crypto_cipher_blocksize(9)

crypto_cipher_blocksize9

Obtain block size for cipher

Usage

unsigned int crypto_cipher_blocksize(struct crypto_cipher * tfm);

Arguments

tfm

cipher handle

Overview

The block size for the single block cipher referenced with the cipher handle tfm is returned. The caller may use that information to allocate appropriate memory for the data returned by the encryption or decryption operation

Return

block size of cipher

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.