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@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Ezequiel Garcia <elezegarcia@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/media/pci/bt8xx/bttv-i2c.c | 3 +-- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/media/pci/bt8xx/bttv-i2c.c b/drivers/media/pci/bt8xx/bttv-i2c.c index 580c8e6..7398afa 100644 --- a/drivers/media/pci/bt8xx/bttv-i2c.c +++ b/drivers/media/pci/bt8xx/bttv-i2c.c @@ -366,8 +366,7 @@ int __devinit init_bttv_i2c(struct bttv *btv) strlcpy(btv->c.i2c_adap.name, "bttv", sizeof(btv->c.i2c_adap.name)); - memcpy(&btv->i2c_algo, &bttv_i2c_algo_bit_template, - sizeof(bttv_i2c_algo_bit_template)); + btv->i2c_algo = bttv_i2c_algo_bit_template; btv->i2c_algo.udelay = i2c_udelay; btv->i2c_algo.data = btv; btv->c.i2c_adap.algo_data = &btv->i2c_algo; -- 1.7.4.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html