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| -rw-r--r-- | util/nvramtool/cmos_lowlevel.c | 5 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/util/nvramtool/cmos_lowlevel.c b/util/nvramtool/cmos_lowlevel.c index 618e8d2b27..c46e48062d 100644 --- a/util/nvramtool/cmos_lowlevel.c +++ b/util/nvramtool/cmos_lowlevel.c @@ -112,6 +112,9 @@ static inline void put_bits(unsigned char value, unsigned bit, * Read value from nonvolatile RAM at position given by 'bit' and 'length' * and return this value. The I/O privilege level of the currently executing * process must be set appropriately. + * + * Returned value is either (unsigned long long), or malloc()'d (char *) + * cast to (unsigned long long) ****************************************************************************/ unsigned long long cmos_read(const cmos_entry_t * e) { @@ -126,7 +129,7 @@ unsigned long long cmos_read(const cmos_entry_t * e) if (e->config == CMOS_ENTRY_STRING) { int strsz = (length + 7) / 8; - char *newstring = alloca(strsz); + char *newstring = malloc(strsz); unsigned usize = (8 * sizeof(unsigned long long)); if (!newstring) { |