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

From: Arnd Bergmann

Date: Fri Oct 02 2026 - 08:57:58 EST


From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>

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@xxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/iio/temperature/ltc2983.c | 22 ++++++++++++----------
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/iio/temperature/ltc2983.c b/drivers/iio/temperature/ltc2983.c
index 6655453c9abf..efad747c9e8d 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/temperature/ltc2983.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/temperature/ltc2983.c
@@ -482,11 +482,12 @@ static int __ltc2983_chan_custom_sensor_assign(struct ltc2983_data *st,

static struct ltc2983_custom_sensor *
__ltc2983_custom_sensor_new(struct ltc2983_data *st, const struct fwnode_handle *fn,
- const char *propname, const bool is_steinhart,
+ const char *propname, int type,
const u32 resolution, const bool has_signed)
{
struct ltc2983_custom_sensor *new_custom;
struct device *dev = &st->spi->dev;
+ bool is_steinhart = type == LTC2983_SENSOR_THERMISTOR_STEINHART;
/*
* For custom steinhart, the full u32 is taken. For all the others
* the MSB is discarded.
@@ -556,7 +557,7 @@ __ltc2983_custom_sensor_new(struct ltc2983_data *st, const struct fwnode_handle
* to µK so __convert_to_raw() produces the correct hardware
* encoding: P + 273.15 K.
*/
- if ((index % 2) != 0 && !strcmp(propname, "adi,custom-leak-detector"))
+ if ((index % 2) != 0 && type == LTC2983_SENSOR_LEAK_DETECTOR)
temp = temp * 1000000 + 273150000;

if ((index % 2) != 0)
@@ -846,7 +847,8 @@ ltc2983_thermocouple_new(const struct fwnode_handle *child, struct ltc2983_data
const char *propname = "adi,custom-thermocouple";

thermo->custom = __ltc2983_custom_sensor_new(st, child,
- propname, false,
+ propname,
+ sensor->type,
16384, true);
if (IS_ERR(thermo->custom))
return ERR_CAST(thermo->custom);
@@ -961,7 +963,8 @@ ltc2983_rtd_new(const struct fwnode_handle *child, struct ltc2983_data *st,
if (sensor->type == LTC2983_SENSOR_RTD_CUSTOM) {
rtd->custom = __ltc2983_custom_sensor_new(st, child,
"adi,custom-rtd",
- false, 2048, false);
+ sensor->type,
+ 2048, false);
if (IS_ERR(rtd->custom))
return ERR_CAST(rtd->custom);
}
@@ -1066,11 +1069,9 @@ ltc2983_thermistor_new(const struct fwnode_handle *child, struct ltc2983_data *s

/* check custom sensor */
if (sensor->type >= LTC2983_SENSOR_THERMISTOR_STEINHART) {
- bool steinhart = false;
const char *propname;

if (sensor->type == LTC2983_SENSOR_THERMISTOR_STEINHART) {
- steinhart = true;
propname = "adi,custom-steinhart";
} else {
propname = "adi,custom-thermistor";
@@ -1078,7 +1079,7 @@ ltc2983_thermistor_new(const struct fwnode_handle *child, struct ltc2983_data *s

thermistor->custom = __ltc2983_custom_sensor_new(st, child,
propname,
- steinhart,
+ sensor->type,
64, false);
if (IS_ERR(thermistor->custom))
return ERR_CAST(thermistor->custom);
@@ -1195,7 +1196,7 @@ ltc2983_copper_trace_new(const struct fwnode_handle *child, struct ltc2983_data
"adi,custom-copper-trace is required for >1 ohm copper trace\n");

ct->custom = __ltc2983_custom_sensor_new(st, child, "adi,custom-copper-trace",
- false, 2048, false);
+ sensor->type, 2048, false);
if (IS_ERR(ct->custom))
return ERR_CAST(ct->custom);

@@ -1286,7 +1287,7 @@ ltc2983_leak_detector_new(const struct fwnode_handle *child, struct ltc2983_data
"adi,custom-leak-detector is required for leak detectors\n");

ld->custom = __ltc2983_custom_sensor_new(st, child, "adi,custom-leak-detector",
- false, 16, false);
+ sensor->type, 16, false);
if (IS_ERR(ld->custom))
return ERR_CAST(ld->custom);

@@ -1499,7 +1500,8 @@ static struct ltc2983_sensor *ltc2983_temp_new(struct fwnode_handle *child,
sensor->chan);

temp->custom = __ltc2983_custom_sensor_new(st, child, "adi,custom-temp",
- false, 4096, true);
+ sensor->type,
+ 4096, true);
if (IS_ERR(temp->custom))
return ERR_CAST(temp->custom);

--
2.53.0