storing megabyte-sized buffers on the stack considered harmful

[Sergey Svishchev]

--- src/dvdbackup.c.orig 2012-06-24 01:10:29.000000000 +0000
+++ src/dvdbackup.c
@@ -819,12 +819,19 @@ static int DVDCopyBlocks(dvd_file_t* dvd
        int act_read; /* number of buffers actually read */

        /* Write buffer */
- unsigned char buffer[BUFFER_SIZE * DVD_VIDEO_LB_LEN];
- unsigned char buffer_zero[BUFFER_SIZE * DVD_VIDEO_LB_LEN];
+ unsigned char *buffer;
+ unsigned char *buffer_zero;

- for(i = 0; i < BUFFER_SIZE * DVD_VIDEO_LB_LEN; i++) {
- buffer_zero[i] = '\0';
+ buffer = calloc(DVD_VIDEO_LB_LEN, BUFFER_SIZE);
+ if (!buffer) {
+ return 1;
+ }
+ buffer_zero = calloc(DVD_VIDEO_LB_LEN, BUFFER_SIZE);
+ if (!buffer_zero) {
+ free(buffer);
+ return 1;
        }
+ memset(buffer_zero, 0, BUFFER_SIZE * DVD_VIDEO_LB_LEN);

        while( remaining > 0 ) {