diff --git a/Documentation/security/diglim/implementation.rst b/Documentation/security/diglim/implementation.rst
new file mode 100644
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@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+Implementation
+==============
+
+This section describes the implementation of DIGLIM.
+
+
+Basic Definitions
+-----------------
+
+This section introduces the basic definitions required to use DIGLIM.
+
+
+Compact Digest List Format
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/uapi/linux/diglim.h
+   :identifiers: compact_list_hdr
+
+Compact Types
+.............
+
+Digests can be of different types:
+
+- ``COMPACT_PARSER``: digests of executables which are given the ability to
+  parse digest lists not in the compact format and to upload to the kernel
+  the digest list converted to the compact format;
+- ``COMPACT_FILE``: digests of regular files;
+- ``COMPACT_METADATA``: digests of file metadata (e.g. the digest
+  calculated by EVM to verify a portable signature);
+- ``COMPACT_DIGEST_LIST``: digests of digest lists (only used internally by
+  the kernel).
+
+Different users of DIGLIM might query digests with different compact types.
+For example, IMA would be interested in COMPACT_FILE, as it deals with
+regular files, while EVM would be interested in COMPACT_METADATA, as it
+verifies file metadata.
+
+
+Compact Modifiers
+.................
+
+Digests can also have specific attributes called modifiers (bit position):
+
+- ``COMPACT_MOD_IMMUTABLE``: file content or metadata should not be
+  modifiable.
+
+IMA might use this information to deny open for writing, or EVM to deny
+setxattr operations.
+
+
+Actions
+.......
+
+This section defines a set of possible actions that have been executed on
+the digest lists (bit position):
+
+- ``COMPACT_ACTION_IMA_MEASURED``: the digest list has been measured by
+  IMA;
+- ``COMPACT_ACTION_IMA_APPRAISED``: the digest list has been successfully
+  appraised by IMA;
+- ``COMPACT_ACTION_IMA_APPRAISED_DIGSIG``: the digest list has been
+  successfully appraised by IMA by verifying a digital signature.
+
+This information might help users of DIGLIM to decide whether to use the
+result of a queried digest.
+
+For example, if a digest belongs to a digest list that was not measured
+before, IMA should ignore the result of the query, as the measurement list
+sent to remote verifiers would lack which digests have been uploaded to the
+kernel.
+
+
+Compact Digest List Example
+...........................
+
+::
+
+ version: 1, type: 2, modifiers: 0 algo: 4, count: 3, datalen: 96
+ <SHA256 digest1><SHA256 digest2><SHA256 digest3>
+ version: 1, type: 3, modifiers: 1 algo: 6, count: 2, datalen: 128
+ <SHA512 digest1><SHA512 digest2>
+
+This digest list consists of two blocks. The first block contains three
+SHA256 digests of regular files. The second block contains two SHA512
+digests of immutable metadata.
+
+
+Compact Digest List Operations
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Finally, this section defines the possible operations that can be performed
+with digest lists:
+
+- ``DIGEST_LIST_ADD``: the digest list is being added;
+- ``DIGEST_LIST_DEL``: the digest list is being deleted.
diff --git a/Documentation/security/diglim/index.rst b/Documentation/security/diglim/index.rst
index 0fc5ab019bc0..4771134c2f0d 100644
--- a/Documentation/security/diglim/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/security/diglim/index.rst
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ Digest Lists Integrity Module (DIGLIM)
 
    introduction
    architecture
+   implementation
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index a3e8a6f2e34d..b02a8616362b 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -5508,8 +5508,10 @@ L:	linux-integrity@vger.kernel.org
 S:	Supported
 T:	git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/zohar/linux-integrity.git
 F:	Documentation/security/diglim/architecture.rst
+F:	Documentation/security/diglim/implementation.rst
 F:	Documentation/security/diglim/index.rst
 F:	Documentation/security/diglim/introduction.rst
+F:	include/uapi/linux/diglim.h
 
 DIOLAN U2C-12 I2C DRIVER
 M:	Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/diglim.h b/include/uapi/linux/diglim.h
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+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note */
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2017-2021 Huawei Technologies Duesseldorf GmbH
+ *
+ * Author: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@huawei.com>
+ *
+ * DIGLIM definitions exported to user space, useful for generating digest
+ * lists.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _UAPI__LINUX_DIGLIM_H
+#define _UAPI__LINUX_DIGLIM_H
+
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/hash_info.h>
+
+enum compact_types { COMPACT_PARSER, COMPACT_FILE, COMPACT_METADATA,
+		     COMPACT_DIGEST_LIST, COMPACT__LAST };
+
+enum compact_modifiers { COMPACT_MOD_IMMUTABLE, COMPACT_MOD__LAST };
+
+enum compact_actions { COMPACT_ACTION_IMA_MEASURED,
+		       COMPACT_ACTION_IMA_APPRAISED,
+		       COMPACT_ACTION_IMA_APPRAISED_DIGSIG,
+		       COMPACT_ACTION__LAST };
+
+enum ops { DIGEST_LIST_ADD, DIGEST_LIST_DEL, DIGEST_LIST_OP__LAST };
+
+/**
+ * struct compact_list_hdr - header of the following concatenated digests
+ * @version: version of the digest list
+ * @_reserved: field set to zero and reserved for future use
+ * @type: type of digest list among enum compact_types
+ * @modifiers: bitmask of attributes with pos defined in enum compact_modifiers
+ * @algo: digest algo among enum hash_algo in include/uapi/linux/hash_info.h
+ * @count: number of digests
+ * @datalen: length of concatenated digests
+ *
+ * A digest list is a set of blocks composed by struct compact_list_hdr and
+ * the following concatenated digests.
+ */
+struct compact_list_hdr {
+	__u8 version;
+	__u8 _reserved;
+	__le16 type;
+	__le16 modifiers;
+	__le16 algo;
+	__le32 count;
+	__le32 datalen;
+} __packed;
+#endif /*_UAPI__LINUX_DIGLIM_H*/
