[PATCH] netlink: add NETLINK_CRYPTO

[PATCH] netlink: add NETLINK_CRYPTO

[Stephan Mueller]

Add the NETLINK_CRYPTO reference to netlink(7).

Signed-off-by: Stephan Mueller <stephan.mueller-fwYZOkdEjagAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
---
 man7/netlink.7 | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/man7/netlink.7 b/man7/netlink.7
index be7814a..bfeb381 100644
--- a/man7/netlink.7
+++ b/man7/netlink.7
@@ -113,6 +113,11 @@ Kernel messages to user space.
 .TP
 .B NETLINK_GENERIC
 Generic netlink family for simplified netlink usage.
+.TP
+.B NETLINK_CRYPTO
+Netlink interface to request information about ciphers registered
+with the kernel crypto API as well as allow configuration of the
+kernel crypto API.
 .PP
 Netlink messages consist of a byte stream with one or multiple
 .I nlmsghdr
-- 
1.9.3


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Re: [PATCH] netlink: add NETLINK_CRYPTO

[Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)]

[CC += Steffen Klassert]

On 12/02/2014 01:16 PM, Stephan Mueller wrote:
> Add the NETLINK_CRYPTO reference to netlink(7).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephan Mueller <stephan.mueller-fwYZOkdEjagAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
> ---
>  man7/netlink.7 | 5 +++++
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/man7/netlink.7 b/man7/netlink.7
> index be7814a..bfeb381 100644
> --- a/man7/netlink.7
> +++ b/man7/netlink.7
> @@ -113,6 +113,11 @@ Kernel messages to user space.
>  .TP
>  .B NETLINK_GENERIC
>  Generic netlink family for simplified netlink usage.
> +.TP
> +.B NETLINK_CRYPTO
> +Netlink interface to request information about ciphers registered
> +with the kernel crypto API as well as allow configuration of the
> +kernel crypto API.
>  .PP
>  Netlink messages consist of a byte stream with one or multiple
>  .I nlmsghdr
> 

Thanks, Stephan. Applied.

@Steffen: is the API exposed via this netlink socket type
actually documented anywhere?

Cheers,

Michael



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