Re: [PATCH] net: pre-clear the returned sockaddr_storage variable

[David Miller]

From: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2013 10:50:24 -0700

> To avoid future stack content leaks in the various protocols, pre-clear
> the returned memory.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Suggested-by: Brad Spengler <spender@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

No thanks, clearing 2 full cache lines unnecessarily on every socket
call has real cost.
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