There is a helper for memcpy(buffer)+memset(the_rest). Use it for
simplicity.
And add a comment why we are doing the copy in the first place.
Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby (SUSE) <jirislaby@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Laurentiu Tudor <laurentiu.tudor@xxxxxxx>
Cc: linuxppc-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
drivers/tty/ehv_bytechan.c | 7 +++++--
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/tty/ehv_bytechan.c b/drivers/tty/ehv_bytechan.c
index a067628e01c8..cc9f4338da60 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/ehv_bytechan.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/ehv_bytechan.c
@@ -143,9 +143,12 @@ static unsigned int local_ev_byte_channel_send(unsigned int handle,
char buffer[EV_BYTE_CHANNEL_MAX_BYTES];
unsigned int c = *count;
+ /*
+ * ev_byte_channel_send() expects at least EV_BYTE_CHANNEL_MAX_BYTES
+ * (16 B) in the buffer. Fake it using a local buffer if needed.
+ */
if (c < sizeof(buffer)) {
- memcpy(buffer, p, c);
- memset(&buffer[c], 0, sizeof(buffer) - c);
+ memcpy_and_pad(buffer, sizeof(buffer), p, c, 0);
p = buffer;
}
return ev_byte_channel_send(handle, count, p);
--
2.42.1
