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-rw-r--r--util-linux/mkfs_minix.c4
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/util-linux/mkfs_minix.c b/util-linux/mkfs_minix.c
index f0b658d0e..af19da68c 100644
--- a/util-linux/mkfs_minix.c
+++ b/util-linux/mkfs_minix.c
@@ -613,7 +613,8 @@ static void alarm_intr(int alnum)
static void check_blocks(void)
{
int try, got;
- static char buffer[BLOCK_SIZE * TEST_BUFFER_BLOCKS];
+ /* buffer[] was the biggest static in entire bbox */
+ char *buffer = xmalloc(BLOCK_SIZE * TEST_BUFFER_BLOCKS);
currently_testing = 0;
signal(SIGALRM, alarm_intr);
@@ -635,6 +636,7 @@ static void check_blocks(void)
badblocks++;
currently_testing++;
}
+ free(buffer);
printf("%d bad block(s)\n", badblocks);
}