[tipc-discussion] [PATCH RFC 3/5] tipc: add new AEAD key structure for user API

[Tuong L. <tuo...@de...>]

The new structure 'tipc_aead_key' is added to the 'tipc.h' for user to
be able to transfer a key to TIPC in kernel. Netlink will be used for
this purpose in the later commits.

Signed-off-by: Tuong Lien <tuo...@de...>
---
 include/uapi/linux/tipc.h | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/tipc.h b/include/uapi/linux/tipc.h
index 7df026ea6aff..a1b64a916797 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/tipc.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/tipc.h
@@ -232,6 +232,27 @@ struct tipc_sioc_nodeid_req {
 	char node_id[TIPC_NODEID_LEN];
 };
 
+/*
+ * TIPC Crypto, AEAD
+ */
+#define TIPC_AEAD_ALG_NAME		(32)
+
+struct tipc_aead_key {
+	char alg_name[TIPC_AEAD_ALG_NAME];
+	unsigned int keylen;	/* in bytes */
+	char key[];
+};
+
+#define TIPC_AEAD_KEYLEN_MIN		(16 + 4)
+#define TIPC_AEAD_KEYLEN_MAX		(32 + 4)
+#define TIPC_AEAD_KEY_SIZE_MAX		(sizeof(struct tipc_aead_key) + \
+							TIPC_AEAD_KEYLEN_MAX)
+
+static inline int tipc_aead_key_size(struct tipc_aead_key *key)
+{
+	return sizeof(*key) + key->keylen;
+}
+
 /* The macros and functions below are deprecated:
  */
 
-- 
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