[RFC PATCH 0/8] remove use of rte_memcpy from net/intel

[Bruce Richardson]

On Tue, May 19, 2026 at 12:43:32PM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> On Tue, 19 May 2026 16:05:57 +0000
> Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com> wrote:
> 
> > This RFC proposed to replace all instances of rte_memcpy in Intel
> > (and former-Intel) net drivers with just regular memcpy. This is
> > done on the basis that the memcpy use is not datapath, but is used
> > for flow configuration, virt-channel (to firmware or PF) messaging
> > and other control path functions.
> 
> Makes sense. You might also want to look for where structure
> assignment can be used instead of memcpy. Keeping data types
> is a good thing.

Yes, it would be nice to use in places. However, it's not a mechanical
change so I've not taken the time to do the analysis. Just a quick set of
sed replacements for this RFC.

/Bruce