Re: [PATCH] iio: temperature: ltc2983: avoid -Wstring-compare warning

[Joshua Crofts <joshua.crofts1@gmail.com>]

On Fri,  2 Oct 2026 14:48:51 +0200
Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org> wrote:

> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
> 
> When __ltc2983_custom_sensor_new() is inlined into a caller, gcc notices
> that the string compare can never succeed and warns about this being a
> possible mistake:
> 
> In function '__ltc2983_custom_sensor_new',
>     inlined from 'ltc2983_thermistor_new' at drivers/iio/temperature/ltc2983.c:1079:24:
> drivers/iio/temperature/ltc2983.c:559:29: error: 'strcmp' of a string of length 24 and an array of size 22 evaluates to nonzero [-Werror=string-compare]
>   559 |    if ((index % 2) != 0 && !strcmp(propname, "adi,custom-leak-detector"))
>       |                             ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
> This is a false positive warning as the code always works correctly,
> though the strcmp() is a somewhat elaborate way of identifying the caller.
> 
> Rework this by replacing both the strcmp() and the is_steinhart flag with
> the sensor->type that is always available anyway and identifies with
> code path gets taken.
> 
> Fixes: 3dd0c048409e ("iio: temperature: ltc2983: Add support for ADT7604")
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
> ---

Makes sense.

Reviewed-by: Joshua Crofts <joshua.crofts1@gmail.com>

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Kind regards,
Joshua Crofts