Re: [RFC PATCH 01/77] checks: Use consistent type for strspn() returned value

[David Gibson]

On Mon, Jan 12, 2026 at 03:18:51PM +0100, Herve Codina wrote:
> strspn() returns a size_t value.
> 
> The function is called in several places and in all places this value is
> stored in a size_t variable except in check_node_name_chars_strict().
> 
> Fix the variable type used in check_node_name_chars_strict().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Herve Codina <herve.codina@xxxxxxxxxxx>

This one makes sense regardless of the rest, so, merged.

> ---
>  checks.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/checks.c b/checks.c
> index 5d09216..041e565 100644
> --- a/checks.c
> +++ b/checks.c
> @@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ ERROR(node_name_chars, check_node_name_chars, NODECHARS);
>  static void check_node_name_chars_strict(struct check *c, struct dt_info *dti,
>  					 struct node *node)
>  {
> -	int n = strspn(node->name, c->data);
> +	size_t n = strspn(node->name, c->data);
>  
>  	if (n < node->basenamelen)
>  		FAIL(c, dti, node, "Character '%c' not recommended in node name",
> -- 
> 2.52.0
> 
> 

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