On 10.11, Pablo Neira Ayuso wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 06:30:34PM +0000, Patrick McHardy wrote:
> > > __module_get(src->ops->type->owner);
> > > - memcpy(dst, src, src->ops->size);
> > > + if (src->ops->clone) {
> > > + memcpy(dst, src, sizeof(*src));
> >
> > Why copy if we clone? The function should do a full initialization if it is
> > present I would say.
>
> This is not copying the variable length data area of the expression,
> just the expression head.
Ah right. But that is only ->ops. We can set this directly, should generate
better code and be easier to understand.
>
> > > + err = src->ops->clone(dst, src);
> > > + if (err < 0)
> > > + return err;
> > > + } else {
> > > + memcpy(dst, src, src->ops->size);
> > > + }
> > > + return 0;
> > > }
> > >
>
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