crypto_engine_stop(9)

💅 crypto_engine_stop(9) 💅

okay so this page is from the Kernel API Manual, and it's here to explain one tiny-but-important function: crypto_engine_stop. no cap, if you're messing with crypto engine stuff, this is your bestie 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

crypto_engine_stop — stop the hardware engine. that's literally the whole job, periodt 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int crypto_engine_stop (struct crypto_engine *engine );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• engine — the hardware engine that needs to be stopped 🛑✨

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so bestie, the vibe is simple: it returns 0 on success, else on fail. that's it. that's the description. no extra lore, no hidden plot twist 😭

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file: ./crypto/crypto_engine.c 👀

• crypto_finalize_request(9)
• crypto_pump_requests(9)
• crypto_transfer_request(9)
• crypto_transfer_request_to_engine(9)
• crypto_transfer_aead_request_to_engine(9)
• crypto_transfer_akcipher_request_to_engine(9)
• crypto_transfer_hash_request_to_engine(9)
• crypto_transfer_kpp_request_to_engine(9)
• crypto_transfer_skcipher_request_to_engine(9)
• crypto_finalize_aead_request(9)
• crypto_finalize_akcipher_request(9)
• crypto_finalize_hash_request(9)
• crypto_finalize_kpp_request(9)
• crypto_finalize_skcipher_request(9)
• crypto_engine_start(9)
• crypto_engine_alloc_init_and_set(9)
• crypto_engine_alloc_init(9)
• crypto_engine_exit(9)

xoxo, your kernel bestie 💖 — source/version: ./crypto, dated October 2026 🎀