[U-Boot] [PATCH v2] ext2: Cache line aligned partial sector bounce buffer

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Anton Staaf,

In message <CAF6FioUoRx50_6nEkMc0MyAKf6rZwsbu9tONrC+4c2UWUH+ZxQ at 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

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