linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: slicoss: replace memcpy

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Message-ID: <746956d6-97d4-004d-74dd-92c19699dce7@gmx.de>
Date:   Tue, 18 Oct 2016 23:36:10 +0200
From:   Lino Sanfilippo <LinoSanfilippo@....de>
To:     Ryan Swan <ryan@...nswan.com>, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org
Cc:     liodot@...il.com, charrer@...critech.com,
        gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, bmarsh94@...il.com,
        amarjargal.gundjalam@...il.com, aquannie@...il.com,
        janani.rvchndrn@...il.com, kevin.m.wern@...il.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: slicoss: replace memcpy_fromio with memcpy

On 18.10.2016 23:26, Ryan Swan wrote:
> As per discusion with Lino Sanfilippo, memcpy is the proper way to copy
> across dma memory, which also removes sparse warning that triggered
> inquiry.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ryan Swan <ryan@...nswan.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/slicoss/slicoss.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/slicoss/slicoss.c b/drivers/staging/slicoss/slicoss.c
> index 2802b90..9a1dc72 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/slicoss/slicoss.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/slicoss/slicoss.c
> @@ -1057,7 +1057,7 @@ static void slic_upr_request_complete(struct adapter *adapter, u32 isr)
>  		if (stats->rcv_drops > old->rcv_drops)
>  			adapter->rcv_drops += (stats->rcv_drops -
>  					       old->rcv_drops);
> -		memcpy_fromio(old, stats, sizeof(*stats));
> +		memcpy(old, stats, sizeof(*stats));
>  		break;
>  	}
>  	case SLIC_UPR_RLSR:
> 

Reviewed-by: Lino Sanfilippo <LinoSanfilippo@....de>