Dear Anton Staaf, In message <CAF6FioXeFQP2a0VaZOVOTmxPvJxF4=kamS18=2=p6tfnefw...@mail.gmail.com> you wrote: > > > what about adding a new func like: > > #define dma_buffer_alloca(size) > > I generally avoid large allocations on the stack, they can confuse > virtual stack management and blow out small embedded stacks. But > neither of these are really a problem for most U-Boot targets. Are > you thinking something like: > > #define dma_buffer_alloca(size) alloca(size + get_dcache_line_size() - > 1) & ~(get_dcache_line_size() - 1);
I don't think I will accept any alloca() based code into mainline. Best regards, Wolfgang Denk -- DENX Software Engineering GmbH, MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: w...@denx.de "There are three principal ways to lose money: wine, women, and en- gineers. While the first two are more pleasant, the third is by far the more certain." -- Baron Rothschild, ca. 1800 _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot
