[PATCH RFC] explicit_bzero, again

[Zack Weinberg]

On 08/09/2015 07:29 PM, Zack Weinberg wrote:
> I'd like to resume the discussion of adding explicit_bzero or similar
> to glibc.  This was originally proposed by Nick Mathewson last
> December (https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2014-12/msg00506.html)
> and I have prepared an updated patchset, which is attached to this
> message.  One patch adds the function, and the second adds several
> intra-libc uses; I suspect I haven't found all of the places where
> it should be used.

This updated patchset corrects a number of minor errors (thanks,
Joseph); adds tests for the fortification of explicit_bzero; and revises
the new manual section a little.

zw
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