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SubjectRe: [PATCH v4 1/2] kernel.h: Update comment about simple_strto<foo>() functions
On Fri, Aug 2, 2019 at 4:47 AM Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 2019-08-01 at 22:29 +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:

> > * 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

IIRC it simple returns back to the original comment.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko

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