kernel.h/checkpatch: mark strict_strto<foo> and simple_strto<foo> as obsolete
Mark obsolete/deprecated strict_strto<foo> and simple_strto<foo> functions
and macros as obsolete.
Update checkpatch to warn about their use.
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h
index 4824f26..4c0d3b2 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernel.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -287,6 +287,8 @@
return kstrtoint_from_user(s, count, base, res);
}
+/* 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);
@@ -296,6 +298,8 @@
#define strict_strtoull kstrtoull
#define strict_strtoll kstrtoll
+/* lib/printf utilities */
+
extern __printf(2, 3) int sprintf(char *buf, const char * fmt, ...);
extern __printf(2, 0) int vsprintf(char *buf, const char *, va_list);
extern __printf(3, 4)