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Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 21/24] util/cutils: Let qemu_strtosz*()
 optionally reject trailing crap
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To: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <dgilbert@redhat.com>
Cc: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>, Max Reitz <mreitz@redhat.com>, qemu-devel@nongnu.org, "open list:Block layer core" <qemu-block@nongnu.org>, Eduardo Habkost <ehabkost@redhat.com>

"Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <dgilbert@redhat.com> writes:

> * Markus Armbruster (armbru@redhat.com) wrote:
>> Change the qemu_strtosz() & friends to return -EINVAL when @endptr is
>> null and the conversion doesn't consume the string completely.
>> Matches how qemu_strtol() & friends work.
>> 
>> Only test_qemu_strtosz_simple() passes a null @endptr.  No functional
>> change there, because its conversion consumes the string.
>> 
>> Simplify callers that use @endptr only to fail when it doesn't point
>> to '\0' to pass a null @endptr instead.
>> 
>> Cc: Dr. David Alan Gilbert <dgilbert@redhat.com>
>> Cc: Eduardo Habkost <ehabkost@redhat.com> (maintainer:X86)
>> Cc: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com> (supporter:Block layer core)
>> Cc: Max Reitz <mreitz@redhat.com> (supporter:Block layer core)
>> Cc: qemu-block@nongnu.org (open list:Block layer core)
>> Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
>
> Reviewed-by: Dr. David Alan Gilbert <dgilbert@redhat.com>
>
> (end and endptr are horribly confusing names in do_strtosz)

Could rename for consistency with qemu_strtol() & friends:

* Parameter @end to @endptr

* Local variable @endptr to @ep

Would that be useful?