2 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/slab.h b/include/linux/slab.h
index f96d13c281e8..24c5602bee99 100644
--- a/include/linux/slab.h
+++ b/include/linux/slab.h
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ int kmem_ptr_validate(struct kmem_cache *cachep, const void *ptr);
 void * __must_check __krealloc(const void *, size_t, gfp_t);
 void * __must_check krealloc(const void *, size_t, gfp_t);
 void kfree(const void *);
+void kzfree(const void *);
 size_t ksize(const void *);
 
 /*
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