af_alg_free_areq_sgls(9)

💅 af_alg_free_areq_sgls — it's giving "cleanup era"

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual 🎀 — yes, the actual kernel docs, and yes, we're gonna make it cute. This one's a lil function from the crypto corner of the kernel, and honestly? It's short. It's simple. It slays in the most understated way. 🦋

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✨ NAME ✨

af_alg_free_areq_sgls — releases the TX and RX SGLs of the request, no cap 🧹

Like, it's the function that goes "we're done here, free these scatterlists" and just... does it. Main character energy of the cleanup variety. 💜

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void af_alg_free_areq_sgls (struct af_alg_async_req *areq );

Returns nothing (void), takes exactly one pointer, and minds its own business. Respect. 👑

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• areq — the request holding the TX and RX SGL. That's it. That's the whole vibe check. It's the struct that's got the scatter-gather lists in it, and this function is about to set them free 🕊️

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💖 SEE ALSO 💖

The kernel file is ./crypto/af_alg.c, and if you're the kind of person who reads one af_alg function and immediately needs the whole friend group, here's the full squad — all of them, no gatekeeping:

• af_alg_alloc_tsgl(9)
• af_alg_count_tsgl(9)
• af_alg_pull_tsgl(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_alloc_areq(9)
• af_alg_get_rsgl(9)

iykyk 😌💅

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ngl this one's a supporting-character function — but every iconic ensemble cast needs its cleanup crew, and this is hers. Periodt. 🔥

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and that's the whole page, bestie 🫶 — straight from ./crypto, dated October 2026, filed under af_alg_free_areq_sgls(9). go free those SGLs, you absolute legend 💖✨🌸