mkfs_minix: remove older, less efficient bss reduction trick

diff --git a/util-linux/mkfs_minix.c b/util-linux/mkfs_minix.c
index 2ba9233df3152cc085672ab8e9915f8fcfc19096..d70d20fda5cba7b9d99ae2e5fcbae209f4150bda 100644 (file)
--- a/util-linux/mkfs_minix.c
+++ b/util-linux/mkfs_minix.c
@@ -115,6 +115,8 @@ struct globals {
        char super_block_buffer[BLOCK_SIZE];
        char boot_block_buffer[512];
        unsigned short good_blocks_table[MAX_GOOD_BLOCKS];
+       /* check_blocks(): buffer[] was the biggest static in entire bbox */
+       char check_blocks_buffer[BLOCK_SIZE * TEST_BUFFER_BLOCKS];
 };
 
 #define G (*ptr_to_globals)
@@ -492,8 +494,6 @@ static void alarm_intr(int alnum)
 static void check_blocks(void)
 {
        size_t try, got;
-       /* buffer[] was the biggest static in entire bbox */
-       char *buffer = xmalloc(BLOCK_SIZE * TEST_BUFFER_BLOCKS);
 
        G.currently_testing = 0;
        signal(SIGALRM, alarm_intr);
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ static void check_blocks(void)
                try = TEST_BUFFER_BLOCKS;
                if (G.currently_testing + try > SB_ZONES)
                        try = SB_ZONES - G.currently_testing;
-               got = do_check(buffer, try, G.currently_testing);
+               got = do_check(G.check_blocks_buffer, try, G.currently_testing);
                G.currently_testing += got;
                if (got == try)
                        continue;
@@ -516,7 +516,6 @@ static void check_blocks(void)
                G.currently_testing++;
        }
        alarm(0);
-       free(buffer);
        printf("%d bad block(s)\n", G.badblocks);
 }