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authorPaul Burton <paulburton@kernel.org>2019-11-01 14:35:49 -0700
committerPaul Burton <paulburton@kernel.org>2019-11-01 14:36:44 -0700
commit02fce139fd14d3b0126f0a72e8c0a83b5b01f9f5 (patch)
tree20e69aae8d0acfcd7edc954e70a9d751e0b54a7e /lib/string.c
parent8a5a499871308c093ced3c5a383b72502b96e0d2 (diff)
parentb42aa3fd5957e4daf4b69129e5ce752a2a53e7d6 (diff)
Merge tag 'mips_fixes_5.4_3' into mips-next
Pull in mips-fixes primarily to gain build fixes in order to allow better testing of mips-next. A few MIPS fixes: - Fix VDSO time-related function behavior for systems where we need to fall back to syscalls, but were instead returning bogus results. - A fix to TLB exception handlers for Cavium Octeon systems where they would inadvertently clobber the $1/$at register. - A build fix for bcm63xx configurations. - Switch to using my @kernel.org email address. Signed-off-by: Paul Burton <paulburton@kernel.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