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+/**
+ * \file utils.h
+ *
+ * \brief mbed TLS utility functions
+ *
+ *  Copyright (C) 2017, ARM Limited, All Rights Reserved
+ *  SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ *
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+ *  not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+ *  WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ *
+ *  This file is part of mbed TLS (https://tls.mbed.org)
+ */
+#ifndef MBEDTLS_UTILS_H
+#define MBEDTLS_UTILS_H
+
+#include <stddef.h>
+
+/**
+ * \brief       Securely zeroize a buffer
+ *
+ * \param buf   Buffer to be zeroized
+ * \param len   Length of the buffer in bytes
+ *
+ * \note        This implementation should never be optimized out by the
+ *              compiler
+ */
+void mbedtls_zeroize( void *buf, size_t len );
+
+#endif /* MBEDTLS_UTILS_H */