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

From Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: linux-next: manual merge of the crypto tree with the kbuild tree
Date 2017-04-11 07:10 +0200
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Hi Herbert,

On Tue, 11 Apr 2017 10:42:15 +0800 Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> wrote:
>
> Actually the patch in the kbuild tree should be reverted because
> we have now increased the in-kernel length limit and this must not
> be directly exposed to user-space or it'll break compatibility.

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.

-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell

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linux-next: manual merge of the crypto tree with the kbuild tree Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> - 2017-04-11 02:30 +0200
  Re: linux-next: manual merge of the crypto tree with the kbuild tree Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> - 2017-04-11 04:50 +0200
    Re: linux-next: manual merge of the crypto tree with the kbuild  tree Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> - 2017-04-11 07:10 +0200
      Re: linux-next: manual merge of the crypto tree with the kbuild tree Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> - 2017-04-11 07:20 +0200
        Re: linux-next: manual merge of the crypto tree with the kbuild tree Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com> - 2017-04-11 08:40 +0200
          Re: linux-next: manual merge of the crypto tree with the kbuild tree Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> - 2017-04-11 08:50 +0200
            Re: linux-next: manual merge of the crypto tree with the kbuild tree Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com> - 2017-04-11 09:10 +0200
              Re: linux-next: manual merge of the crypto tree with the kbuild tree Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> - 2017-04-11 09:30 +0200
      Re: linux-next: manual merge of the crypto tree with the kbuild tree Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com> - 2017-04-11 10:00 +0200
        Re: linux-next: manual merge of the crypto tree with the kbuild tree Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> - 2017-04-11 11:30 +0200

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