diff --git a/crypto/Kconfig b/crypto/Kconfig
index 6db27d7ff8b3aff88b606b54f2b78376c5d74804..69437e21217f31ae40d043debaadce13e7346c44 100644
--- a/crypto/Kconfig
+++ b/crypto/Kconfig
@@ -852,6 +852,14 @@ config CRYPTO_USER_API_HASH
 	  This option enables the user-spaces interface for hash
 	  algorithms.
 
+config CRYPTO_USER_API_SKCIPHER
+	tristate "User-space interface for symmetric key cipher algorithms"
+	select CRYPTO_BLKCIPHER
+	select CRYPTO_USER_API
+	help
+	  This option enables the user-spaces interface for symmetric
+	  key cipher algorithms.
+
 source "drivers/crypto/Kconfig"
 
 endif	# if CRYPTO
diff --git a/crypto/Makefile b/crypto/Makefile
index 14ab4052a9c8ba5cfbe1388e2d94729756deb13f..efc0f18dbb372b40716c1282acdf4b8d5a85a229 100644
--- a/crypto/Makefile
+++ b/crypto/Makefile
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_CRYPTO_TEST) += tcrypt.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CRYPTO_GHASH) += ghash-generic.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CRYPTO_USER_API) += af_alg.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CRYPTO_USER_API_HASH) += algif_hash.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_CRYPTO_USER_API_SKCIPHER) += algif_skcipher.o
 
 #
 # generic algorithms and the async_tx api
diff --git a/crypto/algif_skcipher.c b/crypto/algif_skcipher.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..211c956952ca4664f619251a7d63d80c7ae617b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crypto/algif_skcipher.c
@@ -0,0 +1,640 @@
+/*
+ * algif_skcipher: User-space interface for skcipher algorithms
+ *
+ * This file provides the user-space API for symmetric key ciphers.
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2010 Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
+ * Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option)
+ * any later version.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <crypto/scatterwalk.h>
+#include <crypto/skcipher.h>
+#include <crypto/if_alg.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/list.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/mm.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/net.h>
+#include <net/sock.h>
+
+struct skcipher_sg_list {
+	struct list_head list;
+
+	int cur;
+
+	struct scatterlist sg[0];
+};
+
+struct skcipher_ctx {
+	struct list_head tsgl;
+	struct af_alg_sgl rsgl;
+
+	void *iv;
+
+	struct af_alg_completion completion;
+
+	unsigned used;
+
+	unsigned int len;
+	bool more;
+	bool merge;
+	bool enc;
+
+	struct ablkcipher_request req;
+};
+
+#define MAX_SGL_ENTS ((PAGE_SIZE - sizeof(struct skcipher_sg_list)) / \
+		      sizeof(struct scatterlist) - 1)
+
+static inline bool skcipher_writable(struct sock *sk)
+{
+	struct alg_sock *ask = alg_sk(sk);
+	struct skcipher_ctx *ctx = ask->private;
+
+	return ctx->used + PAGE_SIZE <= max_t(int, sk->sk_sndbuf, PAGE_SIZE);
+}
+
+static int skcipher_alloc_sgl(struct sock *sk)
+{
+	struct alg_sock *ask = alg_sk(sk);
+	struct skcipher_ctx *ctx = ask->private;
+	struct skcipher_sg_list *sgl;
+	struct scatterlist *sg = NULL;
+
+	sgl = list_entry(ctx->tsgl.prev, struct skcipher_sg_list, list);
+	if (!list_empty(&ctx->tsgl))
