linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] crypto: caam: Clear some memory in instantiate

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Date:   Tue, 21 Mar 2023 11:26:46 +0800
From:   Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:     Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
Cc:     horia.geanta@....com, pankaj.gupta@....com, gaurav.jain@....com,
        davem@...emloft.net, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] crypto: caam: Clear some memory in instantiate_rng()

On Tue, Mar 21, 2023 at 12:45:43AM +0100, Christophe JAILLET wrote:
> According to the comment at the end of the 'for' loop just a few lines
> below, it looks needed to clear 'desc'.
> 
> So it should also be cleared for the first iteration.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
> ---
> This patch is speculative, but can't hurt.
> 
> Maybe the memset() at the end of the 'for' loop could be removed instead.

I think the memset can be removed.  Horia?
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