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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/string.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/string.h | 29 |
1 files changed, 26 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/string.h b/include/linux/string.h index 4deb11f7976b..6dfbb2efa815 100644 --- a/include/linux/string.h +++ b/include/linux/string.h @@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ extern char * strchr(const char *,int); #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRCHRNUL extern char * strchrnul(const char *,int); #endif +extern char * strnchrnul(const char *, size_t, int); #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRNCHR extern char * strnchr(const char *, size_t, int); #endif @@ -216,6 +217,8 @@ int bprintf(u32 *bin_buf, size_t size, const char *fmt, ...) __printf(3, 4); extern ssize_t memory_read_from_buffer(void *to, size_t count, loff_t *ppos, const void *from, size_t available); +int ptr_to_hashval(const void *ptr, unsigned long *hashval_out); + /** * strstarts - does @str start with @prefix? * @str: string to examine @@ -227,7 +230,26 @@ static inline bool strstarts(const char *str, const char *prefix) } size_t memweight(const void *ptr, size_t bytes); -void memzero_explicit(void *s, size_t count); + +/** + * memzero_explicit - Fill a region of memory (e.g. sensitive + * keying data) with 0s. + * @s: Pointer to the start of the area. + * @count: The size of the area. + * + * Note: usually using memset() is just fine (!), but in cases + * where clearing out _local_ data at the end of a scope is + * necessary, memzero_explicit() should be used instead in + * order to prevent the compiler from optimising away zeroing. + * + * memzero_explicit() doesn't need an arch-specific version as + * it just invokes the one of memset() implicitly. + */ +static inline void memzero_explicit(void *s, size_t count) +{ + memset(s, 0, count); + barrier_data(s); +} /** * kbasename - return the last part of a pathname. @@ -474,8 +496,9 @@ static inline void memcpy_and_pad(void *dest, size_t dest_len, * But this can lead to bugs due to typos, or if prefix is a pointer * and not a constant. Instead use str_has_prefix(). * - * Returns: 0 if @str does not start with @prefix - strlen(@prefix) if @str does start with @prefix + * Returns: + * * strlen(@prefix) if @str starts with @prefix + * * 0 if @str does not start with @prefix */ static __always_inline size_t str_has_prefix(const char *str, const char *prefix) { |
