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-rw-r--r--include/linux/kernel.h4
-rw-r--r--lib/kstrtox.c12
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h
index 47b1dad63ffc..92517ae53e7c 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernel.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ int __must_check kstrtoll(const char *s, unsigned int base, long long *res);
* @res: Where to write the result of the conversion on success.
*
* Returns 0 on success, -ERANGE on overflow and -EINVAL on parsing error.
- * Used as a replacement for the simple_strtoul(). Return code must be checked.
+ * Preferred over simple_strtoul(). Return code must be checked.
*/
static inline int __must_check kstrtoul(const char *s, unsigned int base, unsigned long *res)
{
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ static inline int __must_check kstrtoul(const char *s, unsigned int base, unsign
* @res: Where to write the result of the conversion on success.
*
* Returns 0 on success, -ERANGE on overflow and -EINVAL on parsing error.
- * Used as a replacement for the simple_strtol(). Return code must be checked.
+ * Preferred over simple_strtol(). Return code must be checked.
*/
static inline int __must_check kstrtol(const char *s, unsigned int base, long *res)
{
diff --git a/lib/kstrtox.c b/lib/kstrtox.c
index 252ac414ba9a..a14ccf905055 100644
--- a/lib/kstrtox.c
+++ b/lib/kstrtox.c
@@ -115,8 +115,7 @@ static int _kstrtoull(const char *s, unsigned int base, unsigned long long *res)
* @res: Where to write the result of the conversion on success.
*
* Returns 0 on success, -ERANGE on overflow and -EINVAL on parsing error.
- * Used as a replacement for the obsolete simple_strtoull(). Return code must
- * be checked.
+ * Preferred over simple_strtoull(). Return code must be checked.
*/
int kstrtoull(const char *s, unsigned int base, unsigned long long *res)
{
@@ -139,8 +138,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(kstrtoull);
* @res: Where to write the result of the conversion on success.
*
* Returns 0 on success, -ERANGE on overflow and -EINVAL on parsing error.
- * Used as a replacement for the obsolete simple_strtoll(). Return code must
- * be checked.
+ * Preferred over simple_strtoll(). Return code must be checked.
*/
int kstrtoll(const char *s, unsigned int base, long long *res)
{
@@ -211,8 +209,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(_kstrtol);
* @res: Where to write the result of the conversion on success.
*
* Returns 0 on success, -ERANGE on overflow and -EINVAL on parsing error.
- * Used as a replacement for the obsolete simple_strtoul(). Return code must
- * be checked.
+ * Preferred over simple_strtoul(). Return code must be checked.
*/
int kstrtouint(const char *s, unsigned int base, unsigned int *res)
{
@@ -242,8 +239,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(kstrtouint);
* @res: Where to write the result of the conversion on success.
*
* Returns 0 on success, -ERANGE on overflow and -EINVAL on parsing error.
- * Used as a replacement for the obsolete simple_strtol(). Return code must
- * be checked.
+ * Preferred over simple_strtol(). Return code must be checked.
*/
int kstrtoint(const char *s, unsigned int base, int *res)
{