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authorDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2006-09-22 15:17:35 -0700
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2006-09-22 15:17:35 -0700
commite4bec827feda76d5e7417a2696a75424834d564f (patch)
treebd899e0c2fbf7f6dd1d33ce0610d88fc4a8864ee /net/ipv6
parent44e36b42a8378be1dcf7e6f8a1cb2710a8903387 (diff)
[IPSEC] esp: Defer output IV initialization to first use.
First of all, if the xfrm_state only gets used for input packets this entropy is a complete waste. Secondly, it is often the case that a configuration loads many rules (perhaps even dynamically) and they don't all necessarily ever get used. This get_random_bytes() call was showing up in the profiles for xfrm_state inserts which is how I noticed this. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/ipv6')
-rw-r--r--net/ipv6/esp6.c9
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/net/ipv6/esp6.c b/net/ipv6/esp6.c
index ae50b951115..e78680a9985 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/esp6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/esp6.c
@@ -99,8 +99,13 @@ static int esp6_output(struct xfrm_state *x, struct sk_buff *skb)
esph->seq_no = htonl(++x->replay.oseq);
xfrm_aevent_doreplay(x);
- if (esp->conf.ivlen)
+ if (esp->conf.ivlen) {
+ if (unlikely(!esp->conf.ivinitted)) {
+ get_random_bytes(esp->conf.ivec, esp->conf.ivlen);
+ esp->conf.ivinitted = 1;
+ }
crypto_blkcipher_set_iv(tfm, esp->conf.ivec, esp->conf.ivlen);
+ }
do {
struct scatterlist *sg = &esp->sgbuf[0];
@@ -353,7 +358,7 @@ static int esp6_init_state(struct xfrm_state *x)
esp->conf.ivec = kmalloc(esp->conf.ivlen, GFP_KERNEL);
if (unlikely(esp->conf.ivec == NULL))
goto error;
- get_random_bytes(esp->conf.ivec, esp->conf.ivlen);
+ esp->conf.ivinitted = 0;
}
if (crypto_blkcipher_setkey(tfm, esp->conf.key, esp->conf.key_len))
goto error;