crypto_free_akcipher(9)

💅 crypto_free_akcipher(9)

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — this one's a short one and honestly it's giving "clean up after yourself" energy, which is iconic of it.

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✨ NAME ✨

crypto_free_akcipher — free that AKCIPHER tfm handle 🫶

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void crypto_free_akcipher (struct crypto_akcipher *tfm );

literally just one function, one argument, no drama 🌸

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✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

• tfm — the AKCIPHER tfm handle that got allocated with crypto_alloc_akcipher. that's the one you're freeing, bestie 💖

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

So here's the whole vibe: if tfm is a NULL or error pointer, this function does nothing. that's it. that's the description. no cap 🎀

like, it's not gonna crash on you, it's not gonna throw a fit — it just quietly does nothing and moves on with its life. main character energy honestly 👑

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✨ SEE ALSO ✨

go check these out if you wanna go deeper, iykyk 🔥

• 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)
• akcipher_request_alloc(9)
• akcipher_request_free(9)
• akcipher_request_set_callback(9)
• akcipher_request_set_crypt(9)
• crypto_akcipher_maxsize(9)
• crypto_akcipher_encrypt(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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aaand that's the whole thing 🦋

ngl the source is ./include/crypto, dated October 2026, and the page itself is crypto_free_akcipher(9). memory unlocked, go free your handles, mwah 💋💜

slay, periodt, and remember to free your tfm ✨