From: Konrad Eisele <konrad@xxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2011 14:16:01 +0200 > It is a gcc optimization. strcpy(p,"string") is converted to memcpy(p,7). > I could think of 2 ways: > - fix memcpy() so that it returns the dest-pointer instead of 0. (However > there might be a reason that it returns 0 ... > - keep the "kernel,debug: SPARC KGDB stub strcpy fix" patch but change the > summary of the patch to: > Works aroung the fact that strcpy with a constant string is > converted to memcpy by gcc and that memcpy in SPARC returns 0. > > I'll send the 2 possibilities as a reply in a moment. I think memcpy() should be fixed to return the dest pointer. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe sparclinux" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
