Re: [PATCH] arch: change variable types to match those of what is assigned to them

From: "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@armlinux.org.uk>
To: "Seija K." <doremylover123@gmail.com>
Cc: Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org>,
	Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@alpha.franken.de>,
	Chris Zankel <chris@zankel.net>,
	Max Filippov <jcmvbkbc@gmail.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-mips@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] arch: change variable types to match those of what is assigned to them
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2022 17:45:23 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Y5i6M/9XEr0zvenj@shell.armlinux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAA42iKx2f2LsAQ9C5rxnCTPhOB6n+L35Winc5WK1K2EySAjvXA@mail.gmail.com>

On Tue, Dec 13, 2022 at 12:35:35PM -0500, Seija K. wrote:
> There are many places where "int len = strlen(foo);" is written, just
> for len to be passed as a parameter of size_t. This causes truncation
> and then expansion back from int to size_t. Not to mention this is
> poor logic and needless truncations can add extra unneeded
> instructions.
> 
> This patch aims to fix the worst offenders.

I suggested to test _not_ on the mailing lists, because it adds
unnecessary noise - and remember that your email needlessly gets
sent to thousands of recipients.

Yet again, the patch is mangled, but is better than the last one.

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