+static void create_or_reset_lcs_table(void)
+{
+ int i;
+
+ if (L != NULL) {
+ memset(*L, 0, sizeof(int) * MAX_SSDIFF_SIZE);
+ return;
+ }
+
+ // xcalloc will die if we ran out of memory;
+ // not very helpful for debugging
+ L = (int**)xcalloc(MAX_SSDIFF_M, sizeof(int *));
+ *L = (int*)xcalloc(MAX_SSDIFF_SIZE, sizeof(int));
+
+ for (i = 1; i < MAX_SSDIFF_M; i++) {
+ L[i] = *L + i * MAX_SSDIFF_N;
+ }
+}
+