[PATCH v8 05/17] eal: add new secure free function

Burakov, Anatoly anatoly.burakov at intel.com
Thu Feb 20 13:31:44 CET 2025


On 16/02/2025 17:53, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> Although internally rte_free does poison the buffer in most
> cases, it is useful to have function that explicitly does
> this to avoid any security issues.
> 
> Name of new API is chosen to be similar to Linux kernel
> kfree_sensitive() to make porting drivers easier.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>
> Acked-by: Morten Brørup <mb at smartsharesystems.com>
> ---
Acked-by: Anatoly Burakov <anatoly.burakov at intel.com>

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Thanks,
Anatoly


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