+		sg = sgl->sg;
+
+	if (!sg || sgl->cur >= MAX_SGL_ENTS) {
+		sgl = sock_kmalloc(sk, sizeof(*sgl) +
+				       sizeof(sgl->sg[0]) * (MAX_SGL_ENTS + 1),
+				   GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!sgl)
+			return -ENOMEM;
+
+		sg_init_table(sgl->sg, MAX_SGL_ENTS + 1);
+		sgl->cur = 0;
+
+		if (sg)
+			scatterwalk_sg_chain(sg, MAX_SGL_ENTS + 1, sgl->sg);
+
+		list_add_tail(&sgl->list, &ctx->tsgl);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void skcipher_pull_sgl(struct sock *sk, int used)
+{
+	struct alg_sock *ask = alg_sk(sk);
+	struct skcipher_ctx *ctx = ask->private;
+	struct skcipher_sg_list *sgl;
+	struct scatterlist *sg;
+	int i;
+
+	while (!list_empty(&ctx->tsgl)) {
+		sgl = list_first_entry(&ctx->tsgl, struct skcipher_sg_list,
+				       list);
+		sg = sgl->sg;
+
+		for (i = 0; i < sgl->cur; i++) {
+			int plen = min_t(int, used, sg[i].length);
+
+			if (!sg_page(sg + i))
+				continue;
+
+			sg[i].length -= plen;
+			sg[i].offset += plen;
+
+			used -= plen;
+			ctx->used -= plen;
+
+			if (sg[i].length)
+				return;
+
+			put_page(sg_page(sg + i));
+			sg_assign_page(sg + i, NULL);
+		}
+
+		list_del(&sgl->list);
+		sock_kfree_s(sk, sgl,
+			     sizeof(*sgl) + sizeof(sgl->sg[0]) *
+					    (MAX_SGL_ENTS + 1));
+	}
+
+	if (!ctx->used)
+		ctx->merge = 0;
+}
+
+static void skcipher_free_sgl(struct sock *sk)
+{
+	struct alg_sock *ask = alg_sk(sk);
+	struct skcipher_ctx *ctx = ask->private;
+
+	skcipher_pull_sgl(sk, ctx->used);
+}
+
+static int skcipher_wait_for_wmem(struct sock *sk, unsigned flags)
+{
+	long timeout;
+	DEFINE_WAIT(wait);
+	int err = -ERESTARTSYS;
+
+	if (flags & MSG_DONTWAIT)
+		return -EAGAIN;
+
+	set_bit(SOCK_ASYNC_NOSPACE, &sk->sk_socket->flags);
+
+	for (;;) {
+		if (signal_pending(current))
+			break;
+		prepare_to_wait(sk_sleep(sk), &wait, TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
+		timeout = MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT;
+		if (sk_wait_event(sk, &timeout, skcipher_writable(sk))) {
+			err = 0;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+	finish_wait(sk_sleep(sk), &wait);
+
+	return err;
+}
+
+static void skcipher_wmem_wakeup(struct sock *sk)
+{
+	struct socket_wq *wq;
+
+	if (!skcipher_writable(sk))
+		return;
+
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	wq = rcu_dereference(sk->sk_wq);
+	if (wq_has_sleeper(wq))
+		wake_up_interruptible_sync_poll(&wq->wait, POLLIN |
+							   POLLRDNORM |
+							   POLLRDBAND);
+	sk_wake_async(sk, SOCK_WAKE_WAITD, POLL_IN);
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+}
+
+static int skcipher_wait_for_data(struct sock *sk, unsigned flags)
+{
+	struct alg_sock *ask = alg_sk(sk);
+	struct skcipher_ctx *ctx = ask->private;
+	long timeout;
+	DEFINE_WAIT(wait);
+	int err = -ERESTARTSYS;
+
+	if (flags & MSG_DONTWAIT) {
+		return -EAGAIN;
+	}
+
+	set_bit(SOCK_ASYNC_WAITDATA, &sk->sk_socket->flags);
+
+	for (;;) {
+		if (signal_pending(current))
+			break;
+		prepare_to_wait(sk_sleep(sk), &wait, TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
+		timeout = MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT;
+		if (sk_wait_event(sk, &timeout, ctx->used)) {
+			err = 0;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+	finish_wait(sk_sleep(sk), &wait);
+
+	clear_bit(SOCK_ASYNC_WAITDATA, &sk->sk_socket->flags);
+
+	return err;
+}
+
+static void skcipher_data_wakeup(struct sock *sk)
+{
+	struct alg_sock *ask = alg_sk(sk);
+	struct skcipher_ctx *ctx = ask->private;
+	struct socket_wq *wq;
+
+	if (!ctx->used)
+		return;
+
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	wq = rcu_dereference(sk->sk_wq);
+	if (wq_has_sleeper(wq))
+		wake_up_interruptible_sync_poll(&wq->wait, POLLOUT |
+							   POLLRDNORM |
+							   POLLRDBAND);
+	sk_wake_async(sk, SOCK_WAKE_SPACE, POLL_OUT);
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+}
+
+static int skcipher_sendmsg(struct kiocb *unused, struct socket *sock,
+			    struct msghdr *msg, size_t size)
+{
+	struct sock *sk = sock->sk;
+	struct alg_sock *ask = alg_sk(sk);
+	struct skcipher_ctx *ctx = ask->private;
+	struct crypto_ablkcipher *tfm = crypto_ablkcipher_reqtfm(&ctx->req);
+	unsigned ivsize = crypto_ablkcipher_ivsize(tfm);
+	struct skcipher_sg_list *sgl;
+	struct af_alg_control con = {};
+	long copied = 0;
+	bool enc = 0;
+	int limit;
+	int err;
+	int i;
+
+	if (msg->msg_controllen) {
+		err = af_alg_cmsg_send(msg, &con);
+		if (err)
+			return err;
+
+		switch (con.op) {
+		case ALG_OP_ENCRYPT:
+			enc = 1;
+			break;
+		case ALG_OP_DECRYPT:
+			enc = 0;
+			break;
+		default:
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+
+		if (con.iv && con.iv->ivlen != ivsize)
+			return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	err = -EINVAL;
+
+	lock_sock(sk);
+	if (!ctx->more && ctx->used)
+		goto unlock;
+
+	if (!ctx->used) {
+		ctx->enc = enc;
+		if (con.iv)
+			memcpy(ctx->iv, con.iv->iv, ivsize);
+	}
+
+	limit = max_t(int, sk->sk_sndbuf, PAGE_SIZE);
+	limit -= ctx->used;
+
+	while (size) {
+		struct scatterlist *sg;
+		unsigned long len = size;
+		int plen;
+
+		if (ctx->merge) {
+			sgl = list_entry(ctx->tsgl.prev,
+					 struct skcipher_sg_list, list);
+			sg = sgl->sg + sgl->cur - 1;
+			len = min_t(unsigned long, len,
+				    PAGE_SIZE - sg->offset - sg->length);
+
+			err = memcpy_fromiovec(page_address(sg_page(sg)) +
+					       sg->offset + sg->length,
+					       msg->msg_iov, len);
+			if (err)
+				goto unlock;
+
+			sg->length += len;
+			ctx->merge = (sg->offset + sg->length) &
+				     (PAGE_SIZE - 1);
+
+			ctx->used += len;
+			copied += len;
+			size -= len;
+			limit -= len;
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		if (limit < PAGE_SIZE) {
+			err = skcipher_wait_for_wmem(sk, msg->msg_flags);
+			if (err)
+				goto unlock;
+
+			limit = max_t(int, sk->sk_sndbuf, PAGE_SIZE);
+			limit -= ctx->used;
+		}
+
+		len = min_t(unsigned long, len, limit);
+
+		err = skcipher_alloc_sgl(sk);
+		if (err)
+			goto unlock;
+
+		sgl = list_entry(ctx->tsgl.prev, struct skcipher_sg_list, list);
+		sg = sgl->sg;
+		do {
+			i = sgl->cur;
+			plen = min_t(int, len, PAGE_SIZE);
+
+			sg_assign_page(sg + i, alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL));
+			err = -ENOMEM;
+			if (!sg_page(sg + i))
+				goto unlock;
+
+			err = memcpy_fromiovec(page_address(sg_page(sg + i)),
