pgsql: Check for memset_explicit() and explicit_memset()

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter(at)eisentraut(dot)org>
To: pgsql-committers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: pgsql: Check for memset_explicit() and explicit_memset()
Date: 2026-03-02 07:05:20
Message-ID: E1vwxLE-001vvR-1y@gemulon.postgresql.org
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Check for memset_explicit() and explicit_memset()

We can use either of these to implement a missing explicit_bzero().

explicit_memset() is supported on NetBSD. NetBSD hitherto didn't have
a way to implement explicit_bzero() other than the fallback variant.

memset_explicit() is the C23 standard, so we use it as first
preference. It is currently supported on:

- NetBSD 11
- FreeBSD 15
- glibc 2.43

It doesn't provide additional coverage, but as it's the new standard,
its availability will presumably grow.

Reviewed-by: Bertrand Drouvot <bertranddrouvot(dot)pg(at)gmail(dot)com>
Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/c4701776-8d99-41da-938d-88528a3adc15%40eisentraut.org

Branch
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master

Details
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https://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/386ca3908de28dd882a62b8f97a329db07b23138

Modified Files
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configure | 2 +-
configure.ac | 2 ++
meson.build | 2 ++
src/include/pg_config.h.in | 6 ++++++
src/port/explicit_bzero.c | 18 +++++++++++++++++-
5 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

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