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-rw-r--r--mm/slab_common.c8
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/mm/slab_common.c b/mm/slab_common.c
index fe8b68482670..f47a097bb4b8 100644
--- a/mm/slab_common.c
+++ b/mm/slab_common.c
@@ -1729,17 +1729,17 @@ void *krealloc(const void *p, size_t new_size, gfp_t flags)
EXPORT_SYMBOL(krealloc);
/**
- * kzfree - like kfree but zero memory
+ * kfree_sensitive - Clear sensitive information in memory before freeing
* @p: object to free memory of
*
* The memory of the object @p points to is zeroed before freed.
- * If @p is %NULL, kzfree() does nothing.
+ * If @p is %NULL, kfree_sensitive() does nothing.
*
* Note: this function zeroes the whole allocated buffer which can be a good
* deal bigger than the requested buffer size passed to kmalloc(). So be
* careful when using this function in performance sensitive code.
*/
-void kzfree(const void *p)
+void kfree_sensitive(const void *p)
{
size_t ks;
void *mem = (void *)p;
@@ -1750,7 +1750,7 @@ void kzfree(const void *p)
memzero_explicit(mem, ks);
kfree(mem);
}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(kzfree);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(kfree_sensitive);
/**
* ksize - get the actual amount of memory allocated for a given object