glibc/string/explicit_bzero.c

/* Erasure of sensitive data, generic implementation.
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/* An assembler implementation of explicit_bzero can be created as an
   assembler alias of an optimized bzero implementation.
   Architecture-specific implementations also need to define
   __explicit_bzero_chk.  */

#include <string.h>

/* glibc-internal users use __explicit_bzero_chk, and explicit_bzero
   redirects to that.  */
#undef explicit_bzero

/* Set LEN bytes of S to 0.  The compiler will not delete a call to
   this function, even if S is dead after the call.  */
void
explicit_bzero (void *s, size_t len)
{
  memset (s, '\0', len);
  /* Compiler barrier.  */
  asm volatile ("" ::: "memory");
}