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Date:      Sun, 7 Mar 2010 23:21:46 +0100
From:      Patrick Lamaiziere <patfbsd@davenulle.org>
To:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Dead store elimination in the kernel?
Message-ID:  <20100307232146.6b57f610@davenulle.org>

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Hello,

I'm asking if FreeBSD is safe regarding dead store elimination made by
gcc? 

By example, in crypto drivers, sensitive datas are cleared by a
bzero() after use to avoid potential leakages.  But the bzero() by
itself is useless, is it removed by gcc?

Thanks, regards.



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