Waiman Long <longman@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > The kzfree() function is normally used to clear some sensitive > information, like encryption keys, in the buffer before freeing it back > to the pool. Memset() "memset()" is all lowercase. > is currently used for buffer clearing. However unlikely, there is still a > non-zero probability I'd say "a possibility". > that and I'd move "in [the] future" here. > the compiler may choose to optimize away the > memory clearing especially if LTO is being used in the future. To make sure > that this optimization will never happen "in these cases" > , memzero_explicit(), which is introduced in v3.18, is now used in "instead of"? > kzfree() to future-proof it. Davod _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel
