Re: [PATCH 2/8 v2] sparc64: replace memset by memzero_explicit

From: Herbert Xu
Date: Tue Dec 02 2014 - 09:58:29 EST


On Sun, Nov 30, 2014 at 06:03:43PM +0100, Julia Lawall wrote:
> From: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@xxxxxxx>
>
> Memset on a local variable may be removed when it is called just before the
> variable goes out of scope. Using memzero_explicit defeats this
> optimization. A simplified version of the semantic patch that makes this
> change is as follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/)
>
> // <smpl>
> @@
> identifier x;
> type T;
> @@
>
> {
> ... when any
> T x[...];
> ... when any
> when exists
> - memset
> + memzero_explicit
> (x,
> -0,
> ...)
> ... when != x
> when strict
> }
> // </smpl>
>
> This change was suggested by Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@xxxxxxx>

Applied patches 2, 3, 6, 7.
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