Re: [PATCH v4 2/3] mm, treewide: Rename kzfree() to kfree_sensitive()

Waiman Long
2020-06-16T15:06:19Z

On 6/16/20 10:26 AM, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> Last time you sent this we couldn't decide which tree it should go
> through. Either the crypto tree or through Andrew seems like the right
> thing to me.
>
> Also the other issue is that it risks breaking things if people add
> new kzfree() instances while we are doing the transition. Could you
> just add a "#define kzfree kfree_sensitive" so that things continue to
> compile and we can remove it in the next kernel release?
>
> regards,
> dan carpenter
>
Yes, that make sure sense. Will send out v5 later today.

Cheers,
Longman