Fix horrific performance found by gmaxwell.

1 files changed, 33 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/serialize.h b/src/serialize.h
index 7876990d04..b0ce065297 100644
--- a/src/serialize.h
+++ b/src/serialize.h
@@ -828,6 +828,38 @@ struct secure_allocator : public std::allocator<T>
 };
 
 
+//
+// Allocator that clears its contents before deletion.
+//
+template<typename T>
+struct zero_after_free_allocator : public std::allocator<T>
+{
+    // MSVC8 default copy constructor is broken
+    typedef std::allocator<T> base;
+    typedef typename base::size_type size_type;
+    typedef typename base::difference_type  difference_type;
+    typedef typename base::pointer pointer;
+    typedef typename base::const_pointer const_pointer;
+    typedef typename base::reference reference;
+    typedef typename base::const_reference const_reference;
+    typedef typename base::value_type value_type;
+    zero_after_free_allocator() throw() {}
+    zero_after_free_allocator(const zero_after_free_allocator& a) throw() : base(a) {}
+    template <typename U>
+    zero_after_free_allocator(const zero_after_free_allocator<U>& a) throw() : base(a) {}
+    ~zero_after_free_allocator() throw() {}
+    template<typename _Other> struct rebind
+    { typedef zero_after_free_allocator<_Other> other; };
+
+    void deallocate(T* p, std::size_t n)
+    {
+        if (p != NULL)
+            memset(p, 0, sizeof(T) * n);
+        std::allocator<T>::deallocate(p, n);
+    }
+};
+
+
 
 //
 // Double ended buffer combining vector and stream-like interfaces.
@@ -837,7 +869,7 @@ struct secure_allocator : public std::allocator<T>
 class CDataStream
 {
 protected:
-    typedef std::vector<char, secure_allocator<char> > vector_type;
+    typedef std::vector<char, zero_after_free_allocator<char> > vector_type;
     vector_type vch;
     unsigned int nReadPos;
     short state;