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authorGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2019-10-27 18:54:13 +0100
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2019-10-27 18:54:13 +0100
commit8f677bc819e7a74cf10e30daf06e8b151d1e6a94 (patch)
tree379e4e32a06dfb6d2ca3519ca4ef6b7507fad197 /lib/string.c
parenta3caeb8ffe5d2bbe01da66081f0ef28c26302d99 (diff)
parentd6d5df1db6e9d7f8f76d2911707f7d5877251b02 (diff)
Merge 5.4-rc5 into driver-core-next
We want the sysfs fix in here as well to build on top of. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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diff --git a/lib/string.c b/lib/string.c
index cd7a10c19210..08ec58cc673b 100644
--- a/lib/string.c
+++ b/lib/string.c
@@ -748,27 +748,6 @@ void *memset(void *s, int c, size_t count)
EXPORT_SYMBOL(memset);
#endif
-/**
- * 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.
- */
-void memzero_explicit(void *s, size_t count)
-{
- memset(s, 0, count);
- barrier_data(s);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(memzero_explicit);
-
#ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_MEMSET16
/**
* memset16() - Fill a memory area with a uint16_t