linux-kernel - Re: [cocci] [RFC] Increasing usage of direct pointer assignments from memcpy() calls with SmPL?

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Message-ID: <414793e8-6961-40b6-8721-cb1aab30bbd8@web.de>
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2025 14:58:32 +0100
From: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...aro.org>,
 Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...ia.fr>, cocci@...ia.fr
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
 Miaoqian Lin <linmq006@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [cocci] [RFC] Increasing usage of direct pointer assignments from
 memcpy() calls with SmPL?

>> - target = object; memcpy(target, source, size);
+ target = memcpy(object, source, size);

> No one will thank you for making these changes...  🙁

Will any more contributors dare to try adjustments out at such source code places?

>                                                        Please don't do it.

How will change tolerance evolve further?

Regards,
Markus