On 11/1/14 21:17, Chen Gang wrote:
>Not only memcpy() is faster than pointer copy, but also let code more >clearer and simple, which can avoid compiling warning (the original >implementation copy registers by exceeding member array border). > >The related warning (with allmodconfig under tile): > > CC arch/tile/kernel/kgdb.o > arch/tile/kernel/kgdb.c: In function 'sleeping_thread_to_gdb_regs': > arch/tile/kernel/kgdb.c:140:31: warning: iteration 53u invokes undefined behavior [-Waggressive-loop-optimizations] > *(ptr++) = thread_regs->regs[reg]; > ^ > arch/tile/kernel/kgdb.c:139:2: note: containing loop > for (reg = 0; reg <= TREG_LAST_GPR; reg++) > ^ > >Signed-off-by: Chen Gang<[email protected]> >--- > arch/tile/kernel/kgdb.c | 6 +----- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-) >
Taken into the tile tree - thanks! See my recent email about changing the shape of the pt_regs and sigcontext structures to make the regs[] usage explicit. But even with that, I think your change makes sense to simplify the code in this location. -- Chris Metcalf, EZChip Semiconductor http://www.ezchip.com -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

