On Fri, Jul 31, 2020 at 12:38:58AM +0200, Kars Mulder wrote:
> The documentation of the kstrto*() functions reference the simple_strtoull
> function by "used as a replacement for [the obsolete] simple_strtoull".
> All these functions describes themselves as replacements for the function
> simple_strtoull, even though a function like kstrtol() would be more aptly
> described as a replacement of simple_strtol().
> 
> Fix these references by making the documentation of kstrto*() reference
> the closest simple_strto*() equivalent available. The functions
> kstrto[u]int() do not have direct simple_strto[u]int() equivalences, so
> these are made to refer to simple_strto[u]l() instead.
> 
> Furthermore, add parentheses after function names, as is standard in
> kernel documentation.

Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <[email protected]>

> Fixes: 4c925d6031f71 ("kstrto*: add documentation")
> Signed-off-by: Kars Mulder <[email protected]>
> 
> ---
>  include/linux/kernel.h | 4 ++--
>  lib/kstrtox.c          | 8 ++++----
>  2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h
> index 82d91547d122..2d6050f12c64 100644
> --- a/include/linux/kernel.h
> +++ b/include/linux/kernel.h
> @@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ 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 simple_strtoull. Return code must be 
> checked.
> + * Used as a replacement for the simple_strtoul(). Return code must be 
> checked.
>  */
>  static inline int __must_check kstrtoul(const char *s, unsigned int base, 
> unsigned long *res)
>  {
> @@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ 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 simple_strtoull. Return code must be 
> checked.
> + * Used as a replacement for the simple_strtol(). Return code must be 
> checked.
>   */
>  static inline int __must_check kstrtol(const char *s, unsigned int base, 
> long *res)
>  {
> diff --git a/lib/kstrtox.c b/lib/kstrtox.c
> index 1006bf70bf74..252ac414ba9a 100644
> --- a/lib/kstrtox.c
> +++ b/lib/kstrtox.c
> @@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ static int _kstrtoull(const char *s, unsigned int base, 
> unsigned 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
> + * Used as a replacement for the obsolete simple_strtoull(). Return code must
>   * be checked.
>   */
>  int kstrtoull(const char *s, unsigned int base, unsigned long long *res)
> @@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(kstrtoull);
>   * @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
> + * Used as a replacement for the obsolete simple_strtoll(). Return code must
>   * be checked.
>   */
>  int kstrtoll(const char *s, unsigned int base, long long *res)
> @@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(_kstrtol);
>   * @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
> + * Used as a replacement for the obsolete simple_strtoul(). Return code must
>   * be checked.
>   */
>  int kstrtouint(const char *s, unsigned int base, unsigned int *res)
> @@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(kstrtouint);
>   * @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
> + * Used as a replacement for the obsolete simple_strtol(). Return code must
>   * be checked.
>   */
>  int kstrtoint(const char *s, unsigned int base, int *res)
> --
> 2.28.0
> 

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko


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