David Miller wrote: > 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. > > In that case the patchset would be (I sent them 10/11/2011 02:18 PM): + 0001-apbuart-add-polling-callbacks-to-apbuart-driver.patch + 0002-apbuart-add-support-for-virtual-KGDB-GRMON-channel.patch + 0004-sparc32-return-destination-pointer-on-return-from-me.patch + 0005-sparc32-Add-support-for-KGDB-with-SMP-for-leon-and-s.patch and skip the "0003-kernel-debug-SPARC-KGDB-stub-strcpy-fix.patch" -- Konrad -- 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