+					       msg->msg_iov, plen);
+			if (err) {
+				__free_page(sg_page(sg + i));
+				sg_assign_page(sg + i, NULL);
+				goto unlock;
+			}
+
+			sg[i].length = plen;
+			len -= plen;
+			ctx->used += plen;
+			copied += plen;
+			size -= plen;
+			limit -= plen;
+			sgl->cur++;
+		} while (len && sgl->cur < MAX_SGL_ENTS);
+
+		ctx->merge = plen & (PAGE_SIZE - 1);
+	}
+
+	err = 0;
+
+	ctx->more = msg->msg_flags & MSG_MORE;
+	if (!ctx->more && !list_empty(&ctx->tsgl))
+		sgl = list_entry(ctx->tsgl.prev, struct skcipher_sg_list, list);
+
+unlock:
+	skcipher_data_wakeup(sk);
+	release_sock(sk);
+
+	return copied ?: err;
+}
+
+static ssize_t skcipher_sendpage(struct socket *sock, struct page *page,
+				 int offset, size_t size, int flags)
+{
+	struct sock *sk = sock->sk;
+	struct alg_sock *ask = alg_sk(sk);
+	struct skcipher_ctx *ctx = ask->private;
+	struct skcipher_sg_list *sgl;
+	int err = -EINVAL;
+	int limit;
+
+	lock_sock(sk);
+	if (!ctx->more && ctx->used)
+		goto unlock;
+
+	if (!size)
+		goto done;
+
+	limit = max_t(int, sk->sk_sndbuf, PAGE_SIZE);
+	limit -= ctx->used;
+
+	if (limit < PAGE_SIZE) {
+		err = skcipher_wait_for_wmem(sk, flags);
+		if (err)
+			goto unlock;
+
+		limit = max_t(int, sk->sk_sndbuf, PAGE_SIZE);
+		limit -= ctx->used;
+	}
+
+	err = skcipher_alloc_sgl(sk);
+	if (err)
+		goto unlock;
+
+	ctx->merge = 0;
+	sgl = list_entry(ctx->tsgl.prev, struct skcipher_sg_list, list);
+
+	get_page(page);
+	sg_set_page(sgl->sg + sgl->cur, page, size, offset);
+	sgl->cur++;
+	ctx->used += size;
+
+done:
+	ctx->more = flags & MSG_MORE;
+	if (!ctx->more && !list_empty(&ctx->tsgl))
+		sgl = list_entry(ctx->tsgl.prev, struct skcipher_sg_list, list);
+
+unlock:
+	skcipher_data_wakeup(sk);
+	release_sock(sk);
+
+	return err ?: size;
+}
+
+static int skcipher_recvmsg(struct kiocb *unused, struct socket *sock,
+			    struct msghdr *msg, size_t ignored, int flags)
+{
+	struct sock *sk = sock->sk;
+	struct alg_sock *ask = alg_sk(sk);
+	struct skcipher_ctx *ctx = ask->private;
+	unsigned bs = crypto_ablkcipher_blocksize(crypto_ablkcipher_reqtfm(
+		&ctx->req));
+	struct skcipher_sg_list *sgl;
+	struct scatterlist *sg;
+	unsigned long iovlen;
+	struct iovec *iov;
+	int err = -EAGAIN;
+	int used;
+	long copied = 0;
+
+	lock_sock(sk);
+	for (iov = msg->msg_iov, iovlen = msg->msg_iovlen; iovlen > 0;
+	     iovlen--, iov++) {
+		unsigned long seglen = iov->iov_len;
+		char __user *from = iov->iov_base;
+
+		while (seglen) {
+			sgl = list_first_entry(&ctx->tsgl,
+					       struct skcipher_sg_list, list);
+			sg = sgl->sg;
+
+			while (!sg->length)
+				sg++;
+
+			used = ctx->used;
+			if (!used) {
+				err = skcipher_wait_for_data(sk, flags);
+				if (err)
+					goto unlock;
+			}
+
+			used = min_t(unsigned long, used, seglen);
+
+			if (ctx->more || used < ctx->used)
+				used -= used % bs;
+
+			err = -EINVAL;
+			if (!used)
+				goto unlock;
+
+			used = af_alg_make_sg(&ctx->rsgl, from, used, 1);
+			if (used < 0)
+				goto unlock;
+
+			ablkcipher_request_set_crypt(&ctx->req, sg,
+						     ctx->rsgl.sg, used,
+						     ctx->iv);
+
+			err = af_alg_wait_for_completion(
+				ctx->enc ?
