linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] crypto: sun8i-ce: use kfree

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Message-ID: <20210302093927.GA2762@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date:   Tue, 2 Mar 2021 20:39:27 +1100
From:   Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:     Yang Li <yang.lee@...ux.alibaba.com>
Cc:     clabbe.montjoie@...il.com, davem@...emloft.net, mripard@...nel.org,
        wens@...e.org, jernej.skrabec@...l.net,
        linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] crypto: sun8i-ce: use kfree_sensitive() instead of

On Tue, Mar 02, 2021 at 05:09:05PM +0800, Yang Li wrote:
> Use kfree_sensitive() instead of using kfree() to  make the intention 
> of the API more explicit.

Why did you keep the memzeros?

Thanks,
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