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SubjectRe: [PATCH] rtlwifi: rtl8192cu: remove pointless memcpy
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On 02/09/2018 07:24 AM, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> gcc-8 points out that source and destination of the memcpy() are
> always the same pointer, so the effect of memcpy() is undefined
> here (its arguments must not overlap):
>
> drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8192cu/trx.c: In function '_rtl_rx_process':
> drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8192cu/trx.c:430:2: error: 'memcpy' source argument is the same as destination [-Werror=restrict]
>
> Most likely this is harmless, but it's easy to just remove the
> line and get rid of the warning.
>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
> ---
> drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8192cu/trx.c | 1 -
> 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8192cu/trx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8192cu/trx.c
> index ac4a82de40c7..9ab56827124e 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8192cu/trx.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8192cu/trx.c
> @@ -427,7 +427,6 @@ static void _rtl_rx_process(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct sk_buff *skb)
> (u32)hdr->addr1[0], (u32)hdr->addr1[1],
> (u32)hdr->addr1[2], (u32)hdr->addr1[3],
> (u32)hdr->addr1[4], (u32)hdr->addr1[5]);
> - memcpy(IEEE80211_SKB_RXCB(skb), rx_status, sizeof(*rx_status));
> ieee80211_rx(hw, skb);
> }

Argh. Once again I got tripped up on pointers. Yes, this patch is correct.

Acked-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>

Sorry about the noise.

Larry

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