crypto_register_kpp(9)

✨ crypto_register_kpp(9) ✨

welcome to the Kernel API Manual corner of the group chat, bestie 💖 this one is all about crypto_register_kpp(9) and it's lowkey iconic.

🌸 NAME 🌸

crypto_register_kpp — register key-agreement protocol primitives algorithm

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int crypto_register_kpp (struct kpp_alg *alg );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• alg — the algorithm definition, bestie. That's the thing you're handing over 🫶

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

okay so this function registers an implementation of a key-agreement protocol primitive algorithm. that's the whole main-character move: the implementation gets registered, periodt ✨

🔥 RETURN 🔥

• zero on success — slay 💚
• an error code in case of error — so check it, fr fr 💀

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

also peek at the kernel file ./include/crypto/internal/kpp.h, plus all these besties:

• struct kpp_instance(9)
• struct crypto_kpp_spawn(9)
• kpp_crypto_instance(9)
• kpp_instance(9)
• kpp_alg_instance(9)
• kpp_instance_ctx(9)
• crypto_unregister_kpp(9)
• kpp_register_instance(9)
• crypto_grab_kpp(9)
• crypto_drop_kpp(9)
• crypto_spawn_kpp_alg(9)
• crypto_spawn_kpp(9)

signed off from ./include/crypto/internal, dated October 2026 — mwah 💋🎀