af_alg_alloc_areq(9)

Bestie, welcome to af_alg_alloc_areq(9) from the Kernel API Manual — the allocator page that's lowkey iconic. 💖✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

af_alg_alloc_areq — allocate struct af_alg_async_req. Slay.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

struct af_alg_async_req * af_alg_alloc_areq (struct sock *sk , unsigned
       int areqlen );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• sk — socket of connection to user space. That's the whole vibe. 💅
• areqlen — size of struct af_alg_async_req + crypto_*_reqsize. Yes, literally that size. 🫶

💖 RETURN 💖

The allocated data structure — or ERR_PTR upon error. That's it, bestie. 😭

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Kernel file ./crypto/af_alg.c, plus the whole friend group:

• af_alg_alloc_tsgl(9)
• af_alg_count_tsgl(9)
• af_alg_pull_tsgl(9)
• af_alg_free_areq_sgls(9)
• af_alg_wait_for_wmem(9)
• af_alg_wmem_wakeup(9)
• af_alg_wait_for_data(9)
• af_alg_data_wakeup(9)
• af_alg_sendmsg(9)
• af_alg_free_resources(9)
• af_alg_poll(9)
• af_alg_get_rsgl(9)

Okay bye bestie! This page is from source/version ./crypto, dated October 2026, and it's literally af_alg_alloc_areq(9) signing off. Mwah! 💋🌈