On 2013.11.20 11:36:20 +0000, Damien Lespiau wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 05:22:48PM +0800, Zhenyu Wang wrote:
> > If valgrind is not available, current VG_CLEAR() would just ignore
> > memory clear operation which might make invalid ioctl argument. So
> > make sure VG_CLEAR() will always clear memory.
> > ---
> >  intel/intel_bufmgr_gem.c | 2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/intel/intel_bufmgr_gem.c b/intel/intel_bufmgr_gem.c
> > index df6fcec..389f73a 100644
> > --- a/intel/intel_bufmgr_gem.c
> > +++ b/intel/intel_bufmgr_gem.c
> > @@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
> >  #define VG(x)
> >  #endif
> >  
> > -#define VG_CLEAR(s) VG(memset(&s, 0, sizeof(s)))
> > +#define VG_CLEAR(s) (memset(&s, 0, sizeof(s)))
> 
> VG_CLEAR() is really just for valgrind. If you need to set some specific
> variable/field to 0 then you need to set it to 0 and not rely on
> VG_CLEAR() to do it for you.
> 

ok, in valgrind case it does memory clear for ioctl args which I think is
good behavior in non-valgrind case too.

> What's the actual issue you have?
> 

During testing on recent get reset status ioctl, if !HAVE_VALGRIND, stats
argument is not cleared, which failed in kernel check.

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