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+/**
+ * slibc — Yet another C library
+ * Copyright © 2015 Mattias Andrée (maandree@member.fsf.org)
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+#include <slibc-alloc.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <strings.h>
+
+
+
+/**
+ * This function is identical to `free`, except it is guaranteed not to
+ * override the memory segment with zeroes before freeing the allocation.
+ *
+ * @param segment The memory segment to free.
+ */
+void fast_free(void* segment)
+{
+ free(segment);
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * This function is identical to `free`, except it is guaranteed to
+ * override the memory segment with zeroes before freeing the allocation.
+ *
+ * @param segment The memory segment to free.
+ */
+void secure_free(void* segment)
+{
+ if (segment)
+ {
+ explicit_bzero(segment, allocsize(segment));
+ free(segment);
+ }
+}
+