af_alg_writable(9)

💖 af_alg_writable(9) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — this one's a tiny little legend from the crypto fam and she's literally a one-question queen 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

af_alg_writable — can the send buffer still be written to? that's it. that's the whole vibe check 💅

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

bool af_alg_writable (struct sock *sk );

no cap, she takes one arg and gives you a bool back. main character energy honestly 👑

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• sk — the socket of the connection to user space. like, the actual link back to userspace, that one 🫶

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

• true => writable ✨ go off, you can still write
• false => not writable 💀 nope, buffer said "not today"

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./include/crypto/if_alg.h
• struct af_alg_async_req(9)
• struct af_alg_ctx(9)
• af_alg_sndbuf(9)
• af_alg_rcvbuf(9)
• af_alg_readable(9)

like, go read the whole friend group, they're all linked up 🔥

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and that's the whole page, bestie — short, sweet, iconic. this little cutie lives over in ./include/crypto and she was dated October 2026, so like, mark your calendar 🎀💜 byeee 🦋