/* $Id: RTMemWipeThoroughly.cpp $ */
/** @file
 * IPRT - RTMemWipeThoroughly.
 */

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 *
 * This file is part of VirtualBox Open Source Edition (OSE), as
 * available from http://www.virtualbox.org. This file is free software;
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 */


/*******************************************************************************
*   Header Files                                                               *
*******************************************************************************/
#include <iprt/mem.h>
#include "internal/iprt.h"

#include <iprt/asm.h>
#include <iprt/rand.h>
#include <iprt/string.h>


RTDECL(void) RTMemWipeThoroughly(void *pv, size_t cb, size_t cMinPasses) RT_NO_THROW
{
    size_t cPasses = RT_MIN(cMinPasses, 6);

    do
    {
        memset(pv, 0xff, cb);
        ASMMemoryFence();

        memset(pv, 0x00, cb);
        ASMMemoryFence();

        RTRandBytes(pv, cb);
        ASMMemoryFence();
    } while (cPasses-- > 0);
}