+					crypto_ablkcipher_encrypt(&ctx->req) :
+					crypto_ablkcipher_decrypt(&ctx->req),
+				&ctx->completion);
+
+			af_alg_free_sg(&ctx->rsgl);
+
+			if (err)
+				goto unlock;
+
+			copied += used;
+			from += used;
+			seglen -= used;
+			skcipher_pull_sgl(sk, used);
+		}
+	}
+
+	err = 0;
+
+unlock:
+	skcipher_wmem_wakeup(sk);
+	release_sock(sk);
+
+	return copied ?: err;
+}
+
+
+static unsigned int skcipher_poll(struct file *file, struct socket *sock,
+				  poll_table *wait)
+{
+	struct sock *sk = sock->sk;
+	struct alg_sock *ask = alg_sk(sk);
+	struct skcipher_ctx *ctx = ask->private;
+	unsigned int mask;
+
+	sock_poll_wait(file, sk_sleep(sk), wait);
+	mask = 0;
+
+	if (ctx->used)
+		mask |= POLLIN | POLLRDNORM;
+
+	if (skcipher_writable(sk))
+		mask |= POLLOUT | POLLWRNORM | POLLWRBAND;
+
+	return mask;
+}
+
+static struct proto_ops algif_skcipher_ops = {
+	.family		=	PF_ALG,
+
+	.connect	=	sock_no_connect,
+	.socketpair	=	sock_no_socketpair,
+	.getname	=	sock_no_getname,
+	.ioctl		=	sock_no_ioctl,
+	.listen		=	sock_no_listen,
+	.shutdown	=	sock_no_shutdown,
+	.getsockopt	=	sock_no_getsockopt,
+	.mmap		=	sock_no_mmap,
+	.bind		=	sock_no_bind,
+	.accept		=	sock_no_accept,
+	.setsockopt	=	sock_no_setsockopt,
+
+	.release	=	af_alg_release,
+	.sendmsg	=	skcipher_sendmsg,
+	.sendpage	=	skcipher_sendpage,
+	.recvmsg	=	skcipher_recvmsg,
+	.poll		=	skcipher_poll,
+};
+
+static void *skcipher_bind(const char *name, u32 type, u32 mask)
+{
+	return crypto_alloc_ablkcipher(name, type, mask);
+}
+
+static void skcipher_release(void *private)
+{
+	crypto_free_ablkcipher(private);
+}
+
+static int skcipher_setkey(void *private, const u8 *key, unsigned int keylen)
+{
+	return crypto_ablkcipher_setkey(private, key, keylen);
+}
+
+static void skcipher_sock_destruct(struct sock *sk)
+{
+	struct alg_sock *ask = alg_sk(sk);
+	struct skcipher_ctx *ctx = ask->private;
+	struct crypto_ablkcipher *tfm = crypto_ablkcipher_reqtfm(&ctx->req);
+
+	skcipher_free_sgl(sk);
+	sock_kfree_s(sk, ctx->iv, crypto_ablkcipher_ivsize(tfm));
+	sock_kfree_s(sk, ctx, ctx->len);
+	af_alg_release_parent(sk);
+}
+
+static int skcipher_accept_parent(void *private, struct sock *sk)
+{
+	struct skcipher_ctx *ctx;
+	struct alg_sock *ask = alg_sk(sk);
+	unsigned int len = sizeof(*ctx) + crypto_ablkcipher_reqsize(private);
+
+	ctx = sock_kmalloc(sk, len, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!ctx)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	ctx->iv = sock_kmalloc(sk, crypto_ablkcipher_ivsize(private),
+			       GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!ctx->iv) {
+		sock_kfree_s(sk, ctx, len);
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
+	memset(ctx->iv, 0, crypto_ablkcipher_ivsize(private));
+
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ctx->tsgl);
+	ctx->len = len;
+	ctx->used = 0;
+	ctx->more = 0;
+	ctx->merge = 0;
+	ctx->enc = 0;
+	af_alg_init_completion(&ctx->completion);
+
+	ask->private = ctx;
+
+	ablkcipher_request_set_tfm(&ctx->req, private);
+	ablkcipher_request_set_callback(&ctx->req, CRYPTO_TFM_REQ_MAY_BACKLOG,
+					af_alg_complete, &ctx->completion);
+
+	sk->sk_destruct = skcipher_sock_destruct;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static const struct af_alg_type algif_type_skcipher = {
+	.bind		=	skcipher_bind,
+	.release	=	skcipher_release,
+	.setkey		=	skcipher_setkey,
+	.accept		=	skcipher_accept_parent,
+	.ops		=	&algif_skcipher_ops,
+	.name		=	"skcipher",
+	.owner		=	THIS_MODULE
+};
+
+static int __init algif_skcipher_init(void)
+{
+	return af_alg_register_type(&algif_type_skcipher);
+}
+
+static void __exit algif_skcipher_exit(void)
+{
+	int err = af_alg_unregister_type(&algif_type_skcipher);
+	BUG_ON(err);
+}
+
+module_init(algif_skcipher_init);
+module_exit(algif_skcipher_exit);
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");