[PATCH] init: Simplify early_hostname()
From: Thorsten Blum
Date: Fri Aug 28 2026 - 13:43:52 EST
Inline the strscpy() check and remove the redundant arglen variable.
Use %zu to format the unsigned maxlen argument and add a newline after
the truncation warning.
Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <blum@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
init/version.c | 8 +++-----
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/init/version.c b/init/version.c
index 0bd5c45aabc4..cbae11b6f768 100644
--- a/init/version.c
+++ b/init/version.c
@@ -21,16 +21,14 @@ static int __init early_hostname(char *arg)
{
size_t bufsize = sizeof(init_uts_ns.name.nodename);
size_t maxlen = bufsize - 1;
- ssize_t arglen;
if (!arg)
return -EINVAL;
- arglen = strscpy(init_uts_ns.name.nodename, arg, bufsize);
- if (arglen < 0) {
- pr_warn("hostname parameter exceeds %zd characters and will be truncated",
+ if (strscpy(init_uts_ns.name.nodename, arg, bufsize) < 0)
+ pr_warn("hostname parameter exceeds %zu characters and will be truncated\n",
maxlen);
- }
+
return 0;
}
early_param("hostname", early_hostname);