The patch titled md: use kzfree() has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is md-use-kzfree.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: md: use kzfree() From: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx> Use kzfree() instead of memset() + kfree(). Signed-off-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Alasdair Kergon <dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/md/dm-crypt.c | 6 ++---- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff -puN drivers/md/dm-crypt.c~md-use-kzfree drivers/md/dm-crypt.c --- a/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c~md-use-kzfree +++ a/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c @@ -1137,8 +1137,7 @@ bad_ivmode: crypto_free_ablkcipher(tfm); bad_cipher: /* Must zero key material before freeing */ - memset(cc, 0, sizeof(*cc) + cc->key_size * sizeof(u8)); - kfree(cc); + kzfree(cc); return -EINVAL; } @@ -1164,8 +1163,7 @@ static void crypt_dtr(struct dm_target * dm_put_device(ti, cc->dev); /* Must zero key material before freeing */ - memset(cc, 0, sizeof(*cc) + cc->key_size * sizeof(u8)); - kfree(cc); + kzfree(cc); } static int crypt_map(struct dm_target *ti, struct bio *bio, _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx are slab-introduce-kzfree.patch linux-next.patch crypto-use-kzfree.patch s390-use-kzfree.patch md-use-kzfree.patch usb-use-kzfree.patch cifs-use-kzfree.patch ecryptfs-use-kzfree.patch swsusp-clean-up-shrink_all_zones.patch swsusp-dont-fiddle-with-swappiness.patch vmscan-rename-scmay_swap-to-may_unmap.patch mm-introduce-for_each_populated_zone-macro.patch mm-introduce-for_each_populated_zone-macro-cleanup.patch mm-shrink_all_memory-use-scnr_reclaimed.patch mm-shrink_all_memory-use-scnr_reclaimed-checkpatch-fixes.patch vmscan-clip-swap_cluster_max-in-shrink_all_memory.patch memcg-remove-mem_cgroup_calc_mapped_ratio-take2.patch -- dm-devel mailing list dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel