"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> writes:Perhaps, but considering that (1) this function is not something frequently called anyway, and (2) the proposed change would make it the first alloca() user, and (3) this is compatibility replacement function, I'd rather choose to keep it "old, known to work at more places" malloc/free pair, and not having to worry about it. But now you quote the patch, sizeof(char) looks funny. Isn't it always 1 by definition? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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