include/uapi/linux/if_alg.h
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File Facts
- System
- Linux kernel
- Corpus path
include/uapi/linux/if_alg.h- Extension
.h- Size
- 1636 bytes
- Lines
- 62
- Domain
- Core OS
- Bucket
- Core Kernel Interface
- Inferred role
- Core OS: implementation source
- Status
- source implementation candidate
Why This File Exists
Core operating-system implementation surface: boot, tasks, memory, VFS, syscall-facing interfaces, synchronization, credentials, and isolation.
- Core operating-system implementation surface: boot, tasks, memory, VFS, syscall-facing interfaces, synchronization, credentials, and isolation.
- Defines or uses C structs; map object ownership, embedded links, reference counts, and lock ownership.
Dependency Surface
linux/types.h
Detected Declarations
struct sockaddr_algstruct sockaddr_alg_newstruct af_alg_iv
Annotated Snippet
struct sockaddr_alg {
__u16 salg_family;
__u8 salg_type[14];
__u32 salg_feat;
__u32 salg_mask;
__u8 salg_name[64];
};
/*
* Linux v4.12 and later removed the 64-byte limit on salg_name[]; it's now an
* arbitrary-length field. We had to keep the original struct above for source
* compatibility with existing userspace programs, though. Use the new struct
* below if support for very long algorithm names is needed. To do this,
* allocate 'sizeof(struct sockaddr_alg_new) + strlen(algname) + 1' bytes, and
* copy algname (including the null terminator) into salg_name.
*/
struct sockaddr_alg_new {
__u16 salg_family;
__u8 salg_type[14];
__u32 salg_feat;
__u32 salg_mask;
__u8 salg_name[];
};
struct af_alg_iv {
__u32 ivlen;
__u8 iv[] __counted_by(ivlen);
};
/* Socket options */
#define ALG_SET_KEY 1
#define ALG_SET_IV 2
#define ALG_SET_OP 3
#define ALG_SET_AEAD_ASSOCLEN 4
#define ALG_SET_AEAD_AUTHSIZE 5
#define ALG_SET_DRBG_ENTROPY 6
#define ALG_SET_KEY_BY_KEY_SERIAL 7
/* Operations */
#define ALG_OP_DECRYPT 0
#define ALG_OP_ENCRYPT 1
#endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_IF_ALG_H */
Annotation
- Immediate include surface: `linux/types.h`.
- Detected declarations: `struct sockaddr_alg`, `struct sockaddr_alg_new`, `struct af_alg_iv`.
- Atlas domain: Core OS / Core Kernel Interface.
- Implementation status: source implementation candidate.
Implementation Notes
- This generated page is the file-by-file coverage layer; curated subsystem chapters should link here when they synthesize a multi-file control flow.
- Core OS pages should be promoted from atlas-only to deep-reviewed when they explain data structures, invariants, locking, lifecycle, and C implementation snippets.
- Driver-family pages are intentionally pattern-oriented unless they are part of the selected PCIe/NVMe representative device path.