---
name: "kcapi_aead_stream_update"
section: "3"
platform: "linux"
package: "libkcapi-dev"
version: "1.4.0-1+b2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/kcapi_aead_stream_update"
---

# kcapi\_aead\_stream\_update(3)

send more data for processing (stream)

## NAME

kcapi\_aead\_stream\_update - send more data for processing (stream)

## SYNOPSIS

**ssize\_t kcapi\_aead\_stream\_update(struct kcapi\_handle \*** *handle***, struct iovec \*** *iov***, size\_t** *iovlen***);**

## ARGUMENTS

*handle*

\[in\] cipher handle

*iov*

\[in\] scatter/gather list with data to be processed by the cipher operation.

*iovlen*

\[in\] number of scatter/gather list elements.

## DESCRIPTION

Using this function call, more plaintext for encryption or ciphertext for decryption can be submitted to the kernel.

Note, see the order of input data as outlined in **kcapi\_aead\_stream\_init\_dec**.

This function may cause the caller to sleep if the kernel buffer holding the data is getting full. The process will be woken up once more buffer space becomes available by calling **kcapi\_aead\_stream\_op**.

## NOTE

The last block of input data MUST be provided with **kcapi\_aead\_stream\_update\_last** as the kernel must be informed about the completion of the input data.

With the separate API calls of **kcapi\_aead\_stream\_update** and **kcapi\_aead\_stream\_op** a multi-threaded application can be implemented where one thread sends data to be processed and one thread picks up data processed by the cipher operation.

## WARNING

The memory referenced by *iov* is not accessed by the kernel during this call. The memory is first accessed when **kcapi\_cipher\_stream\_op** is called. Thus, you MUST make sure that the referenced memory is still present at the time **kcapi\_cipher\_stream\_op** is called.

*return* number of bytes sent to the kernel upon success; a negative errno-style error code if an error occurred

## AUTHOR

**Stephan Mueller** \<smueller@chronox.de\>

Author.

## COPYRIGHT