Re: [PATCH v2 13/13] lib/crypto: Add documentation about zeroization of key and context data

[Thomas Huth]

On 09/09/2026 15.22, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
> Thomas Huth <thuth@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
...
> > +For other cases, the kernel provides ``memzero_explicit()`` for clearing the
> > +memory.  Unlike plain ``memset()``, ``memzero_explicit()`` is guaranteed not
> > +to be optimized away by the compiler, even when the memory being cleared
> > +appears to be dead.
>
> Don't mark up function names, just say memzero_explicit().  The
> automarkup code will then do the right thing, including cross-references
> when the functions have kerneldoc documentation.
OK, thanks for the hint, I'll fix it in the next version!

 Thomas