Re: More on in-memory zeroisation

[Thierry Moreau]

Peter Gutmann wrote:

There was a discussion on this list a year or two back about problems in using
memset() to zeroise in-memory data, specifically the fact that optimising
compilers would remove a memset() on (apparently) dead data in the belief that
it wasn't serving any purpose.

Then, s/memset(?,0,?)/(memset)(?,0,?)/ to get rid of compiler in-lining.

Ref: ANSI X3.159-1989, section 4.1.6 (Use of C standard library functions)


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- Thierry Moreau


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