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authorOlof Johansson <olof@lixom.net>2019-11-16 15:38:57 -0800
committerOlof Johansson <olof@lixom.net>2019-11-16 15:38:59 -0800
commitdb6efda85437d783dd921da5d67ec818826adb12 (patch)
tree466886d533eb39f2c795b287b8bf57f65d50c397 /include/linux/string.h
parent002d3c65ee81a604430da61e20de7a5b32a0afd5 (diff)
parent03212e347f9443e524d6383c6806ac08295c1fb0 (diff)
Merge tag 'tee-fixes-for-v5.4' of git://git.linaro.org/people/jens.wiklander/linux-tee into arm/fixes
Two OP-TE driver fixes: - Add proper cleanup on optee_enumerate_devices() failure - Make sure to register kernel allocations of dynamic shared memory * tag 'tee-fixes-for-v5.4' of git://git.linaro.org/people/jens.wiklander/linux-tee: (591 commits) tee: optee: fix device enumeration error handling tee: optee: Fix dynamic shm pool allocations Linux 5.4-rc3 tracing: Initialize iter->seq after zeroing in tracing_read_pipe() tracing/hwlat: Don't ignore outer-loop duration when calculating max_latency tracing/hwlat: Report total time spent in all NMIs during the sample recordmcount: Fix nop_mcount() function tracing: Do not create tracefs files if tracefs lockdown is in effect tracing: Add locked_down checks to the open calls of files created for tracefs tracing: Add tracing_check_open_get_tr() tracing: Have trace events system open call tracing_open_generic_tr() tracing: Get trace_array reference for available_tracers files ftrace: Get a reference counter for the trace_array on filter files tracefs: Revert ccbd54ff54e8 ("tracefs: Restrict tracefs when the kernel is locked down") perf/x86/cstate: Add Tiger Lake CPU support perf/x86/msr: Add Tiger Lake CPU support perf/x86/intel: Add Tiger Lake CPU support perf/x86/cstate: Update C-state counters for Ice Lake perf/x86/msr: Add new CPU model numbers for Ice Lake perf/x86/cstate: Add Comet Lake CPU support ... Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20191115105353.GA26176@jax Signed-off-by: Olof Johansson <olof@lixom.net>
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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.