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KCAPI_KPP_INIT

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NAME

kcapi_kpp_init - initialize cipher handle

SYNOPSIS

int kcapi_kpp_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 provides the initialization of a KPP cipher handle and establishes the connection to the kernel.

On success, a pointer to kcapi_handle object is returned in *handle. Function kcapi_kpp_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>

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