Author: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk> Since size, addr, fcs, and tmp are unsigned, it would seem better to use simple_strtoul that simple_strtol. A simplified version of the semantic patch that makes this change is as follows: (http://www.emn.fr/x-info/coccinelle/) // @r2@ long e; position p; @@ e = simple_strtol@p(…) @@ position p != r2.p; type T; T e; …