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Re: dynamic allocation of memory during driver initializat ion?
On Fri, Aug 08, 2003 at 10:57:11PM +0200, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> > I could add code to the DSRs to check to see if the
> > buffers have been allocated, and discard the data if they
> > haven't, but I was hoping to avoid make the DSRs any longer.
>
> Do you really think 2 more machine instructions is that significant
> compared to all the other overheads of actually getting into and out
> of a DSR?
Probably not.
I guess it's the addition of more internal state to the thing
that "feels" bad rather than the actual length of the DSR.
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Grant Edwards
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