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memcmp.3: tfix 

Reported-by: Andre Majorel <aym-xunil@teaser.fr>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ to compare security critical data, such as cryptographic secrets,
because the required CPU time depends on the number of equal bytes.
Instead, a function that performs comparisons in constant time is required.
Some operating systems provide such a function (e.g., NetBSD's
.BR const_memequal ()),
.BR consttime_memequal ()),
but no such function is specified in POSIX.
On Linux, it may be necessary to implement such a function oneself.
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