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From: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@linux.intel.com>
To: Cong Liu <liucong2@kylinos.cn>, Daniel Vetter <daniel@ffwll.ch>, Helge
 Deller <deller@gmx.de>
Cc: linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org, Cong Liu <liucong2@kylinos.cn>,
 linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fbdev/core: Replace deprecated simple_strtol with kstrtol
In-Reply-To: <20240201070216.3291999-1-liucong2@kylinos.cn>
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Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2024 12:03:53 +0200
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On Thu, 01 Feb 2024, Cong Liu <liucong2@kylinos.cn> wrote:
> This patch replaces the use of the deprecated simple_strtol [1] function
> in the modedb.c file with the recommended kstrtol function. This change
> improves error handling and boundary checks.
>
> [1] https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#simple-strtol-simple-strtoll-simple-strtoul-simple-strtoull
>
> Signed-off-by: Cong Liu <liucong2@kylinos.cn>

This is completely wrong, and obviously not tested at all.

The recommended replacements are *not* drop-in replacements. Look into
the documentation of the functions.

BR,
Jani.


> ---
>  drivers/video/fbdev/core/modedb.c | 8 ++++----
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/modedb.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/modedb.c
> index 7196b055f2bd..eebbbc7e2aa3 100644
> --- a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/modedb.c
> +++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/modedb.c
> @@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ int fb_find_mode(struct fb_var_screeninfo *var,
>  				namelen = i;
>  				if (!refresh_specified && !bpp_specified &&
>  				    !yres_specified) {
> -					refresh = simple_strtol(&name[i+1], NULL,
> +					refresh = kstrtol(&name[i+1], NULL,
>  								10);
>  					refresh_specified = 1;
>  					if (cvt || rb)
> @@ -672,7 +672,7 @@ int fb_find_mode(struct fb_var_screeninfo *var,
>  			case '-':
>  				namelen = i;
>  				if (!bpp_specified && !yres_specified) {
> -					bpp = simple_strtol(&name[i+1], NULL,
> +					bpp = kstrtol(&name[i+1], NULL,
>  							    10);
>  					bpp_specified = 1;
>  					if (cvt || rb)
> @@ -682,7 +682,7 @@ int fb_find_mode(struct fb_var_screeninfo *var,
>  				break;
>  			case 'x':
>  				if (!yres_specified) {
> -					yres = simple_strtol(&name[i+1], NULL,
> +					yres = kstrtol(&name[i+1], NULL,
>  							     10);
>  					yres_specified = 1;
>  				} else
> @@ -719,7 +719,7 @@ int fb_find_mode(struct fb_var_screeninfo *var,
>  			}
>  		}
>  		if (i < 0 && yres_specified) {
> -			xres = simple_strtol(name, NULL, 10);
> +			xres = kstrtol(name, NULL, 10);
>  			res_specified = 1;
>  		}
>  done:

-- 
Jani Nikula, Intel