crypto_alloc_akcipher
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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.

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