[PATCH v4 01/30] cocci/rte_memcpy: add script to eliminate fixed size rte_memcpy
Morten Brørup
mb at smartsharesystems.com
Sat Apr 6 11:01:47 CEST 2024
> From: Stephen Hemminger [mailto:stephen at networkplumber.org]
> Sent: Friday, 5 April 2024 18.53
>
> Rte_memcpy should not be used for the simple case of copying
> a fix size structure because it is slower and will hide problems
"it is slower"... not always true.
Perhaps: "it is not faster than memcpy".
> from code analysis tools. Coverity, fortify and other analyzers
> special case memcpy().
>
> Gcc (and Clang) are smart enough to inline copies which
> will be faster.
"faster" -> "just as fast".
>
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>
> ---
With the updated description,
For the series,
Acked-by: Morten Brørup <mb at smartsharesystems.com>
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