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Thu, 14 May 2026 13:44:16 -0700 (PDT) From: Akash Sukhavasi To: david.laight.linux@gmail.com Cc: akash.sukhavasi@gmail.com, dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com, linux-input@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Input: analog: replace deprecated simple_strtoul() with kstrtouint() Date: Thu, 14 May 2026 15:44:02 -0500 Message-ID: <20260514204415.58914-1-akash.sukhavasi@gmail.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.54.0 In-Reply-To: <20260509105520.61f823a5@pumpkin> References: <20260509105520.61f823a5@pumpkin> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-input@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit On Sat, May 9, 2026 at 4:55 AM David Laight wrote: > However that might break existing systems. > So I'm not at all sure it should be done. Hi David, You're right. It could introduce regressions for users of analog joysticks passing module parameters via scripts or boot configs. Additionally, digging through list history: Dmitry reviewed this same call in 2011 [1] and chose to leave it, noting the complex parsing semantics were intentional for this context. Withdrawing the patch. Thanks for the review. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20111108034805.GA21927@core.coreip.homeip.net/ Thanks, Akash