Oct 23 2012

[media] cx25840: Replace memcpy with struct assignment 

Author: Ezequiel Garcia <elezegarcia@gmail.com>

This kind of memcpy() is error-prone. Its replacement with a struct
assignment is prefered because it's type-safe and much easier to read.
Found by coccinelle. Hand patched and reviewed.
Tested by compilation only.
A simplified version of the semantic match that finds this problem is as
follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/)
// 
@@
identifier struct_name;
struct struct_name to;
struct struct_name from;
expression E;
@@
-memcpy(&(to), &(from), E);
+to = from;
// 

Signed-off-by: Peter Senna Tschudin 
Signed-off-by: Ezequiel Garcia 
Signed-off-by: Andy Walls 
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab 

---
 drivers/media/i2c/cx25840/cx25840-ir.c | 6 ++----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
 
diff --git a/drivers/media/i2c/cx25840/cx25840-ir.c b/drivers/media/i2c/cx25840/cx25840-ir.c
index 38ce76e..9ae977b 100644
--- a/drivers/media/i2c/cx25840/cx25840-ir.c
+++ b/drivers/media/i2c/cx25840/cx25840-ir.c
@@ -1251,13 +1251,11 @@ int cx25840_ir_probe(struct v4l2_subdev *sd)
 		cx25840_write4(ir_state->c, CX25840_IR_IRQEN_REG, 0);
 
 	mutex_init(&ir_state->rx_params_lock);
-	memcpy(&default_params, &default_rx_params,
-		       sizeof(struct v4l2_subdev_ir_parameters));
+	default_params = default_rx_params;
 	v4l2_subdev_call(sd, ir, rx_s_parameters, &default_params);
 
 	mutex_init(&ir_state->tx_params_lock);
-	memcpy(&default_params, &default_tx_params,
-		       sizeof(struct v4l2_subdev_ir_parameters));
+	default_params = default_tx_params;
 	v4l2_subdev_call(sd, ir, tx_s_parameters, &default_params);
 
 	return 0;

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