More on in-memory zeroisation

[Florian Weimer]

* Thierry Moreau:

> Peter Gutmann wrote:
>
>> There was a discussion on this list a year or two back about problems in using
>> memset() to zeroise in-memory data, specifically the fact that optimising
>> compilers would remove a memset() on (apparently) dead data in the belief that
>> it wasn't serving any purpose.
>>
>
> Then, s/memset(?,0,?)/(memset)(?,0,?)/ to get rid of compiler in-lining.
>
> Ref: ANSI X3.159-1989, section 4.1.6 (Use of C standard library functions)

This isn't true; inlining of standard library functions is always
permitted under the as-if rule.

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