Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] misc: dice: Add driver to forward secrets to userspace
From: Pavel Machek
Date: Thu Dec 09 2021 - 14:39:17 EST
Hi!
> > + memzero_explicit(kaddr, dice_rmem->size);
> > + devm_memunmap(dice_misc.this_device, kaddr);
>
> Do you really need to call memzero_explicit()? This isn't "local"
> memory, if the compiler "optimizes away" a normal call, it would be
> _VERY_ broken.
For clearing secrets, I believe memzero_explicit is nice
documentation.
Best regards,
Pavel
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