md(4) (swap-base) disks not cleaned on creation

Hi,

When creating a swap based md(4) it may contain data which to me feels
like a security leak:

  # mdconfig -a -t swap -s 1m
  md0
  # hd /dev/md0
  00000000  c0 9b a8 00 08 00 00 00  00 5c 53 00 08 00 00 00  |=C0.=A8.....=
..\S.....|
  00000010  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |............=
.....|
  *
  00000250  38 9f a8 00 08 00 00 00  00 5c 53 00 08 00 00 00  |8.=A8......\=
S.....|
  00000260  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |............=
.....|
  *
  00000330  88 a0 a8 00 08 00 00 00  00 5c 53 00 08 00 00 00  |.=A0=A8.....=
..\S.....|
  00000340  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |............=
.....|
  *
  00000370  e8 a0 a8 00 08 00 00 00  00 5c 53 00 08 00 00 00  |=E8=A0=A8...=
....\S.....|
  00000380  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |............=
.....|
  *
  000005b0  48 a4 a8 00 08 00 00 00  00 5c 53 00 08 00 00 00  |H=A4=A8.....=
..\S.....|
  000005c0  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |............=
.....|
  *
  ^C
  # ls -l /dev/md0
  crw-r-----  1 root  operator  0xc8 Nov  6 19:42 /dev/md0
  #

Although not world-readable, it just doesn't feel right to me.

Any thoughts?

With kind regards,

Paul Schenkeveld
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