netdev - Re: [PATCH 4/4] crypto: api - Extend algorithm name limit to 128 bytes

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Date:   Thu, 6 Apr 2017 17:11:28 +0200
From:   Alexander Sverdlin <alexander.sverdlin@...ia.com>
To:     Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] crypto: api - Extend algorithm name limit to 128
 bytes

On 06/04/17 10:16, Herbert Xu wrote:
> With the new explicit IV generators, we may now exceed the 64-byte
> length limit on the algorithm name, e.g., with
> 
> 	echainiv(authencesn(hmac(sha256-generic),cbc(des3_ede-generic)))
> 
> This patch extends the length limit to 128 bytes.
> 
> Reported-by: Alexander Sverdlin <alexander.sverdlin@...ia.com>
> Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>

Acked-by: Alexander Sverdlin <alexander.sverdlin@...ia.com>
Tested-by: Alexander Sverdlin <alexander.sverdlin@...ia.com>

> ---
> 
>  include/linux/crypto.h |    2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/crypto.h b/include/linux/crypto.h
> index c0b0cf3..84da997 100644
> --- a/include/linux/crypto.h
> +++ b/include/linux/crypto.h
> @@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
>  /*
>   * Miscellaneous stuff.
>   */
> -#define CRYPTO_MAX_ALG_NAME		64
> +#define CRYPTO_MAX_ALG_NAME		128
>  
>  /*
>   * The macro CRYPTO_MINALIGN_ATTR (along with the void * type in the actual
> 

-- 
Best regards,
Alexander Sverdlin.