diff --git a/src/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3 b/src/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3 index a943d1ba..526fa099 100644 --- a/src/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3 +++ b/src/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3 @@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.\" $OpenBSD: malloc.3,v 1.113 2017/04/17 18:07:15 otto Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: malloc.3,v 1.114 2017/04/23 06:36:36 otto Exp $ .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: April 17 2017 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: April 23 2017 $ .Dt MALLOC 3 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -155,16 +155,21 @@ and checks for integer overflow in the calculation Used for the allocation of memory holding sensitive data, the .Fn recallocarray +and +.Fn freezeo +functions guarantee that memory becoming unallocated is explicitly +.Em discarded , +meaning pages of memory are disposed via +.Xr munmap 2 +and cached free objects are cleared with +.Xr explicit_bzero 3 . +.Pp +The +.Fn recallocarray function is similar to .Fn reallocarray except it ensures newly allocated memory is cleared similar to .Fn calloc . -Memory that becomes unallocated while shrinking or moving existing -allocations is explicitly discarded (meaning, pages of memory -are disposed via -.Xr munmap 2 , -and smaller allocations are cleared with -.Xr explicit_bzero 3 ) . If .Fa ptr is