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Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:15:11 -0800
From: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org>
To: Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] compiler: prevent dead store elimination
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On Sat, 27 Feb 2010 21:47:42 +0100
Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@gmail.com> wrote:
> +void secure_bzero(void *p, size_t n)
> +{
> +	memset(p, 0, n);
> +	ARRAY_PREVENT_DSE(p, n);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(secure_bzero);


please don't introduce bzero again to the kernel;

make it secure_memset() please.


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