[PATCH] socket.2: document AF_ALG

[PATCH] socket.2: document AF_ALG

[Stephan Mueller]

Add a reference to the AF_ALG protocol accessible via socket(2).

Signed-off-by: Stephan Mueller <stephan.mueller-fwYZOkdEjagAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
CC: Herbert Xu <herbert-lOAM2aK0SrRLBo1qDEOMRrpzq4S04n8Q@public.gmane.org>
---
 man2/socket.2 | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/man2/socket.2 b/man2/socket.2
index 229dab3..8885079 100644
--- a/man2/socket.2
+++ b/man2/socket.2
@@ -116,6 +116,11 @@ Low level packet interface
 T}:T{
 .BR packet (7)
 T}
+T{
+.B AF_ALG
+T}:T{
+Interface to kernel crypto API
+T}
 .TE
 .PP
 The socket has the indicated
@@ -378,6 +383,12 @@ families.
 However, already the BSD man page promises: "The protocol
 family generally is the same as the address family", and subsequent
 standards use AF_* everywhere.
+
+The AF_ALG protocol type is added with kernel version 2.6.38. More
+information on this interface is provided with
+Documentation/crypto/crypto-API-userspace.txt provided in the
+Linux kernel source code tree.
+
 .SH EXAMPLE
 An example of the use of
 .BR socket ()
-- 
2.1.0


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Re: [PATCH] socket.2: document AF_ALG

[Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)]

On 01/29/2015 05:29 PM, Stephan Mueller wrote:
> Add a reference to the AF_ALG protocol accessible via socket(2).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephan Mueller <stephan.mueller-fwYZOkdEjagAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
> CC: Herbert Xu <herbert-lOAM2aK0SrRLBo1qDEOMRrpzq4S04n8Q@public.gmane.org>
> ---
>  man2/socket.2 | 11 +++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/man2/socket.2 b/man2/socket.2
> index 229dab3..8885079 100644
> --- a/man2/socket.2
> +++ b/man2/socket.2
> @@ -116,6 +116,11 @@ Low level packet interface
>  T}:T{
>  .BR packet (7)
>  T}
> +T{
> +.B AF_ALG
> +T}:T{
> +Interface to kernel crypto API
> +T}
>  .TE
>  .PP
>  The socket has the indicated
> @@ -378,6 +383,12 @@ families.
>  However, already the BSD man page promises: "The protocol
>  family generally is the same as the address family", and subsequent
>  standards use AF_* everywhere.
> +
> +The AF_ALG protocol type is added with kernel version 2.6.38. More
> +information on this interface is provided with
> +Documentation/crypto/crypto-API-userspace.txt provided in the
> +Linux kernel source code tree.
> +

Thanks, Stephan. Applied.

Cheers,

Michael


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