From: Jedi/Sector One <lkml@pureftpd.org>
To: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] 4/4: DM: dm-raid1.c: Use fixed-size arrays
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 22:27:58 +0159 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040630202820.GA13408@c9x.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200406302207.56348.mbuesch@freenet.de>
On Wed, Jun 30, 2004 at 10:07:53PM +0200, Michael Buesch wrote:
> Quoting Kevin Corry <kevcorry@us.ibm.com>:
> > - struct io_region from, to[ms->nr_mirrors - 1], *dest;
>
> Heh? Could someone please explain how this could compile?
Such a dynamic allocation on the stack is a GCC extension, implemented for
a very long time.
I guess this is not very different from alloca().
prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-06-30 20:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-06-30 19:52 [PATCH] 0/4: Device-Mapper: Minor cleanups and fixes Kevin Corry
2004-06-30 19:57 ` [PATCH] 1/4: DM: kcopyd.c: Remove unused include Kevin Corry
2004-06-30 19:57 ` [PATCH] 2/4: DM: kcopyd.c: make client_add() return void Kevin Corry
2004-06-30 19:58 ` [PATCH] 3/4: DM: dm-raid1.c: Enforce max of 9 mirrors Kevin Corry
2004-06-30 19:58 ` [PATCH] 4/4: DM: dm-raid1.c: Use fixed-size arrays Kevin Corry
2004-06-30 20:07 ` Michael Buesch
2004-06-30 20:28 ` Jedi/Sector One [this message]
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