On Thu, Jan 05, 2023 at 05:48:08PM -0300, Adhemerval Zanella Netto via Libc-alpha wrote: > > > On 05/01/23 16:37, Alejandro Colomar via Libc-alpha wrote: > > bzero(3) is simpler to use, and can avoid silly mistakes that are hard > > to spot. memset(3), while it is necessary in a few very-specific cases, > > should be avoided when the memory is to be zeroed. > > > > POSIX and ISO can say otherwise, but it doesn't make any sense to > > recommend using memset(3) over bzero(3). > > bzero is deprecated by POSIX.1-2001, removed by POSIX.1-2008, and on glibc > implementation now calls memset (previously some architecture added ifunc > redirection to optimized bzero to avoid the extra function call, it was > removed from all architectures). > > Also, GCC for some time also replaces bzero with memset so there is no gain > in actually call bzero (check glibc commit 9403b71ae97e3f1a91c796ddcbb4e6f044434734). This whole s/memset/bzero/g patchset seems like a lot of busywork that doesn't seem to bring any real benefit. I would agree with the rest here and just drop this. That's just going to add confusion to the manpages.
