Re: [PATCH] crypto: af_alg - Document the deprecation of AF_ALG

Linus Torvalds <[email protected]> Tue, 23 Jun 2026 11:56:10 -0700

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On Tue, 23 Jun 2026 at 09:51, Eric Biggers <[email protected]> wrote:
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> We're aware of that and are taking it into account in the allowlist:

Note that if we can  just unconditionally make it depend on
CAP_NET_ADMIN, that would be good - independently of any allowlist.

Because if iwd and abluetoothd are the main two users, and both of
those already require CAP_NET_ADMIN anyway...

                Linus