Re: [PATCH v2 2/4] net: i825xx: Use absolute_pointer for memcpy from fixed memory location

From: Geert Uytterhoeven
Date: Wed Sep 15 2021 - 03:08:32 EST


On Wed, Sep 15, 2021 at 5:52 AM Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> gcc 11.x reports the following compiler warning/error.
>
> drivers/net/ethernet/i825xx/82596.c: In function 'i82596_probe':
> ./arch/m68k/include/asm/string.h:72:25: error:
> '__builtin_memcpy' reading 6 bytes from a region of size 0
> [-Werror=stringop-overread]
>
> Use absolute_pointer() to work around the problem.
>
> Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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