AHASH_REQUEST_ALLOC(9)                Programming Interface                AHASH_REQUEST_ALLOC(9)



NAME
       ahash_request_alloc - allocate request data structure

SYNOPSIS
       struct ahash_request * ahash_request_alloc(struct crypto_ahash * 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 ahash message digest API
       calls. During the allocation, the provided ahash 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                    AHASH_REQUEST_ALLOC(9)