Dear Anton Staaf, In message <caf6fiouorx50_6nekmc0myakf6rzwsbu9tonrc+4c2uwuh+...@mail.gmail.com> you wrote: > > > and what do you do when there is no memory left in the malloc arena because > > you leaked it all and so can't service any new read requests ? > > I think you've miss-understood my patch. The allocated buffer is > stored in a static variable. So only the first time through is it > allocated.
Strictly speaking, only the _pointer_to_ the allocated buffer is stored in a static variable. [I know you meant this, but we should try and be exact.] 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 You have the capacity to learn from mistakes. You'll learn a lot today. _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot
