[PATCH 00/32] Use structure assignment instead of memcpy

[Thomas Monjalon]

08/02/2025 21:21, Stephen Hemminger:
> This patch series reduces use of memcpy and rte_memcpy
> in DPDK. It changes memcpy to a simple assignment operator
> which easier to read, generates the same code, and
> keeps type safety.
> 
> Historically memcpy was used in textbooks because there
> was no structure assignement in original K&R C.
> 
> Stephen Hemminger (32):
>   devtools/cocci: prefer structure assignment over memcpy
>   app/testpmd: replace memcpy with assignment
>   app/graph: replace memcpy with structure assignment
>   crypto/dpaa_sec: replace memcpy with assignment
>   dma/dpaa2: replace memcpy with assignment
>   eventdev: replace memcpy with assignment
>   event/dpaa2: replace memcpy with structure assignment
>   event/dsw: replace memcpy with assignment
>   ml/cnxk: replace memcpy with assignment
>   examples: replace memcpy with assignment
>   node: replace memcpy with assignment
>   pipeline: replace memcpy with assignment
>   sched: replace memcpy with structure assignment
>   table: replace memcpy with structure assignment
>   net/ntnic: replace memcpy with structure assignment
>   net/bnxt: replace memcpy with structure assignment
>   crypto/qat: replace memcpy with structure assignment
>   mempool/cnxk: replace memcpy with structure assignment
>   net/dpaa2: replace memcpy with assignment
>   net/enic: replace memcpy with assignment
>   net/intel/i40e: replace memcpy with structure assignment
>   net/nfp: replace memcpy with assignment
>   net/txgbe: replace memcpy with assignment
>   net/bnx2x: replace memcpy with structure assignment
>   net/dpaa2: replace memcpy with structure assignment
>   net/bonding: replace memcpy with structure assignment
>   net/cnxk: replace memcpy with structure assignment
>   net/enic: replace memcpy with structure assignment
>   net/iavf: replace memcpy with structure assignment
>   net/ice: replace memcpy with structure assignment
>   test: replace memcpy with structure assignment
>   test/cryptodev: replace memcpy with structure assignment

Applied and squashed, thanks.

I tried to run the cocci script on my laptop but it took forever,
so I hope there is no more occurrences remaining.