Merge tag 'v5.11-rc1' into regulator-5.11

Linux 5.11-rc1

1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/if_alg.h b/include/uapi/linux/if_alg.h
index 60b7c2efd921..dc52a11ba6d1 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/if_alg.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/if_alg.h
@@ -24,6 +24,22 @@ struct sockaddr_alg {
 	__u8	salg_name[64];
 };
 
+/*
+ * Linux v4.12 and later removed the 64-byte limit on salg_name[]; it's now an
+ * arbitrary-length field.  We had to keep the original struct above for source
+ * compatibility with existing userspace programs, though.  Use the new struct
+ * below if support for very long algorithm names is needed.  To do this,
+ * allocate 'sizeof(struct sockaddr_alg_new) + strlen(algname) + 1' bytes, and
+ * copy algname (including the null terminator) into salg_name.
+ */
+struct sockaddr_alg_new {
+	__u16	salg_family;
+	__u8	salg_type[14];
+	__u32	salg_feat;
+	__u32	salg_mask;
+	__u8	salg_name[];
+};
+
 struct af_alg_iv {
 	__u32	ivlen;
 	__u8	iv[0];