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

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Message-Id: <20070524.173627.98881801.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Thu, 24 May 2007 17:36:27 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	mhuth@...sta.com
Cc:	herbert@...dor.apana.org.au, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][af_key]pfkey_add: Optimize SA adds and algorithm probes

From: Mark Huth <mhuth@...sta.com>
Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 17:15:30 -0700

> I'm a bit curious why all of the crypto modules got loaded, but it 
> doesn't matter.

When SADB_REGISTER is performed on a PF_KEY socket, it calls
xfrm_probe_algs() which iterates over the lists and loads all the
availble modules.
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