Pull /dev/random updates from Ted Ts'o: "This adds a memzero_explicit() call which is guaranteed not to be optimized away by GCC. This is important when we are wiping cryptographically sensitive material" * tag 'random_for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/random: crypto: memzero_explicit - make sure to clear out sensitive data random: add and use memzero_explicit() for clearing data
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| @@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ int bprintf(u32 *bin_buf, size_t size, const char *fmt, ...) __printf(3, 4); · 131 unmodified lines | ||
| 132 | 132 | #endif |
| 133 | 133 | |
| 134 | 134 | extern ssize_t memory_read_from_buffer(void *to, size_t count, loff_t *ppos, |
| 135 | − const void *from, size_t available); | |
| 135 | + const void *from, size_t available); | |
| 136 | 136 | |
| 137 | 137 | /** |
| 138 | 138 | * strstarts - does @str start with @prefix? |
| @@ -144,7 +144,8 @@ static inline bool strstarts(const char *str, const char *prefix) · 5 unmodified lines | ||
| 144 | 144 | return strncmp(str, prefix, strlen(prefix)) == 0; |
| 145 | 145 | } |
| 146 | 146 | |
| 147 | −extern size_t memweight(const void *ptr, size_t bytes); | |
| 147 | +size_t memweight(const void *ptr, size_t bytes); | |
| 148 | +void memzero_explicit(void *s, size_t count); | |
| 148 | 149 | |
| 149 | 150 | /** |
| 150 | 151 | * kbasename - return the last part of a pathname. |