linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Little memset

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Date:   Mon, 26 Nov 2018 01:37:24 -1000
From:   Joey Pabalinas <joeypabalinas@...il.com>
To:     David CARLIER <devnexen@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com,
        gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com,
        aryabinin@...tuozzo.com, Joey Pabalinas <joeypabalinas@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Little memset_explicit optimisation

On Sat, Nov 24, 2018 at 12:35:43PM +0000, David CARLIER wrote:
> Using the return value of memset for save/load sake.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Carlier <devnexen@...il.com>
> ---
>  lib/string.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/lib/string.c b/lib/string.c
> index 38e4ca08e757..92da04a0213b 100644
> --- a/lib/string.c
> +++ b/lib/string.c
> @@ -720,7 +720,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(memset);
>   */
>  void memzero_explicit(void *s, size_t count)
>  {
> -       memset(s, 0, count);
> +       s = memset(s, 0, count);
>         barrier_data(s);
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(memzero_explicit);

Could you elaborate on the optimization that this patch performs?

-- 
Cheers,
Joey Pabalinas

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