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

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