ABLKCIPHER_REQUEST_A(9)               Programming Interface               ABLKCIPHER_REQUEST_A(9)



NAME
       ablkcipher_request_alloc - allocate request data structure

SYNOPSIS
       struct ablkcipher_request * ablkcipher_request_alloc(struct crypto_ablkcipher * tfm,
                                                            gfp_t gfp);

ARGUMENTS
       tfm
           cipher handle to be registered with the request

       gfp
           memory allocation flag that is handed to kmalloc by the API call.

DESCRIPTION
       Allocate the request data structure that must be used with the ablkcipher encrypt and
       decrypt API calls. During the allocation, the provided ablkcipher handle is registered in
       the request data structure.

RETURN
       allocated request handle in case of success, or NULL if out of memory

AUTHORS
       Stephan Mueller <smueller AT chronox.de>
           Author.

       Marek Vasut <marek AT denx.de>
           Author.

COPYRIGHT
Kernel Hackers Manual 4.8.                 January 2017                   ABLKCIPHER_REQUEST_A(9)