kernel.h: update comment about simple_strto<foo>() functions
authorAndy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
Thu, 5 Dec 2019 00:50:32 +0000 (16:50 -0800)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Thu, 5 Dec 2019 03:44:12 +0000 (19:44 -0800)
commit885e68e8b7b1328aa1e28b27e13fbfb5f020d269
tree974f2dace3e3db0dd099be45b2a5965aabc431c7
parent2f5bd343694ed53b3abc4a616ce975505271afe7
kernel.h: update comment about simple_strto<foo>() functions

There were discussions in the past about use cases for
simple_strto<foo>() functions and, in some rare cases, they have a
benefit over kstrto<foo>() ones.

Update a comment to reduce confusion about special use cases.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190801192904.41087-1-andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com
Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
Suggested-by: Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@gmail.com>
Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>
Cc: Mans Rullgard <mans@mansr.com>
Cc: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
include/linux/kernel.h