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CRYPTO_ALLOC_AKCIPHE(9) Programming Interface CRYPTO_ALLOC_AKCIPHE(9)

NAME

crypto_alloc_akcipher - allocate AKCIPHER tfm handle

SYNOPSIS

struct crypto_akcipher * crypto_alloc_akcipher(const char * alg_name, u32 type, u32 mask);

ARGUMENTS

alg_name
is the cra_name / name or cra_driver_name / driver name of the public key algorithm e.g. “rsa”

type

specifies the type of the algorithm

mask

specifies the mask for the algorithm

DESCRIPTION

Allocate a handle for public key algorithm. The returned struct crypto_akcipher is the handle that is required for any subsequent API invocation for the public key operations.

RETURN

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

AUTHORS

Stephan Mueller <smueller@chronox.de>
Author.

Marek Vasut <marek@denx.de>

Author.

COPYRIGHT

April 2019 Kernel Hackers Manual 4.9.