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    mm, treewide: rename kzfree() to kfree_sensitive() · 453431a5
    Waiman Long authored
    As said by Linus:
    
      A symmetric naming is only helpful if it implies symmetries in use.
      Otherwise it's actively misleading.
    
      In "kzalloc()", the z is meaningful and an important part of what the
      caller wants.
    
      In "kzfree()", the z is actively detrimental, because maybe in the
      future we really _might_ want to use that "memfill(0xdeadbeef)" or
      something. The "zero" part of the interface isn't even _relevant_.
    
    The main reason that kzfree() exists is to clear sensitive information
    that should not be leaked to other future users of the same memory
    objects.
    
    Rename kzfree() to kfree_sensitive() to follow the example of the recently
    added kvfree_sensitive() and make the intention of the API more explicit.
    In addition, memzero_explicit() is used to clear the memory to make sure
    that it won't get optimized away by the compiler.
    
    The renaming is done by using the command sequence:
    
      git grep -w --name-only kzfree |\
      xargs sed -i 's/kzfree/kfree_sen...
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