SYNOPSIS

struct crypto_hash * crypto_alloc_hash(const char * alg_name, u32 type, u32 mask);

ARGUMENTS

alg_name

is the cra_name / name or cra_driver_name / driver name of the message digest cipher

type

specifies the type of the cipher

mask

specifies the mask for the cipher

DESCRIPTION

Allocate a cipher handle for a message digest. The returned struct crypto_hash is the cipher handle that is required for any subsequent API invocation for that message digest.

RETURN

allocated cipher 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.

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