WARNING: simple_strtoul is obsolete, use kstrtoul instead #62: FILE: arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/reconfig.c:137: + len = simple_strtoul(tmp, &tmp, 10); CHECK: From:/Signed-off-by: email comments mismatch: 'From: Christian Brauner ' != 'Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) ' total: 0 errors, 1 warnings, 1 checks, 57 lines checked NOTE: For some of the reported defects, checkpatch may be able to mechanically convert to the typical style using --fix or --fix-inplace. Commit cc4f2a992bd7 ("powerpc/pseries: bound the lengths in the ofdt property parser") has style problems, please review. NOTE: Ignored message types: ALLOC_SIZEOF_STRUCT BAD_REPORTED_BY_LINK CAMELCASE COMMIT_LOG_LONG_LINE FILE_PATH_CHANGES GIT_COMMIT_ID MACRO_ARG_REUSE NO_AUTHOR_SIGN_OFF NOTE: If any of the errors are false positives, please report them to the maintainer, see CHECKPATCH in MAINTAINERS. total: 0 errors, 1 warnings, 1 checks, 57 lines checked