[EXTERNAL] Re: [RFC PATCH 1/4] cmd: fuse: Remove custom string functions

[Tom Rini]

On Fri, Mar 14, 2025 at 07:13:19PM +0530, Harsha Vardhan V M wrote:
> 
> 
> On 13/03/25 21:45, Tom Rini wrote:
> > On Thu, Mar 13, 2025 at 05:25:14PM +0530, Harsha Vardhan V M wrote:
> > 
> > > Remove custom string functions and replace them with normal string
> > > functions. Remove the custom strtou32 and replace it with str2long.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Harsha Vardhan V M <h-vm at ti.com>
> > 
> > Thanks for doing this.
> > 
> > > ---
> > >   cmd/fuse.c | 27 ++++++++-------------------
> > >   1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/cmd/fuse.c b/cmd/fuse.c
> > > index 598ef496a43..9f489570634 100644
> > > --- a/cmd/fuse.c
> > > +++ b/cmd/fuse.c
> > > @@ -15,17 +15,6 @@
> > >   #include <vsprintf.h>
> > >   #include <linux/errno.h>
> > > -static int strtou32(const char *str, unsigned int base, u32 *result)
> > > -{
> > > -	char *ep;
> > > -
> > > -	*result = simple_strtoul(str, &ep, base);
> > > -	if (ep == str || *ep != '\0')
> > > -		return -EINVAL;
> > > -
> > > -	return 0;
> > > -}
> > > -
> > >   static int confirm_prog(void)
> > >   {
> > >   	puts("Warning: Programming fuses is an irreversible operation!\n"
> > > @@ -54,14 +43,14 @@ static int do_fuse(struct cmd_tbl *cmdtp, int flag, int argc,
> > >   	argc -= 2 + confirmed;
> > >   	argv += 2 + confirmed;
> > > -	if (argc < 2 || strtou32(argv[0], 0, &bank) ||
> > > -			strtou32(argv[1], 0, &word))
> > > +	if (argc < 2 || !(str2long(argv[0], (ulong *)&bank)) ||
> > > +			!(str2long(argv[1], (ulong *)&word)))
> > 
> > I didn't know we had "str2long" which is a differently rarely used
> > function. Why not just simple_strtoul inline? Am I missing something?
> > Thanks.
> 
> We cannot use simple_strtoul inline directly because we need proper error
> checking to ensure the simple_strtoul conversion was successful. The
> str2long function is a wrapper around simple_strtoul and the necessary error
> checks. Hence, using str2long here.
> Thanks.

I'm sorry I'm still not getting it. We virtually never call str2long. I
was taking a quick look at why if anything the 4 callers in the entire
tree today have more special error checking requirements than every
other command which parses user input.

-- 
Tom
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