Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 25 Feb 2009 11:40:13 -0800 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH][trivial] crypto: tcrypt - reduce stack size |
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On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 03:34:11PM +0100, Frank Seidel wrote: > Thiago Galesi wrote: > > If you write static char output[1024]; (even inside a function) it's > > not allocated on the stack. > > Oh, yes i misunderstood Herbert, sorry. But anyway isn't > it preferred to kmalloc such arrays? > Greg, i thought it was you who told me so, is that right?
Generally, yes, it is preferred. But if it can be static, that's fine too.
thanks,
greg k-h
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