This ensures value is blanked. It is possible compiler optimization removed
earlier uuid_clear() calls as unnecessary if value was not used after clear.
Signed-off-by: Sami Kerola <kerolasa@xxxxxx>
---
libuuid/src/clear.c | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/libuuid/src/clear.c b/libuuid/src/clear.c
index 2d91fee93..5b1392464 100644
--- a/libuuid/src/clear.c
+++ b/libuuid/src/clear.c
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@
void uuid_clear(uuid_t uu)
{
+#ifdef HAVE_EXPLICIT_BZERO
+ explicit_bzero(uu, 16);
+#else
memset(uu, 0, 16);
+#endif
}
--
2.14.2
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