linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next][RESEND] net/tls: Use aead_request

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Message-Id: <20180712.144507.982978521957929138.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Thu, 12 Jul 2018 14:45:07 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     vakul.garg@....com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        borisp@...lanox.com, aviadye@...lanox.com, davejwatson@...com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next][RESEND] net/tls: Use aead_request_alloc/free
 for request alloc/free

From: Vakul Garg <vakul.garg@....com>
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2018 14:32:20 +0530

> Instead of kzalloc/free for aead_request allocation and free, use
> functions aead_request_alloc(), aead_request_free(). It ensures that
> any sensitive crypto material held in crypto transforms is securely
> erased from memory.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vakul Garg <vakul.garg@....com>

Applied, thanks.