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author | Kees Cook <[email protected]> | 2021-05-17 20:16:57 -0700 |
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committer | Kees Cook <[email protected]> | 2021-10-18 12:28:52 -0700 |
commit | 4797632f4f1d8af4e0670adcb97bf9800dc3beca (patch) | |
tree | d0c145b4b5ac8461f45a2dcf346945faaec8d080 /scripts/gdb | |
parent | bb95ebbe89a7854368be061acefb22040fbcc486 (diff) |
string.h: Introduce memset_after() for wiping trailing members/padding
A common idiom in kernel code is to wipe the contents of a structure
after a given member. This is especially useful in places where there is
trailing padding. These open-coded cases are usually difficult to read
and very sensitive to struct layout changes. Introduce a new helper,
memset_after() that takes the target struct instance, the byte to write,
and the member name after which the zeroing should start.
Cc: Steffen Klassert <[email protected]>
Cc: Herbert Xu <[email protected]>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <[email protected]>
Cc: Jakub Kicinski <[email protected]>
Cc: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
Cc: Francis Laniel <[email protected]>
Cc: Vincenzo Frascino <[email protected]>
Cc: Daniel Axtens <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <[email protected]>
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