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

[Russell King (Oracle)]

On Tue, Dec 13, 2022 at 12:35:35PM -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 suggested to test _not_ on the mailing lists, because it adds
unnecessary noise - and remember that your email needlessly gets
sent to thousands of recipients.

Yet again, the patch is mangled, but is better than the last one.

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