return tok->pos[0];
 }
 
-static size_t response_parse_tiny(struct opal_resp_tok *tok,
-                                 const u8 *pos)
+static ssize_t response_parse_tiny(struct opal_resp_tok *tok,
+                                  const u8 *pos)
 {
        tok->pos = pos;
        tok->len = 1;
        return tok->len;
 }
 
-static size_t response_parse_short(struct opal_resp_tok *tok,
-                                  const u8 *pos)
+static ssize_t response_parse_short(struct opal_resp_tok *tok,
+                                   const u8 *pos)
 {
        tok->pos = pos;
        tok->len = (pos[0] & SHORT_ATOM_LEN_MASK) + 1;
                tok->type = OPAL_DTA_TOKENID_SINT;
        } else {
                u64 u_integer = 0;
-               int i, b = 0;
+               ssize_t i, b = 0;
 
                tok->type = OPAL_DTA_TOKENID_UINT;
                if (tok->len > 9) {
        return tok->len;
 }
 
-static size_t response_parse_medium(struct opal_resp_tok *tok,
-                                   const u8 *pos)
+static ssize_t response_parse_medium(struct opal_resp_tok *tok,
+                                    const u8 *pos)
 {
        tok->pos = pos;
        tok->len = (((pos[0] & MEDIUM_ATOM_LEN_MASK) << 8) | pos[1]) + 2;
        return tok->len;
 }
 
-static size_t response_parse_long(struct opal_resp_tok *tok,
-                                 const u8 *pos)
+static ssize_t response_parse_long(struct opal_resp_tok *tok,
+                                  const u8 *pos)
 {
        tok->pos = pos;
        tok->len = ((pos[1] << 16) | (pos[2] << 8) | pos[3]) + 4;
        return tok->len;
 }
 
-static size_t response_parse_token(struct opal_resp_tok *tok,
-                                  const u8 *pos)
+static ssize_t response_parse_token(struct opal_resp_tok *tok,
+                                   const u8 *pos)
 {
        tok->pos = pos;
        tok->len = 1;
        struct opal_resp_tok *iter;
        int num_entries = 0;
        int total;
-       size_t token_length;
+       ssize_t token_length;
        const u8 *pos;
 
        if (!buf)
                else /* TOKEN */
                        token_length = response_parse_token(iter, pos);
 
-               if (token_length == -EINVAL)
-                       return -EINVAL;
+               if (token_length < 0)
+                       return token_length;
 
                pos += token_length;
                total -= token_length;