kzfree(9)

kzfree9

Like kfree but zero memory

Usage

void kzfree(const void * p);

Arguments

p

object to free memory of

Overview

The memory of the object p points to is zeroed before freed. If p is NULL, kzfree does nothing.

Note

this function zeroes the whole allocated buffer which can be a good deal bigger than the requested buffer size passed to kmalloc. So be careful when using this function in performance sensitive code.

From linux-manual-3.16 3.16.56-1+deb8u1 in Debian 8 (Jessie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.