yarrowUtils.c   [plain text]


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/*
	File:		yarrowUtils.c

	Contains:	Misc. utility functions.

	Written by:	Doug Mitchell

	Copyright: (c) 2000 by Apple Computer, Inc., all rights reserved.

	Change History (most recent first):

		02/29/00	dpm		Created.
 
*/

#include "dev/random/YarrowCoreLib/include/yarrowUtils.h"
#include <string.h>

void 
trashMemory(void* mem, int len)
/* This function should only be used on data in RAM */
{
	if(len == 0) {
		/* some memsets really don't like this */
		return;
	}
	
	/* Cycle a bit just in case it is one of those weird memory units */
	/* No, I don't know which units those would be */
	memset(mem,0x00,len);
	memset(mem,0xFF,len);
	memset(mem,0x00,len);
}