Name
aead_request_alloc —
allocate request data structure
Synopsis
struct aead_request * aead_request_alloc ( | struct crypto_aead * 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 AEAD
encrypt and decrypt API calls. During the allocation, the provided aead
handle is registered in the request data structure.
Return
allocated request handle in case of success; IS_ERR is true in case
of an error, PTR_ERR returns the error code.