Name

crypto_alloc_skcipher — allocate symmetric key cipher handle

Synopsis

struct crypto_skcipher * crypto_alloc_skcipher (const char * alg_name,
 u32 type,
 u32 mask);
 

Arguments

alg_name

is the cra_name / name or cra_driver_name / driver name of the skcipher cipher

type

specifies the type of the cipher

mask

specifies the mask for the cipher

Description

Allocate a cipher handle for an skcipher. The returned struct crypto_skcipher is the cipher handle that is required for any subsequent API invocation for that skcipher.

Return

allocated cipher handle in case of success; IS_ERR is true in case of an error, PTR_ERR returns the error code.