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

Russell King (Oracle)
2022-12-13T17:28:54Z

On Tue, Dec 13, 2022 at 12:03:51PM -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 didn't bother looking too closely as the patch has been severely
mangled. I think you need to reconsider how you send patches and
find a way to test before you send emails to mailing lists.

Thanks.

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