From: Kees Cook <keesc...@chromium.org>
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2013 10:50:24 -0700

> To avoid future stack content leaks in the various protocols, pre-clear
> the returned memory.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keesc...@chromium.org>
> Suggested-by: Brad Spengler <spen...@grsecurity.net>

No thanks, clearing 2 full cache lines unnecessarily on every socket
call has real cost.
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