libkeccak_state_create(3)

libkeccak_state_create3

Allocate and initialise hash state

Usage

#include <libkeccak.h>
struct libkeccak_state *libkeccak_state_create(const struct libkeccak_spec *spec);

Link with -lkeccak.

Overview

The libkeccak_state_create() function allocates a new struct libkeccak_state * with one initialised element, and sets the algorithm tuning parameters to those specified by *spec.

Return values

The libkeccak_state_create() function returns a newly allocated struct libkeccak_state * (of one initialised element) upon successful completion. On error, NULL is returned and errno is set to describe the error.

Errors

The libkeccak_state_create() function may fail for any specified for the function malloc(3).

From libkeccak 1.4.3-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.