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SubjectRe: [PATCH] PnP update - drivers

On Mon, 13 Jan 2003, Adam Belay wrote:
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> PnP IDE Conversion from Zwane Mwaikambo

This, btw, is _worse_ than the current conversion, as far as I can tell.
In particular:

> -/* Generic initialisation function for ISA PnP IDE interface */
> +/* Barf bags at the ready! Enough to satisfy IDE core */
> +static void pnp_to_pci(struct pnp_dev *pnp_dev, struct pci_dev *pci_dev)
> +{
> + pci_dev->dev = pnp_dev->dev;
> + pci_set_drvdata(pci_dev, pnp_get_drvdata(pnp_dev));
> + pci_dev->irq = DEV_IRQ(pnp_dev, 0);
> + pci_set_dma_mask(pci_dev, 0x00ffffff);
> +}

That "pci_dev->dev = pnp_dev->dev" looks totally bletcherous, and does a
structure copy that potentially copies pointers that simply ARE NOT VALID
after the copy.

Not good.

Linus

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