Re: [PATCH v2] selftest: net: fix socklen_t type mismatch in sctp_collision test

[Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>]

On Tue, Oct 28, 2025 at 10:59:47PM +0530, Ankit Khushwaha wrote:
> Socket APIs like recvfrom(), accept(), and getsockname() expect socklen_t*
> arg, but tests were using int variables. This causes -Wpointer-sign 
> warnings on platforms where socklen_t is unsigned.
> 
> Change the variable type from int to socklen_t to resolve the warning and
> ensure type safety across platforms.
> 
> warning fixed:
> 
> sctp_collision.c:62:70: warning: passing 'int *' to parameter of 
> type 'socklen_t *' (aka 'unsigned int *') converts between pointers to 
> integer types with different sign [-Wpointer-sign]
>    62 |                 ret = recvfrom(sd, buf, sizeof(buf), 
> 									0, (struct sockaddr *)&daddr, &len);
>       |                                                           ^~~~
> /usr/include/sys/socket.h:165:27: note: passing argument to 
> parameter '__addr_len' here
>   165 |                          socklen_t *__restrict __addr_len);
>       |                                                ^
> 
> Reviewed-by: Muhammad Usama Anjum <usama.anjum@collabora.com>
> Signed-off-by: Ankit Khushwaha <ankitkhushwaha.linux@gmail.com>

Thanks for the update.

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>