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