Checkpatch recommends the usage of kstrto* over simple_strto* and
strict_strto*, as these are obsolete.

E.g., running checkpatch on commit f79b3f338564 ("ftrace: Allow
enabling of filters via index of available_filter_functions") reports
this warning:

WARNING: simple_strtoul is obsolete, use kstrtoul instead
+	long index = simple_strtoul(func_g->search, NULL, 0);

Provide a fix by replacing simple_strto* and strict_strto* with kstrto*

Signed-off-by: Aditya Srivastava <redacted>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 7b086d1cd6c2..ca5bb5a3f8f6 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl

@@ -6980,8 +6980,12 @@ sub process {
 
 # recommend kstrto* over simple_strto* and strict_strto*
 		if ($line =~ /\b((simple|strict)_(strto(l|ll|ul|ull)))\s*\(/) {
-			WARN("CONSIDER_KSTRTO",
-			     "$1 is obsolete, use k$3 instead\n" . $herecurr);
+			if (WARN("CONSIDER_KSTRTO",
+				 "$1 is obsolete, use k$3 instead\n" . $herecurr) &&
+			    $fix) {
+				my $kstrto = "k$3";
+				$fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/$1/$kstrto/;
+			}
 		}
 
 # check for __initcall(), use device_initcall() explicitly or more appropriate function please

-- 
2.17.1

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