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

Herve Codina <[email protected]> Mon, 12 Jan 2026 15:18:51 +0100
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.devicetree-spec,org.kernel.vger.devicetree-compiler,org.kernel.vger.linux-devicetree,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
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 <[email protected]>
---
 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",
-- 
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