CRYPTO_ALLOC_BLKCIPH(9)               Programming Interface               CRYPTO_ALLOC_BLKCIPH(9)



NAME
       crypto_alloc_blkcipher - allocate synchronous block cipher handle

SYNOPSIS
       struct crypto_blkcipher * crypto_alloc_blkcipher(const char * alg_name, u32 type,
                                                        u32 mask);

ARGUMENTS
       alg_name
           is the cra_name / name or cra_driver_name / driver name of the blkcipher cipher

       type
           specifies the type of the cipher

       mask
           specifies the mask for the cipher

DESCRIPTION
       Allocate a cipher handle for a block cipher. The returned struct crypto_blkcipher is the
       cipher handle that is required for any subsequent API invocation for that 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 AT chronox.de>
           Author.

       Marek Vasut <marek AT denx.de>
           Author.

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Kernel Hackers Manual 4.8.                 January 2017                   CRYPTO_ALLOC_BLKCIPH(9)