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

On 09/09/2026 15.22, Jonathan Corbet wrote:

Thomas Huth [off-list ref] writes:

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+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