crypto_alloc_cipher(9)

crypto_alloc_cipher9

Allocate single block cipher handle

Usage

struct crypto_cipher * crypto_alloc_cipher(const char * alg_name, u32 type, u32 mask);

Arguments

alg_name

is the cra_name / name or cra_driver_name / driver name of the single block cipher

type

specifies the type of the cipher

mask

specifies the mask for the cipher

Overview

Allocate a cipher handle for a single block cipher. The returned struct crypto_cipher is the cipher handle that is required for any subsequent API invocation for that single block cipher.

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.