From: Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot] [PATCH RESEND] Fix misuse of calloc() in linux/compat.h header
Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2012 02:04:36 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201206090204.36302.marex@denx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120608235856.1C1392000F5@gemini.denx.de>
Dear Wolfgang Denk,
> Dear Marek Vasut,
>
> In message <201206090148.40933.marex@denx.de> you wrote:
> > > Multiplication being commutative, I see zero effect in this patch?
> >
> > Weeeeell, not in every algebraic system. It has zero effect, it's only
> > about correctness [1]. Will applying this break anything?
>
> In which way is "a * b" more (or less?) correct than "b * a" ?
In our natural integer system, it's all perfectly OK.
> What is the difference between allocating a contiguous sequence of
> 4096 single bytes, or allocating a single block of size 4096?
None.
> Best regards,
>
> Wolfgang Denk
Best regards,
Marek Vasut
prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-06-09 0:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-06-08 17:28 [U-Boot] [PATCH RESEND] Fix misuse of calloc() in linux/compat.h header Marek Vasut
2012-06-08 23:43 ` Wolfgang Denk
2012-06-08 23:48 ` Marek Vasut
2012-06-08 23:58 ` Wolfgang Denk
2012-06-09 0:04 ` Marek Vasut [this message]
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