Re: [PATCH] serial: sh-sci: Use plain struct copy in early_console_setup()

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Hi, Geert,

On 03.12.2024 18:30, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> 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>

Not sure, do you think it should carry a fixes tag?

> ---
>  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;

I'm currently preparing my fixes around this code. I think I should rebase
on top of your patch :)


Thank you,
Claudiu

>  	port_cfg.type = type;
>  	sci_ports[0].cfg = &port_cfg;
>  	sci_ports[0].params = sci_probe_regmap(&port_cfg);




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