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/**
* \file platform_util.h
*
* \brief Common and shared functions used by multiple modules in the Mbed TLS
* library.
*/
/*
* Copyright (C) 2018, Arm Limited, All Rights Reserved
* SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
* not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
* WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
* limitations under the License.
*
* This file is part of Mbed TLS (https://tls.mbed.org)
*/
#ifndef MBEDTLS_PLATFORM_UTIL_H
#define MBEDTLS_PLATFORM_UTIL_H
#include <stddef.h>
#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif
/**
* \brief Securely zeroize a buffer
*
* The function is meant to wipe the data contained in a buffer so
* that it can no longer be recovered even if the program memory
* is later compromised. Call this function on sensitive data
* stored on the stack before returning from a function, and on
* sensitive data stored on the heap before freeing the heap
* object.
*
* It is extremely difficult to guarantee that calls to
* mbedtls_platform_zeroize() are not removed by aggressive
* compiler optimizations in a portable way. For this reason, Mbed
* TLS provides the configuration option
* MBEDTLS_PLATFORM_ZEROIZE_ALT, which allows users to configure
* mbedtls_platform_zeroize() to use a suitable implementation for
* their platform and needs
*
* \param buf Buffer to be zeroized
* \param len Length of the buffer in bytes
*
*/
void mbedtls_platform_zeroize( void *buf, size_t len );
#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif
#endif /* MBEDTLS_PLATFORM_UTIL_H */