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| -rw-r--r-- | lib/string.c | 16 |
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diff --git a/lib/string.c b/lib/string.c index 2fc20aa06f8..10063300b83 100644 --- a/lib/string.c +++ b/lib/string.c @@ -598,6 +598,22 @@ void *memset(void *s, int c, size_t count) EXPORT_SYMBOL(memset); #endif +/** + * memzero_explicit - Fill a region of memory (e.g. sensitive + * keying data) with 0s. + * @s: Pointer to the start of the area. + * @count: The size of the area. + * + * memzero_explicit() doesn't need an arch-specific version as + * it just invokes the one of memset() implicitly. + */ +void memzero_explicit(void *s, size_t count) +{ + memset(s, 0, count); + OPTIMIZER_HIDE_VAR(s); +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL(memzero_explicit); + #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_MEMCPY /** * memcpy - Copy one area of memory to another |