Hi!

> > > > Why simple_strto*() can't be used?
> > >
> > > I didn't really consider it, but looking in more detail I don't like it
> > > much. Without having tried it I think simple_strtoull accepts
> > > "1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000" returning some arbitrary
> > > value without an error indication.
> > 
> > So what? User has a lot of possibilities to shoot into the foot.
> > Since you interpret this as device major:minor, not founding a device
> > will be first level of error, next one when your code will try to do
> > something out of it. It shouldn't be a problem of kstrtox generic
> > helpers.
> 
> I fail to follow your argument here. In my eyes if the user writes a
> valid major:minor it should work, and if they write an invalid one this
> should result in an error and not a usage of a device that just happens
> to have the major:minor that simple_strtoull happens to return for the
> two components.

Yes please. We don't allow feet shooting where it is easy to prevent,
and that is the case here.

Best regards,
									Pavel

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