netdev - [XFRM]: xfrm_algo_clone() allocates too much memory

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Date:	Tue, 08 Jan 2008 19:37:22 +0100
From:	Eric Dumazet <dada1@...mosbay.com>
To:	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	Linux Netdev List <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [XFRM]: xfrm_algo_clone() allocates too much memory

alg_key_len is the length in bits of the key, not in bytes.

Best way to fix this is to move alg_len() function from net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c 
to include/net/xfrm.h, and to use it in xfrm_algo_clone()

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <dada1@...mosbay.com>

  include/net/xfrm.h   |    7 ++++++-
  net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c |    5 -----
  2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

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