linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm: Add kvfree_sensitive() for freeing sensitive data objects

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Message-ID: <04045dde-aa1a-5e7c-5a71-6b4a52c2fbb7@redhat.com>
Date:   Mon, 6 Apr 2020 10:40:35 -0400
From:   Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>
To:     David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com>,
        James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>,
        "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        keyrings@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: Add kvfree_sensitive() for freeing sensitive data
 objects

On 4/6/20 10:32 AM, David Howells wrote:
> Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com> wrote:
>
>> +static inline void kvfree_sensitive(const void *addr, size_t len)
> Linus suggested making it non-inline.

Sorry, I misread his comment. Will send a v2 to fix that.

Cheers,
Longman