From b424c957372605fa2fc2c83097ae30bbb2ac3fca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Micay Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2018 01:14:15 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] clarify memory is zero on init without more writes --- README.md | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index ee48713..178fcea 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ allocation and then unmapped on free. * Slab allocations are zeroed on free and large allocations are unmapped * [in-progress] Detection of write-after-free by verifying zero filling is intact -* Memory in fresh allocations is consistently zeroed +* Memory in fresh allocations is consistently zeroed due to it either being + fresh pages or zeroed on free after previous usage * [in-progress] Delayed free via a combination of FIFO and randomization for slab allocations * [in-progress] Random canaries placed after each slab allocation to *absorb*