Re: [PATCH] usb: add sysfs configuration interface for CP2101

[Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>]

On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:44:37 +0000
Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org> wrote:

> On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 02:02:45AM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 10:02:18 +0100 Dirk Eibach <eibach@gdsys.de> wrote:
> 
> > We have a new strict_strtoul() (and related functions) which will perform
> > proper checking for a valid number.  Please use that interface.
> > 
> > Andy, this is going to happen so much that a "should you have used
> > strict_strtoul?" warning in checkpatch would reduce my email output.
> 
> Sure, will add something.  I wonder if this new interface is documented.

It has kerneldoc.

> I note that this interface is new in -mm at this time.

It is in mainline.

>  So that brings
> up an interesting question as to how one would integrate this check with
> checkpatch.  As checking patches for mainline, this would be an
> incorrect check until that patch merges.  I guess the right thing to do
> is provide a separate patch for checkpatch which adds this check which
> should sit with the patch in your tree which adds the functionality.
> 

It would be easier to just update your kernel tree ;)