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.TH "AEAD_REQUEST_ALLOC" "9" "April 2019" "Kernel Hackers Manual 4\&.9\&." "Programming Interface"
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.SH "NAME"
aead_request_alloc \- allocate request data structure
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'struct\ aead_request\ *\ aead_request_alloc('u
.BI "struct aead_request * aead_request_alloc(struct\ crypto_aead\ *\ " "tfm" ", gfp_t\ " "gfp" ");"
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
\fItfm\fR
.RS 4
cipher handle to be registered with the request
.RE
.PP
\fIgfp\fR
.RS 4
memory allocation flag that is handed to kmalloc by the API call\&.
.RE
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
Allocate the request data structure that must be used with the AEAD encrypt and decrypt API calls\&. During the allocation, the provided aead handle is registered in the request data structure\&.
.SH "RETURN"
.PP
allocated request handle in case of success, or NULL if out of memory
.SH "AUTHORS"
.PP
\fBStephan Mueller\fR <\&smueller@chronox.de\&>
.RS 4
Author.
.RE
.PP
\fBMarek Vasut\fR <\&marek@denx.de\&>
.RS 4
Author.
.RE
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
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