crypto_ahash_digest(9)

💅 crypto_ahash_digest(9) 💅

okay so you found the crypto_ahash_digest page in the Kernel API Manual and you're like "what does this even do" — don't worry bestie, i got you. this is the one-function-does-three-things shortcut and it's lowkey iconic ✨

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✨ NAME ✨

crypto_ahash_digest — calculate message digest for a buffer 🫶

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int crypto_ahash_digest (struct ahash_request *req );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• req — the reference to the ahash_request handle, aka the little suitcase that holds all the info needed to actually perform the cipher operation 🧳✨

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so this function is literally a "short-hand" for calling crypto_ahash_init, then crypto_ahash_update, then crypto_ahash_final — like, it's giving combo deal 💅. why text three times when one call eats? 🍓

and the parameters? they have the same meaning as the ones discussed for those three separate functions. no new lore, no cap — same vibes, same meaning, just bundled up 🎁

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

see crypto_ahash_final 👀 (that's where the answer lives, bestie)

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./include/crypto/hash.h Message Digest Algorithm Definitions(9)
• struct ahash_alg(9)
• struct shash_alg(9)
• Asynchronous Message Digest API(9)
• crypto_alloc_ahash(9)
• crypto_free_ahash(9)
• crypto_has_ahash(9)
• crypto_ahash_blocksize(9)
• crypto_ahash_digestsize(9)
• crypto_ahash_statesize(9)
• crypto_ahash_reqtfm(9)
• crypto_ahash_reqsize(9)
• crypto_ahash_setkey(9)
• crypto_ahash_finup(9)
• crypto_ahash_final(9)
• crypto_ahash_export(9)
• crypto_ahash_import(9)
• crypto_ahash_init(9)
• crypto_ahash_update(9)
• Asynchronous Hash Request Handle(9)
• ahash_request_set_tfm(9)
• ahash_request_alloc(9)
• ahash_request_free(9)
• ahash_request_set_callback(9)
• ahash_request_set_crypt(9)
• ahash_request_set_virt(9)
• Synchronous Message Digest API(9)
• crypto_alloc_shash(9)
• crypto_free_shash(9)
• crypto_shash_blocksize(9)
• crypto_shash_digestsize(9)
• crypto_shash_descsize(9)
• crypto_shash_setkey(9)
• crypto_shash_digest(9)
• crypto_shash_tfm_digest(9)
• crypto_shash_export(9)
• crypto_shash_import(9)
• crypto_shash_init(9)
• crypto_shash_finup(9)
• crypto_shash_update(9)
• crypto_shash_final(9)

that's a lot of cross-references and honestly? read them all, they're your besties too 🫶

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and that's the whole page, no crumbs left 💀✨ this cutie lives in ./include/crypto, dated October 2026, and it's filed under crypto_ahash_digest(9) — go forth and digest, queen 👑💖