crypto_ahash_import_core(9)

💅 crypto_ahash_import_core(9) — like, the whole kernel API manual moment 🎀

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual entry for crypto_ahash_import_core — yes that's a mouthful, yes it's iconic, and yes we're gonna get through it together. sit down, hydrate, let's go ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

crypto_ahash_import_core — import core state 🫶

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int crypto_ahash_import_core (struct ahash_request *req , const void *in );

that's the whole vibe. one function, two args, one int coming back atcha 💫

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• req — a reference to the ahash_request handle that the state is being imported into. like, this is the destination, the main character of the operation 👑
• in — the buffer that's holding the state. the source. the lore. the payload 🎀

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so what it does is: import the hash state — without the partial block buffer. that's it, that's the whole thing. no partial block buffer invited to this party, ngl 🙈

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🌈 CONTEXT 🌈

• Softirq or process context. that's the vibe check, and it passed ✅

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

• 0 if the import was successful 🎉
• < 0 if an error occurred 💀 (not the slay outcome, but forewarned is forearmed)

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• Kernel file ./include/crypto/internal/hash.h — go read it, it's giving source of truth 📖
• crypto_ahash_export_core(9)
• crypto_shash_export_core(9)
• crypto_shash_import_core(9)

the whole friend group fr fr 💜

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and that's the page bestie!! 🧚‍♀️ this little gem lives in ./include/crypto/internal, dated October 2026 — that's the source/version and date flex, periodt 💅🌸