crypto_has_skcipher(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 crypto_has_skcipher — the kernel API manual, but make it make sense 🎀

okay so bestie, welcome to crypto_has_skcipher(9) ✨ this is a Kernel API Manual page and honestly? it's short, it's sweet, and it does exactly one thing. let's get into it 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

crypto_has_skcipher — bestie, it literally just searches for the availability of an skcipher. that's it. that's the whole gig 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int crypto_has_skcipher (const char *alg_name , u32 type , u32 mask );

look at her. three args, one int, zero drama 🎀

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

  • alg_name — this is either the cra_name / name or the cra_driver_name / driver name of the skcipher. so you can call her by her government name or her stage name, either one works 🦋
  • type — specifies the type of the skcipher. yes, you do gotta tell it 🧚
  • mask — specifies the mask for the skcipher. matching vibes, essentially 💫

👑 RETURN 👑

true when the skcipher is known to the kernel crypto API 🌈 false otherwise 💀

that's the vibe check, periodt.

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

okay this is the part where she lists literally everyone she knows, and honestly? iconic. no gatekeeping here 💜

Kernel file ./include/crypto/skcipher.h, plus:

like I said. everyone. the whole group chat 🫶✨

ngl the whole page is basically one function asking "does this skcipher exist, yes or no" — and the answer comes back as true or false. no cap. that's the API 🌸

k bye ily, this page lives in ./include/crypto, it's from October 2026, and it's filed under crypto_has_skcipher(9) — go check for your skciphers responsibly bestie 💅🎀

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