + */ extern unsigned long simple_strtoul(const char *,char **,unsigned int); extern long simple_strtol(const char *,char **,unsigned int); |