Improve docs for mbedtls_zeroize() and add refs

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Andres Amaya Garcia 2018-03-08 20:46:39 +00:00
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*
* \note This implementation should never be optimized out by the
* compiler
*
* \note It is extremely difficult to guarantee that calls to
* mbedtls_zeroize() are not removed by aggressive compiler
* optimizations in a portable way. For this reason, Mbed TLS
* provides the configuration option MBEDTLS_UTILS_ZEROIZE_ALT,
* which allows users to configure mbedtls_zeroize() to use a
* suitable implementation for their platform and needs
*/
void mbedtls_zeroize( void *buf, size_t len );