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Re: [PATCH RFC] explicit_bzero, again
- From: Zack Weinberg <zackw at panix dot com>
- To: GNU C Library <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2015 10:21:50 -0400
- Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC] explicit_bzero, again
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Ping.
On Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 11:31 AM, Zack Weinberg <zackw@panix.com> wrote:
> This updated patchset adds to the manual discussion of the situation
> where using explicit_bzero *creates* a copy of sensitive data in memory,
> which would not otherwise have been created. There are no changes to
> the code. Earlier discussion with Florian and Adhemerval explored some
> possible alternative implementation strategies but reached the
> conclusion that this really is the best we can do without compiler support.
>
> zw