carta
bson_zero_free(3)

bson_zero_free3

Parameters

•

mem: A memory region.

•

size: The size of mem.

Overview

This function behaves like bson_free() except that it zeroes the memory first. This can be useful if you are storing passwords or other similarly important data. Note that if it truly is important, you probably want a page protected with mlock() as well to prevent it swapping to disk.

History

  • Debian 13 (Trixie): the text shown here
  • Debian 12 (Bookworm)
  • Debian 11 (Bullseye)
  • Debian 10 (Buster)
  • Debian 9 (Stretch)

Author

MongoDB, Inc

From libbson-doc 1.30.4-1+deb13u3 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.