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 >
