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

From	Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: linux-next: manual merge of the crypto tree with the kbuild tree
Date	2017-04-11 07:20 +0200
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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.

Cheers,
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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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