linux-kernel - [PATCH 15/23] ivtv: Replace memcpy with struct assignment

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Date:	Tue, 23 Oct 2012 16:57:18 -0300
From:	Ezequiel Garcia <elezegarcia@...il.com>
To:	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-media@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	Julia.Lawall@...6.fr, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
	Ezequiel Garcia <elezegarcia@...il.com>,
	Andy Walls <awalls@...metrocast.net>,
	Peter Senna Tschudin <peter.senna@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH 15/23] ivtv: Replace memcpy with struct assignment

This kind of memcpy() is error-prone. Its replacement with a struct
assignment is prefered because it's type-safe and much easier to read.

Found by coccinelle. Hand patched and reviewed.
Tested by compilation only.

A simplified version of the semantic match that finds this problem is as
follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/)

// <smpl>
@@
identifier struct_name;
struct struct_name to;
struct struct_name from;
expression E;
@@
-memcpy(&(to), &(from), E);
+to = from;
// </smpl>

Cc: Andy Walls <awalls@...metrocast.net>
Signed-off-by: Peter Senna Tschudin <peter.senna@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Ezequiel Garcia <elezegarcia@...il.com>
---
 drivers/media/pci/ivtv/ivtv-i2c.c |   12 ++++--------
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/pci/ivtv/ivtv-i2c.c b/drivers/media/pci/ivtv/ivtv-i2c.c
index d47f41a..27a8466 100644
--- a/drivers/media/pci/ivtv/ivtv-i2c.c
+++ b/drivers/media/pci/ivtv/ivtv-i2c.c
@@ -719,13 +719,10 @@ int init_ivtv_i2c(struct ivtv *itv)
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
 	if (itv->options.newi2c > 0) {
-		memcpy(&itv->i2c_adap, &ivtv_i2c_adap_hw_template,
-		       sizeof(struct i2c_adapter));
+		itv->i2c_adap = ivtv_i2c_adap_hw_template;
 	} else {
-		memcpy(&itv->i2c_adap, &ivtv_i2c_adap_template,
-		       sizeof(struct i2c_adapter));
-		memcpy(&itv->i2c_algo, &ivtv_i2c_algo_template,
-		       sizeof(struct i2c_algo_bit_data));
+		itv->i2c_adap = ivtv_i2c_adap_template;
+		itv->i2c_algo = ivtv_i2c_algo_template;
 	}
 	itv->i2c_algo.udelay = itv->options.i2c_clock_period / 2;
 	itv->i2c_algo.data = itv;
@@ -735,8 +732,7 @@ int init_ivtv_i2c(struct ivtv *itv)
 		itv->instance);
 	i2c_set_adapdata(&itv->i2c_adap, &itv->v4l2_dev);
 
-	memcpy(&itv->i2c_client, &ivtv_i2c_client_template,
-	       sizeof(struct i2c_client));
+	itv->i2c_client = ivtv_i2c_client_template;
 	itv->i2c_client.adapter = &itv->i2c_adap;
 	itv->i2c_adap.dev.parent = &itv->pdev->dev;
 
-- 
1.7.4.4

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