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

[Anton Staaf]

On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 1:18 PM, Wolfgang Denk <wd at denx.de> wrote:
> 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.]

Yes, absolutely.

Thanks,
    Anton

> Best regards,
>
> Wolfgang Denk
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