linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3] crypto: replace memset by memzero

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Message-ID: <20210402070640.GA10374@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date:   Fri, 2 Apr 2021 18:06:40 +1100
From:   Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:     Kai Ye <yekai13@...wei.com>
Cc:     linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        wangzhou1@...ilicon.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] crypto: replace memset by memzero_explicit

On Fri, Mar 26, 2021 at 09:20:45AM +0800, Kai Ye wrote:
>  use memzero_explicit instead of memset to clear sensitive data,
>  such as buffer or key.

Does this fix a real issue? If not then it's just unnecessary
churn.

Thanks,
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