linux-kernel - Re: make checkpatch warn about memset with swapped arguments.

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Date:	Thu, 17 Mar 2011 17:38:16 -0400
From:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: make checkpatch warn about memset with swapped arguments.

On Thu, 2011-03-17 at 14:11 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Thu, 17 Mar 2011 16:37:04 -0400

> 
> Dave's patch is tested (I assume), so it wins ;)

I did test mine :) Checked it out before posting. Although I didn't make
a patch out of it.

> 
> Maybe it's just me, but I think it would be better to use bzero() for
> this operation - it's more readable and it can't be screwed up.  Then
> checkpatch checks for memset(xxx, 0, xxx) and for memset(xxx, xxx, 0)
> and says "hey, use bzero".  

Honestly, I've never had the issues with memset. Maybe back in college.
But heh, whatever.

-- Steve


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