simple_strtol(9)

🦋 NAME 🦋

okay so bestie, this is simple_strtol(9) from the Kernel API Manual ✨ and no cap, its whole main-character job is to convert a string to a signed long. That’s the vibe 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

long simple_strtol (const char *cp , char **endp , unsigned int base );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• cp — the start of the string 🌸
• endp — a pointer to the end of the parsed string will be placed here 🫶
• base — the number base to use 💅

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

This function has caveats. Like, actual caveats — not a drill 😭 Please use kstrtol instead, periodt.

⚠️ caveat check: simple_strtol has caveats, and the recommendation is kstrtol.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file: ./lib/vsprintf.c
• Also pull up: simple_strtoull(9), simple_strtoul(9), simple_strtoll(9), vsnprintf(9), vscnprintf(9), snprintf(9), scnprintf(9), vsprintf(9), sprintf(9), vbin_printf(9), bstr_printf(9), vsscanf(9), sscanf(9)

xoxo, signed off from ./lib, October 2026 — catch u later, bestie 🫶💖