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SubjectRe: [PATCH] random: add and use memzero_explicit() for clearing data
On Mon, Dec 01, 2014 at 12:04:57PM +0100, Daniel Borkmann wrote:
> Well, BSD has helpers such as bzero_explicit() for such cases to work
> around this, which memzero_explicit() similarly does; see also [1].
>
> [1] https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-help/2014-10/msg00059.html

We should make memset() a define and call a custom function internally.

Otherwise there are thousands of calls to memset() which we would need
to audit. We could do some of this automatically but it's going to be a
mess.

regards,
dan carpenter


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