netdev - Re: [PATCH][af_key]pfkey_add: Optimize SA adds and algorithm probes

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Message-ID: <20070525002014.GA16642@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date:	Fri, 25 May 2007 10:20:14 +1000
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	Mark Huth <mhuth@...sta.com>
Cc:	davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][af_key]pfkey_add: Optimize SA adds and algorithm probes

On Thu, May 24, 2007 at 05:15:30PM -0700, Mark Huth wrote:
> 
> I'm a bit curious why all of the crypto modules got loaded, but it 
> doesn't matter.

If anybody does a PFKEY_REGISTER call then all the algorithms will get
loaded so that the key manager can find out what algorithms are actually
available.

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