Re: Unswappable memory needed is user space

Khimenko Victor (khim@sch57.msk.ru)
Tue, 8 Dec 1998 20:47:14 +0300 (MSK)


8-Dec-98 09:20 you wrote:
> I'm making a crypto program (under french law).
> It crypts a file and then totally erase the uncrypted by filling it with
> zero.

> My problem is that if the crypting process is swapped out during
> crypting, one could be able to recover parts of uncrypted file
> in swap partition.

> Is there a way to malloc a non swappable part of memory ?

man mlock

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