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diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/if_alg.h b/include/uapi/linux/if_alg.h
index 60b7c2efd921..dc52a11ba6d1 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/if_alg.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/if_alg.h
@@ -24,6 +24,22 @@ struct sockaddr_alg {
__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[0];