On Mon, 23 Nov 2015 03:46:31 +0000 "Xie, Huawei" <huawei.xie at intel.com> wrote:
> > > > Why cannot we rely on the kernel zeroing the memory ? > > If that behavior were to change, then we can zero out the memory > > ourselves. > It is undocumented kernel behavior. My opinion is if not a big burden, > zero out the needed memory ourselves, otherwise resort to this kernel > behavior. Really, I think it is more an oversight of missing documentation, the kernel has always (and will continue) to zero out memory that is given to a process. If it didn't it would be a massive security hole.
