string-util: rework memory_erase() so that it cannot be optimized away

memory_erase() so far just called memset(), which the compiler might
optimize away under certain conditions if it feels there's benefit in
it. C11 knows a new memset_s() call that is like memset(), but may not
be optimized away. Ideally, we'd just use that call, but glibc currently
does not support it. Hence, implement our own simplistic version of it.

We use a GCC pragma to turn off optimization for this call, and also use
the "volatile" keyword on the pointers to ensure that gcc will use the
pointers as-is. According to a variety of internet sources, either one
does the trick. However, there are also reports that at least the
volatile thing isn't fully correct, hence let's add some snake oil and
employ both techniques.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4711346
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Lennart Poettering
2015-11-02 23:07:20 +01:00
parent 5732a7dbb0
commit 9fe4ea21be
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@@ -162,8 +162,8 @@ static inline void *memmem_safe(const void *haystack, size_t haystacklen, const
return memmem(haystack, haystacklen, needle, needlelen);
}
#define memory_erase(p, l) memset((p), 'x', (l))
void string_erase(char *x);
void* memory_erase(void *p, size_t l);
char *string_erase(char *x);
char *string_free_erase(char *s);
DEFINE_TRIVIAL_CLEANUP_FUNC(char *, string_free_erase);