* comma as well.
*
* Return values:
- * 0 : no int in string
- * 1 : int found, no subsequent comma
- * 2 : int found including a subsequent comma
- * 3 : hyphen found to denote a range
+ * 0 - no int in string
+ * 1 - int found, no subsequent comma
+ * 2 - int found including a subsequent comma
+ * 3 - hyphen found to denote a range
*/
int get_option (char **str, int *pint)
/**
* memparse - parse a string with mem suffixes into a number
* @ptr: Where parse begins
- * @retptr: (output) Pointer to next char after parse completes
+ * @retptr: (output) Optional pointer to next char after parse completes
*
* Parses a string into a number. The number stored at @ptr is
* potentially suffixed with %K (for kilobytes, or 1024 bytes),
* megabyte, or one gigabyte, respectively.
*/
-unsigned long long memparse (char *ptr, char **retptr)
+unsigned long long memparse(char *ptr, char **retptr)
{
- unsigned long long ret = simple_strtoull (ptr, retptr, 0);
+ char *endptr; /* local pointer to end of parsed string */
- switch (**retptr) {
+ unsigned long long ret = simple_strtoull(ptr, &endptr, 0);
+
+ switch (*endptr) {
case 'G':
case 'g':
ret <<= 10;
case 'K':
case 'k':
ret <<= 10;
- (*retptr)++;
+ endptr++;
default:
break;
}
+
+ if (retptr)
+ *retptr = endptr;
+
return ret;
}