[alsa-devel] [PATCH 11/29] mixer: remove alloca() from elem_write_volume()

[Takashi Sakamoto]

Both of alloca() and automatic variables keep storages on stack, while
the former generates more instructions than the latter. It's better to use
the latter if the size of storage is computable at pre-compile or compile
time; i.e. just for structures.

This commit obsolete usages of alloca() with automatic variables.

Signed-off-by: Takashi Sakamoto <o-takashi at sakamocchi.jp>
---
 src/mixer/simple_none.c | 9 ++++-----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/mixer/simple_none.c b/src/mixer/simple_none.c
index 2ae4b0a..ee9f84a 100644
--- a/src/mixer/simple_none.c
+++ b/src/mixer/simple_none.c
@@ -467,17 +467,16 @@ static int selem_read(snd_mixer_elem_t *elem)
 
 static int elem_write_volume(selem_none_t *s, int dir, selem_ctl_type_t type)
 {
-	snd_ctl_elem_value_t *ctl;
+	snd_ctl_elem_value_t ctl = {0};
 	unsigned int idx;
 	int err;
 	selem_ctl_t *c = &s->ctls[type];
-	snd_ctl_elem_value_alloca(&ctl);
-	if ((err = snd_hctl_elem_read(c->elem, ctl)) < 0)
+	if ((err = snd_hctl_elem_read(c->elem, &ctl)) < 0)
 		return err;
 	for (idx = 0; idx < c->values; idx++)
-		snd_ctl_elem_value_set_integer(ctl, idx,
+		snd_ctl_elem_value_set_integer(&ctl, idx,
 				from_user(s, dir, c, s->str[dir].vol[idx]));
-	if ((err = snd_hctl_elem_write(c->elem, ctl)) < 0)
+	if ((err = snd_hctl_elem_write(c->elem, &ctl)) < 0)
 		return err;
 	return 0;
 }
-- 
2.7.4