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    xfrm/compat: Add 64=>32-bit messages translator · 5461fc0c
    Dmitry Safonov authored
    Provide the kernel-to-user translator under XFRM_USER_COMPAT, that
    creates for 64-bit xfrm-user message a 32-bit translation and puts it
    in skb's frag_list. net/compat.c layer provides MSG_CMSG_COMPAT to
    decide if the message should be taken from skb or frag_list.
    (used by wext-core which has also an ABI difference)
    
    Kernel sends 64-bit xfrm messages to the userspace for:
    - multicast (monitor events)
    - netlink dumps
    
    Wire up the translator to xfrm_nlmsg_multicast().
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDmitry Safonov <dima@arista.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarSteffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@secunet.com>
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