Re: [PATCH] Use kzfree in crypto API context initialization andkey/iv handling

[Herbert Xu]

On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 09:46:23PM -0700, David Miller wrote:
> 
> I don't even want to think about what this does to IPSEC rule creation
> rates, that that matters heavily for cell phone networks where
> hundreds of thousands of nodes come in and out of the server and each
> such entry requires creating 4 IPSEC rules.

I completely agree.  The zeroing of metadata is gratuitous.

Cheers,
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