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Diffstat (limited to 'util/secmem.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | util/secmem.c | 10 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/util/secmem.c b/util/secmem.c index 8796e6faf..3f253d6db 100644 --- a/util/secmem.c +++ b/util/secmem.c @@ -370,6 +370,16 @@ m_is_secure( const void *p ) return p >= pool && p < (void*)((char*)pool+poolsize); } + + +/**************** + * Warning: This code might be called by an interrupt handler + * and frankly, thre should really be such a handler, + * to make sure that the memory is wiped out. + * We hope that the OS wipes out mlocked memory after + * receiving a SIGKILL - it really should do so, otherwise + * there is no chance to get the secure memory cleaned. + */ void secmem_term() { |