From: David Gibson <david@gibson•dropbear.id.au>
To: Geert Uytterhoeven <Geert.Uytterhoeven@sonycom•com>
Cc: Linux/PPC Development <linuxppc-dev@ozlabs•org>
Subject: Re: platform_ops.malloc() vs. realloc()
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 21:25:53 +1100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070222102553.GA11014@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.62.0702221112010.22848@pademelon.sonytel.be>
On Thu, Feb 22, 2007 at 11:14:36AM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>
> arch/powerpc/boot/ops.h has:
>
> | /* Platform specific operations */
> | struct platform_ops {
> | void (*fixups)(void);
> | void (*image_hdr)(const void *);
> | void * (*malloc)(u32 size);
> | void (*free)(void *ptr);
> | void * (*realloc)(void *ptr, unsigned long size);
> | void (*exit)(void);
> | };
>
> Is there a specific reason why the size parameters of malloc() and realloc()
> differ in type?
Not as far as I'm aware, I believe it's just a wart. The zImage is
always compiler 32-bit, so they're actually the same thing. I'm
actually hoping to get rid of malloc() and realloc() at some point.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-02-22 10:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-02-22 10:14 platform_ops.malloc() vs. realloc() Geert Uytterhoeven
2007-02-22 10:25 ` David Gibson [this message]
2007-02-22 10:31 ` Segher Boessenkool
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