[PATCH 17/23] cx23885: Replace memcpy with struct assignment

From: Ezequiel Garcia
Date: Tue Oct 23 2012 - 16:00:32 EST


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>

Signed-off-by: Peter Senna Tschudin <peter.senna@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ezequiel Garcia <elezegarcia@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/media/pci/cx23885/cx23885-video.c | 3 +--
drivers/media/pci/cx23885/cx23888-ir.c | 6 ++----
2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/pci/cx23885/cx23885-video.c b/drivers/media/pci/cx23885/cx23885-video.c
index 1a21926..62be144 100644
--- a/drivers/media/pci/cx23885/cx23885-video.c
+++ b/drivers/media/pci/cx23885/cx23885-video.c
@@ -1818,8 +1818,7 @@ int cx23885_video_register(struct cx23885_dev *dev)
spin_lock_init(&dev->slock);

/* Initialize VBI template */
- memcpy(&cx23885_vbi_template, &cx23885_video_template,
- sizeof(cx23885_vbi_template));
+ cx23885_vbi_template = cx23885_video_template;
strcpy(cx23885_vbi_template.name, "cx23885-vbi");

dev->tvnorm = cx23885_video_template.current_norm;
diff --git a/drivers/media/pci/cx23885/cx23888-ir.c b/drivers/media/pci/cx23885/cx23888-ir.c
index c2bc39c..e448146 100644
--- a/drivers/media/pci/cx23885/cx23888-ir.c
+++ b/drivers/media/pci/cx23885/cx23888-ir.c
@@ -1236,13 +1236,11 @@ int cx23888_ir_probe(struct cx23885_dev *dev)
cx23888_ir_write4(dev, CX23888_IR_IRQEN_REG, 0);

mutex_init(&state->rx_params_lock);
- memcpy(&default_params, &default_rx_params,
- sizeof(struct v4l2_subdev_ir_parameters));
+ default_params = default_rx_params;
v4l2_subdev_call(sd, ir, rx_s_parameters, &default_params);

mutex_init(&state->tx_params_lock);
- memcpy(&default_params, &default_tx_params,
- sizeof(struct v4l2_subdev_ir_parameters));
+ default_params = default_tx_params;
v4l2_subdev_call(sd, ir, tx_s_parameters, &default_params);
} else {
kfifo_free(&state->rx_kfifo);
--
1.7.4.4

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