[U-Boot] C99 and dynamic arrays

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Simon Glass,

In message <CAPnjgZ2bSf8-9gw6MweexMUEXDTYNspxth0GA0XN3RpkLO4R8w at mail.gmail.com> you wrote:
>
> >> Given that we seem to allow C99 features in U-Boot I wonder if it
> >> would be OK to use dynamic arrays in SPL?

Strange.  I can see the follow-ups, but I cannot see the original
posting?

> In the function pow_mod(), I would like to replace:
> 
> val = malloc(key->len * sizeof(uint32_t));
> 
> with:
> 
> uint32_t val[key->len];
> 
> malloc() adds at least 1KB, perhaps 2KB.

I think it is perfectly OK to do that.  Actually I think we already do
this in a number of places.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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