crypto_akcipher_encrypt(9)

💖 crypto_akcipher_encrypt(9) 💖

okay so bestie, this is a page straight out of the Kernel API Manual, and it's literally about invoking a public key encrypt operation. no cap. let's get into it 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

crypto_akcipher_encrypt — the function that goes and invokes the public key encrypt operation. that's it, that's the vibe 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int crypto_akcipher_encrypt (struct akcipher_request *req );

like, one argument, one int coming back. we love a clean signature ✨

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• req — the asymmetric key request. that's your whole little request bundle, she's the main character here 👑

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so what does this icon actually do? she invokes the specific public key encrypt operation for a given public key algorithm. fr fr — you hand her the request, she routes it to whatever algorithm is in play, and the encryption happens. she's not doing the math herself, she's the one making the introduction 😭💜

⭐ RETURN ⭐

• zero on success — slay, we love a 0 🎉
• an error code in case of error — not the vibe, but at least she tells you 💀

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the whole friend group 🫶 all of these are in the kernel file ./include/crypto/akcipher.h:

• struct akcipher_request(9)
• struct crypto_akcipher(9)
• struct akcipher_alg(9)
• Generic Public Key Cipher API(9)
• crypto_alloc_akcipher(9)
• crypto_free_akcipher(9)
• akcipher_request_alloc(9)
• akcipher_request_free(9)
• akcipher_request_set_callback(9)
• akcipher_request_set_crypt(9)
• crypto_akcipher_maxsize(9)
• crypto_akcipher_decrypt(9)
• crypto_akcipher_sync_encrypt(9)
• crypto_akcipher_sync_decrypt(9)
• crypto_akcipher_set_pub_key(9)
• crypto_akcipher_set_priv_key(9)

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and that's the whole page, bestie 💖 this one's coming at you from ./include/crypto, dated October 2026, and it's filed under crypto_akcipher_encrypt(9). go encrypt something iconic ✨🧚‍♀️