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>

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h
index 4824f26a0dc2..4c0d3b2fd5fc 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernel.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -287,6 +287,8 @@ static inline int __must_check kstrtos32_from_user(const char __user *s, size_t
         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 @@ extern long long simple_strtoll(const char *,char **,unsigned int);
 #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)