Re: alloca() in kernel code

To: tech-kern%netbsd.org@localhost
Subject: Re: alloca() in kernel code
From: mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost (Michael van Elst)
Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2019 22:57:40 -0000 (UTC)

joerg%bec.de@localhost (Joerg Sonnenberger) writes:

>> Even if it comes from the bootloader, why would you want to use alloca()?

>Because as Emmanuel wrote initially, dynamic allocations might not be
>possible yet.

More so than dynamic stack expansion.

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References:
- Re: alloca() in kernel code
  - From: Emmanuel Dreyfus
- Re: alloca() in kernel code
  - From: Johnny Billquist
- Re: alloca() in kernel code
  - From: Joerg Sonnenberger

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