[PATCH v4 6/6] kstrtox: Drop extern keyword in the simple_strtox() declarations

David Disseldorp
2026-03-29T10:53:55Z

From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>

There is legacy 'extern' keyword for the exported simple_strtox()
function which are the artefact that can be removed. So drop it.

While at it, tweak the declaration to provide parameter names.

Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: David Disseldorp <ddiss@suse.de>
Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
---
include/linux/kstrtox.h | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/kstrtox.h b/include/linux/kstrtox.h
index 7fcf29a4e0de4..6c92828667704 100644
--- a/include/linux/kstrtox.h
+++ b/include/linux/kstrtox.h
@@ -142,9 +142,9 @@ static inline int __must_check kstrtos32_from_user(const char __user *s, size_t
* Keep in mind above caveat.
*/

-extern unsigned long simple_strtoul(const char *,char **,unsigned int);
-extern long simple_strtol(const char *,char **,unsigned int);
-extern unsigned long long simple_strtoull(const char *,char **,unsigned int);
-extern long long simple_strtoll(const char *,char **,unsigned int);
+unsigned long simple_strtoul(const char *cp, char **endp, unsigned int base);
+long simple_strtol(const char *cp, char **endp, unsigned int base);
+unsigned long long simple_strtoull(const char *cp, char **endp, unsigned int base);
+long long simple_strtoll(const char *cp, char **endp, unsigned int base);

#endif /* _LINUX_KSTRTOX_H */
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2.51.0