GENERIC PUBLIC KEY CIPHER API(9)

💖 Generic Public Key Cipher API 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual entry for the Generic Public Key Cipher API — yes, it’s giving main character energy, and yes, it’s here to help you understand the vibe. ✨🫶

The Public Key Cipher API is used with the algorithms of type CRYPTO_ALG_TYPE_AKCIPHER — those are listed as type "akcipher" in /proc/crypto. Slay. 💅

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./include/crypto/akcipher.h
• struct akcipher_request(9)
• struct crypto_akcipher(9)
• struct akcipher_alg(9)
• crypto_alloc_akcipher(9)
• crypto_free_akcipher(9)
• akcipher_request_alloc(9)
• akcipher_request_free(9)
• akcipher_request_set_callback(9)
• akcipher_request_set_crypt(9)
• crypto_akcipher_maxsize(9)
• crypto_akcipher_encrypt(9)
• crypto_akcipher_decrypt(9)
• crypto_akcipher_sync_encrypt(9)
• crypto_akcipher_sync_decrypt(9)
• crypto_akcipher_set_pub_key(9)
• crypto_akcipher_set_priv_key(9)

xoxo, your Kernel API Manual bestie 🫶💖 — source/version: ./include/crypto, dated October 2026.