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+/* Erase sensitive data from memory.
+ Copyright 2022-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+ This file is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
+ published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the
+ License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+ This file is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
+
+#include <config.h>
+
+/* memset_s need this define */
+#if HAVE_MEMSET_S
+# define __STDC_WANT_LIB_EXT1__ 1
+#endif
+
+#include <string.h>
+
+/* Set S's bytes to C, where S has LEN bytes. The compiler will not
+ optimize effects away, even if S is dead after the call. */
+void *
+memset_explicit (void *s, int c, size_t len)
+{
+#if HAVE_EXPLICIT_MEMSET
+ return explicit_memset (s, c, len);
+#elif HAVE_MEMSET_S
+ (void) memset_s (s, len, c, len);
+ return s;
+#elif defined __GNUC__ && !defined __clang__
+ memset (s, c, len);
+ /* Compiler barrier. */
+ __asm__ volatile ("" ::: "memory");
+ return s;
+#elif defined __clang__
+ memset (s, c, len);
+ /* Compiler barrier. */
+ /* With asm ("" ::: "memory") LLVM analyzes uses of 's' and finds that the
+ whole thing is dead and eliminates it. Use 'g' to work around this
+ problem. See <https://bugs.llvm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15495#c11>. */
+ __asm__ volatile ("" : : "g"(s) : "memory");
+ return s;
+#else
+ /* Invoke memset through a volatile function pointer. This defeats compiler
+ optimizations. */
+ void * (* const volatile volatile_memset) (void *, int, size_t) = memset;
+ return volatile_memset (s, c, len);
+#endif
+}