Re: linux-next: manual merge of the crypto tree with the kbuild tree

From: Masahiro Yamada
Date: Tue Apr 11 2017 - 02:35:18 EST


Hi Herbert,


2017-04-11 14:12 GMT+09:00 Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> On Tue, Apr 11, 2017 at 03:02:50PM +1000, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
>>
>> So basically we need CRYPTO_MAX_ALG_NAME to be 64 in the exported
>> header but 128 in the kernel header? In which case the kbuild patch
>> needs to be changed not removed. Or the merge resolution needs to be
>> cleverer.
>
> Actually the kbuild patch just needs to be reverted. We should
> not export CRYPTO_MAX_ALG_NAME at all. Each user-space interface
> that uses it already has its own limit and should not refer to the
> in-kernel value.



CRYPTO_MAX_ALG_NAME is referenced from
include/uapi/linux/cryptouser.h

If you exporting CRYPTO_MAX_ALG_NAME is wrong,
please move cryptouser.h out of the include/uapi directory.




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Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada