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SubjectRe: [CHECKER] error path memory leaks in 2.4.4 and 2.4.4-ac8
In article <200105250238.TAA00788@csl.Stanford.EDU> you wrote:
>> I believe we can make that a short. Arjan?

> Is the general way to fix these too-large stack vars to heap allocate
> them? Or is it preferable to put a "static" in front of them, if the
> routine is non-reentrant?

You're not always allowed to allocate memory. Esp in filesystems it can be
tricky as writes can be triggered by low-memory situations and allocating
memory their is suboptimal.
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