1 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/mm/util.c b/mm/util.c
index cb00b748ce47..37eaccdf3054 100644
--- a/mm/util.c
+++ b/mm/util.c
@@ -129,6 +129,26 @@ void *krealloc(const void *p, size_t new_size, gfp_t flags)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(krealloc);
 
+/**
+ * kzfree - like kfree but zero memory
+ * @p: object to free memory of
+ *
+ * The memory of the object @p points to is zeroed before freed.
+ * If @p is %NULL, kzfree() does nothing.
+ */
+void kzfree(const void *p)
+{
+	size_t ks;
+	void *mem = (void *)p;
+
+	if (unlikely(ZERO_OR_NULL_PTR(mem)))
+		return;
+	ks = ksize(mem);
+	memset(mem, 0, ks);
+	kfree(mem);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(kzfree);
+
 /*
  * strndup_user - duplicate an existing string from user space
  * @s: The string to duplicate