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authorJan Kara <jack@suse.cz>2019-11-06 12:52:10 +0300
committerJan Kara <jack@suse.cz>2019-11-06 12:52:10 +0300
commitdae82c7fd0926840c832151f3258ba751f73d348 (patch)
tree5cdef8359f6cfb964919ffb0bfa36d2de60140b1 /include/linux/string.h
parenta9913d7eafa74eb2e34e26aa31fe80449b999f8e (diff)
parenta0828b6ccbdfd46afbbaa9f28df359081c29109b (diff)
downloadlinux-dae82c7fd0926840c832151f3258ba751f73d348.tar.xz
Pull series refactoring quota enabling and disabling code.
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/string.h')
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1 files changed, 20 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/string.h b/include/linux/string.h
index b2f9df7f0761..b6ccdc2c7f02 100644
--- a/include/linux/string.h
+++ b/include/linux/string.h
@@ -227,7 +227,26 @@ static inline bool strstarts(const char *str, const char *prefix)
}
size_t memweight(const void *ptr, size_t bytes);
-void memzero_explicit(void *s, size_t count);
+
+/**
+ * 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.
+ *
+ * Note: usually using memset() is just fine (!), but in cases
+ * where clearing out _local_ data at the end of a scope is
+ * necessary, memzero_explicit() should be used instead in
+ * order to prevent the compiler from optimising away zeroing.
+ *
+ * memzero_explicit() doesn't need an arch-specific version as
+ * it just invokes the one of memset() implicitly.
+ */
+static inline void memzero_explicit(void *s, size_t count)
+{
+ memset(s, 0, count);
+ barrier_data(s);
+}
/**
* kbasename - return the last part of a pathname.