SYNOPSIS

struct crypto_akcipher * crypto_alloc_akcipher(const char * alg_name, u32 type, u32 mask);

ARGUMENTS

alg_name

is the cra_name / name or cra_driver_name / driver name of the public key algorithm e.g. "rsa"

type

specifies the type of the algorithm

mask

specifies the mask for the algorithm

DESCRIPTION

Allocate a handle for public key algorithm. The returned struct crypto_akcipher is the handle that is required for any subsequent API invocation for the public key operations.

RETURN

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

AUTHORS

Stephan Mueller <[email protected]>

Author.

Marek Vasut <[email protected]>

Author.

COPYRIGHT