Re: [RFC PATCH 4/5] keyctl.2: document the ability to provide KDF parameters in KEYCTL_DH_COMPUTE

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Am Donnerstag, 31. August 2017, 17:58:36 CEST schrieb Eugene Syromyatnikov:

Hi Eugene,

> +field is a null-terminated string no longer than
> +.B CRYPTO_MAX_ALG_NAME
> +(128 bytes as of this writing) which specifies hash name

Is it necessary to specify that size? Note, up to 4.11 it was 64 bytes. Also, 
it must be a valid cipher name as mentioned. Thus, I do not think the size is 
relevant here considering the requirement to use a proper name.

Otherwise, the KDF documentation looks good.

Ciao
Stephan
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