[PATCH] Remove use of alloca in libparted/arch/linux.c

[Frodo Baggins]

alloca is system-specific and usually not recommended. Hence
substituting it with static allocation.
---
 libparted/arch/linux.c |    8 ++++----
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/libparted/arch/linux.c b/libparted/arch/linux.c
index 648bd2b..0c97796 100644
--- a/libparted/arch/linux.c
+++ b/libparted/arch/linux.c
@@ -2214,7 +2214,7 @@ static int
 _dm_is_part (struct dm_info *this, char *name)
 {
         struct dm_task* task = NULL;
-        struct dm_info* info = alloca(sizeof *info);
+        struct dm_info info;
         struct dm_deps* deps = NULL;
         int             rc = 0;
         unsigned int    i;
@@ -2231,9 +2231,9 @@ _dm_is_part (struct dm_info *this, char
         }
         rc = 0;

-        memset(info, '\0', sizeof *info);
-        dm_task_get_info(task, info);
-        if (!info->exists)
+        memset(&info, '\0', sizeof (struct dm_info));
+        dm_task_get_info(task, &info);
+        if (!info.exists)
                 goto err;

         deps = dm_task_get_deps(task);