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Re: bug in fbmem.c,

From: Richard Henderson <rth twiddle net>
To: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik pobox com>
Cc: Vignaud Jean-Baptiste <jbv club-internet fr>, axp-list <axp-list redhat com>, FrameBuffer <linux-fbdev vuser vu union edu>, Linux kernel <linux-kernel vger rutgers edu>, Bibek Sahu <scorpio dodds net>, "Adam C. Powell IV" <adam powell nist gov>
Subject: Re: bug in fbmem.c,
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 12:55:24 -0700

On Wed, Jun 23, 1999 at 09:35:43AM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> +	if (copy_size > 0) {
> +		char tmpbuf [copy_size];

You can't do dynamic stack allocation in the kernel.
You'll have to use kmalloc or get_free_page or something.


r~

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