Re: make checkpatch warn about memset with swapped arguments.

[Dave Jones]

On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 05:38:16PM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:

 > > 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.

You're smarter than the average bear.

Given how often this bug turns up in both userspace and kernelspace,
it's a landmine waiting for someone to step on.

	Dave
 
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