Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 0/5] cutils: Add qemu_strto*l() wrappers

[Eric Blake]

On 07/19/2015 05:02 PM, Carlos L. Torres wrote:
> From: "Carlos L. Torres" <address@hidden>
> 
> Introduce qemu_ wrappers for strtol/strtoul/strtoll/strtoull
> C functions, ensure that errno is checked, and if NULL is
> passed as the endptr argument, then whole string has to be
> a valid number on the given base, otherwise return appropriate
> error.
> 
> Different from the C strto*l() functions, these wrappers
> return through the 'result' out parameter.
> 
> Include unit-tests for each wrapper function.

Can you also patch scripts/check-patch.pl to forcefully warn developers
when they are introducing bogus uses of strto*l() and should be using
the sane wrappers instead?

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Eric Blake   eblake redhat com    +1-919-301-3266
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org

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