Re: [PATCH net-next 0/4] u64_stats: Introduce u64_stats_copy()
Sabrina Dubroca <[email protected]>
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2026-01-22, 10:00:43 +0200, Ido Schimmel wrote: > On Wed, Jan 21, 2026 at 06:21:05PM +0100, Sabrina Dubroca wrote: > > No direct instances using memcpy, but do we need to also full structs > > copied within a u64_stats_fetch_begin/u64_stats_fetch_retry loop? > > My understanding is that we cannot rely on the compiler to perform the > copy in any particular way. With the suggested helper it is at least > clear how the copy is done. Ok, thanks. So those (and a few more similar things in drivers/net) should also be switched to this new helper. -- Sabrina