Re: [PATCH 2/2] eCryptfs: Public key; packet management

On Wed, 6 Dec 2006 17:12:37 -0600
Michael Halcrow <[email protected]> wrote:

> Public key support code. This reads and writes packets in the header
> that contain public key encrypted file keys. It calls the messaging
> code in the previous patch to send and receive encryption and
> decryption request packets from the userspace daemon.
> 
> ...
>
> +		memset(auth_tok_list_item, 0,
> +		       sizeof(struct ecryptfs_auth_tok_list_item));
> +		kmem_cache_free(ecryptfs_auth_tok_list_item_cache,
> +				auth_tok_list_item);
>
> ...
>
> +	memset(auth_tok_list_item, 0,
> +	       sizeof(struct ecryptfs_auth_tok_list_item));
> +	kmem_cache_free(ecryptfs_auth_tok_list_item_cache,
> +			auth_tok_list_item);

That's a bit wasteful of cycles.  Or is this done to minimise the exposure
of sensitive data?  If so, a comment would be in order.
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