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CRYPTO_ALLOC_CIPHER(9) Programming Interface CRYPTO_ALLOC_CIPHER(9)

NAME

crypto_alloc_cipher - allocate single block cipher handle

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

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 <smueller@chronox.de>
Author.
Marek Vasut <marek@denx.de>
Author.

COPYRIGHT

January 2017 Kernel Hackers Manual 4.8.