Re: [PATCH] staging: speakup: replace simple_strtoul with kstrtoul

From: samuel kihahu
Date: Thu Dec 18 2014 - 09:48:29 EST


On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 05:03:22PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 04:43:54PM +0300, samuel kihahu wrote:
> > On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 03:11:19PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> > > On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 02:56:02PM +0300, samuel kihahu wrote:
> > > > Replacing obsolete simple_strtoul with kstrtoul.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Nope. That's wrong. Learn how the functions are different beyond just
> > > the name.
> > Noted, have made corrections to fit the kstrtoul and handle the return
> > value.
>
> You have to compile test these things. Really kernel programming is not
> a good way to learn how to program. :(
>
> regards,
> dan carpenter
>

Appreciate the feedback, have modified the patch, tested and confirmed
it builds.