c patch that makes this change is as follows: (http://www.emn.fr/x-info/coccinelle/) // @s2@ long e; position p; @@ strict_strtol@p(...,&e) @@ position p != s2.p; type T; T e; @@ - strict_strtol@p + strict_strtoul (...,&e) // Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle R