crypto_alloc_skcipher(9)

crypto_alloc_skcipher9

Allocate symmetric key cipher handle

Usage

struct crypto_skcipher * crypto_alloc_skcipher(const char * alg_name, u32 type, u32 mask);

Arguments

alg_name

is the cra_name / name or cra_driver_name / driver name of the skcipher cipher

type

specifies the type of the cipher

mask

specifies the mask for the cipher

Overview

Allocate a cipher handle for an skcipher. The returned struct crypto_skcipher is the cipher handle that is required for any subsequent API invocation for that skcipher.

Return

allocated cipher handle in case of success; IS_ERR is true in case of an error, PTR_ERR returns the error code.

Authors

Stephan Mueller <[email protected]>

Author.

Marek Vasut <[email protected]>

Author.

From linux-manual-4.9 4.9.228-1 in Debian 9 (Stretch). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.