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Subject: Re: [PATCH 17/23] cx23885: Replace memcpy with struct assignment
From: Andy Walls <awalls@md.metrocast.net>
To: Ezequiel Garcia <elezegarcia@gmail.com>
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On Tue, 2012-10-23 at 16:57 -0300, Ezequiel Garcia wrote:
> This kind of memcpy() is error-prone. Its replacement with a struct
> assignment is prefered because it's type-safe and much easier to read.
> 
> Found by coccinelle. Hand patched and reviewed.
> Tested by compilation only.
> 
> A simplified version of the semantic match that finds this problem is as
> follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/)
> 
> // <smpl>
> @@
> identifier struct_name;
> struct struct_name to;
> struct struct_name from;
> expression E;
> @@
> -memcpy(&(to), &(from), E);
> +to = from;
> // </smpl>
> 
> Signed-off-by: Peter Senna Tschudin <peter.senna@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Ezequiel Garcia <elezegarcia@gmail.com>

This patch looks OK to me.  You forgot to CC: Steven Toth and/or Devin
Heitmueller (I can't remember who did the VBI work.)

For cx23885-video.c:
Reviewed-by: Andy Walls <awalls@md.metrocast.net>

For cx23885-ir.c:
Signed-off-by: Andy Walls <awalls@md.metrocast.net>


> ---
>  drivers/media/pci/cx23885/cx23885-video.c |    3 +--
>  drivers/media/pci/cx23885/cx23888-ir.c    |    6 ++----
>  2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/media/pci/cx23885/cx23885-video.c b/drivers/media/pci/cx23885/cx23885-video.c
> index 1a21926..62be144 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/pci/cx23885/cx23885-video.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/pci/cx23885/cx23885-video.c
> @@ -1818,8 +1818,7 @@ int cx23885_video_register(struct cx23885_dev *dev)
>  	spin_lock_init(&dev->slock);
>  
>  	/* Initialize VBI template */
> -	memcpy(&cx23885_vbi_template, &cx23885_video_template,
> -		sizeof(cx23885_vbi_template));
> +	cx23885_vbi_template = cx23885_video_template;
>  	strcpy(cx23885_vbi_template.name, "cx23885-vbi");
>  
>  	dev->tvnorm = cx23885_video_template.current_norm;
> diff --git a/drivers/media/pci/cx23885/cx23888-ir.c b/drivers/media/pci/cx23885/cx23888-ir.c
> index c2bc39c..e448146 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/pci/cx23885/cx23888-ir.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/pci/cx23885/cx23888-ir.c
> @@ -1236,13 +1236,11 @@ int cx23888_ir_probe(struct cx23885_dev *dev)
>  		cx23888_ir_write4(dev, CX23888_IR_IRQEN_REG, 0);
>  
>  		mutex_init(&state->rx_params_lock);
> -		memcpy(&default_params, &default_rx_params,
> -		       sizeof(struct v4l2_subdev_ir_parameters));
> +		default_params = default_rx_params;
>  		v4l2_subdev_call(sd, ir, rx_s_parameters, &default_params);
>  
>  		mutex_init(&state->tx_params_lock);
> -		memcpy(&default_params, &default_tx_params,
> -		       sizeof(struct v4l2_subdev_ir_parameters));
> +		default_params = default_tx_params;
>  		v4l2_subdev_call(sd, ir, tx_s_parameters, &default_params);
>  	} else {
>  		kfifo_free(&state->rx_kfifo);