kcapi_aead_init(3)

initialization of cipher handle

Section 3 libkcapi-dev bookworm source

Description

KCAPI_AEAD_INIT

NAME

kcapi_aead_init - initialization of cipher handle

SYNOPSIS

int kcapi_aead_init(struct kcapi_handle ** handle, const char * ciphername, uint32_t flags);

ARGUMENTS

handle

[out] cipher handle filled during the call

ciphername

[in] kernel crypto API cipher name as specified in /proc/crypto

flags

[in] flags specifying the type of cipher handle

DESCRIPTION

This function initializes an AEAD cipher handle and establishes the connection to the kernel.

On success, a pointer to kcapi_handle object is returned in *handle. Function kcapi_aead_destroy should be called afterwards to free resources.

return 0 upon success; -ENOENT - algorithm not available; -EOPNOTSUPP - AF_ALG family not available; -EINVAL - accept syscall failed -ENOMEM - cipher handle cannot be allocated

AUTHOR

Stephan Mueller <smueller@chronox.de>

Author.