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authorDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2019-10-19 22:51:25 -0700
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2019-10-20 10:43:00 -0700
commit2f184393e0c2d409c62262f57f2a57efdf9370b8 (patch)
tree25b96db2550014d7f888605abfabb67a7f40a5d3 /lib/string.c
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Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net
Several cases of overlapping changes which were for the most part trivially resolvable. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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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