Re: [PATCH v2] net/ixgbe: removed ipsec keys from private data

[Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>]

On Wed, 20 Dec 2017 11:32:51 +0000
Radu Nicolau <radu.nicolau@intel.com> wrote:

> All ipsec related setting are being held in the driver
> private data to allow easy add and remove of SAs. There
> is no need to keep a record of the keys, and also
> storing the keys can be a security issue.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Radu Nicolau <radu.nicolau@intel.com>
> Acked-by: Declan Doherty <declan.doherty@intel.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ipsec.c | 78 ++++++++++++++++++-----------------------
>  drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ipsec.h |  4 ---
>  2 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 47 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ipsec.c b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ipsec.c
> index 105da11..a7ba358 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ipsec.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ipsec.c
> @@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ static void
>  ixgbe_crypto_clear_ipsec_tables(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
>  {
>  	struct ixgbe_hw *hw = IXGBE_DEV_PRIVATE_TO_HW(dev->data->dev_private);
> +	struct ixgbe_ipsec *priv = IXGBE_DEV_PRIVATE_TO_IPSEC(
> +				dev->data->dev_private);
>  	int i = 0;
>  
>  	/* clear Rx IP table*/
> @@ -106,6 +108,10 @@ ixgbe_crypto_clear_ipsec_tables(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
>  		IXGBE_WRITE_REG(hw, IXGBE_IPSTXSALT, 0);
>  		IXGBE_WAIT_TWRITE;
>  	}
> +
> +	memset(priv->rx_ip_tbl, 0, sizeof(priv->rx_ip_tbl));
> +	memset(priv->rx_sa_tbl, 0, sizeof(priv->rx_sa_tbl));
> +	memset(priv->tx_sa_tbl, 0, sizeof(priv->tx_sa_tbl));

GCC has been known to optimize out this kind of memset.
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8537