> Sorry but I do not like this proposal because: > * If invalid input is provided writing into a sysfs attribute should fail > instead of ignoring the invalid input silently. > * simple_strtoul() is considered obsolete and must not be used in new code. > From include/linux/kernel.h: > > /* Obsolete, do not use. Use kstrto<foo> instead */ > > extern unsigned long simple_strtoul(const char *,char **,unsigned int); > extern long simple_strtol(const char *,char **,unsigned int); > extern unsigned long long simple_strtoull(const char *,char **,unsigned int); > extern long long simple_strtoll(const char *,char **,unsigned int); >
Hello Bart, Agree with you, it seems more reasonable to give error message to user. Thanks
