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

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On 03.12.2024 18:45, Claudiu Beznea wrote:
> 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

s/I think/I'm not sure if/g

> 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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