2 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 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)
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 0b3e35c9ef08..5ba679c8cde6 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3151,10 +3151,10 @@ sub process {
                              "consider using a completion\n" . $herecurr);
 
                 }
-# recommend kstrto* over simple_strto*
-                if ($line =~ /\bsimple_(strto.*?)\s*\(/) {
+# recommend kstrto* over simple_strto* and strict_strto*
+                if ($line =~ /\b((simple|strict)_(strto(l|ll|ul|ull)))\s*\(/) {
                         WARN("CONSIDER_KSTRTO",
-                             "consider using kstrto* in preference to simple_$1\n" . $herecurr);
+                             "$1 is obsolete, use k$3 instead\n" . $herecurr);
                 }
 # check for __initcall(), use device_initcall() explicitly please
                 if ($line =~ /^.\s*__initcall\s*\(/) {