linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Remove bogus memcpy in brcm80211 ai

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Date:	Mon, 3 Sep 2012 21:57:00 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
Cc:	brcm80211-dev-list@...adcom.com, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Remove bogus memcpy in brcm80211 ai_detach

On Mon, Sep 03, 2012 at 02:22:48PM -0500, Larry Finger wrote:
> On 09/03/2012 02:13 PM, Andi Kleen wrote:
> >gcc 4.8 warns for this memcpy. While the copy size is correct, the whole
> >copy seems to be a nop because the destination is never used, and
> >there's no need to use memcpy to copy pointers anyways. And the
> >type of the pointer was wrong, but at least those are always the same.
> >
> >Just remove it.
> 
> Andi,
> 
> Have you compiled all of wireless with gcc 4.8? If so, can I assume that 
> you will report warnings for other drivers?

I did 64bit allyesconfig with LTO yes.  wireless has very few warnings overall,
compared to many other subsystems.

I found one other issue in it for which I'm sending a patch.

-Andi


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