Using memcpy() prevents the compiler from doing any checking on the types of the passed pointer parameters. Copy the structure using struct assignment instead, to increase type-safety. No change in generated code on all relevant architectures (arm/arm64/riscv/sh). Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/tty/serial/sh-sci.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/sh-sci.c b/drivers/tty/serial/sh-sci.c index df523c7444230836..1ed13ce2c2952547 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/serial/sh-sci.c +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/sh-sci.c @@ -3542,7 +3542,7 @@ static int __init early_console_setup(struct earlycon_device *device, return -ENODEV; device->port.type = type; - memcpy(&sci_ports[0].port, &device->port, sizeof(struct uart_port)); + sci_ports[0].port = device->port; port_cfg.type = type; sci_ports[0].cfg = &port_cfg; sci_ports[0].params = sci_probe_regmap(&port_cfg); -- 2.34.1