af_alg_readable(9)

okay bestie, welcome to af_alg_readable(9) from the Kernel API Manual 💖 this one is short and sweet, and it’s literally giving “can we still read from the RX buffer?” energy. no cap.

✨ NAME ✨

af_alg_readable — can the RX buffer still be read from? 👀✨

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

bool af_alg_readable (struct sock *sk );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• sk — socket of connection to user space. that’s the one and only arg, bestie 🫶

💅 RETURN 💅

• true => readable 🔥
• false => not readable 💀

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• Kernel file ./include/crypto/if_alg.h — plus struct af_alg_async_req(9), struct af_alg_ctx(9), af_alg_sndbuf(9), af_alg_writable(9), and af_alg_rcvbuf(9) 💜

mwah 💋 this page is from ./include/crypto, dated October 2026, and it’s af_alg_readable(9) — slay, bye 🧚✨