open-vault/vault/util.go

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2015-03-05 19:44:03 +00:00
package vault
import (
"crypto/rand"
"fmt"
)
// memzero is used to zero out a byte buffer. This specific format is optimized
// by the compiler to use memclr to improve performance. See this code review:
// https://codereview.appspot.com/137880043
func memzero(b []byte) {
for i := range b {
b[i] = 0
}
}
// randbytes is used to create a buffer of size n filled with random bytes
func randbytes(n int) []byte {
buf := make([]byte, n)
if _, err := rand.Read(buf); err != nil {
panic(fmt.Sprintf("failed to generate %d random bytes: %v", n, err))
}
return buf
}