crypto_rng_alg(9)

okay so bestie, welcome to crypto_rng_alg(9) from the Kernel API Manual — she’s a tiny little getter page and honestly? iconic. Let’s break it down 💖✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

crypto_rng_alg — obtain a struct rng_alg pointer from an RNG handle 👑

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

struct rng_alg * crypto_rng_alg (struct crypto_rng *tfm );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• tfm — the RNG handle. That’s the whole vibe check: it’s the RNG handle this function is working from 💅

🦋 RETURN 🦋

A pointer to struct rng_alg, derived from the tfm RNG handle. Periodt. 🫶

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./include/crypto/rng.h — struct rng_alg(9)
• crypto_stdrng_get_bytes(9)
• Random number generator API(9)
• crypto_alloc_rng(9)
• crypto_free_rng(9)
• crypto_rng_generate(9)
• crypto_rng_get_bytes(9)
• crypto_rng_reset(9)
• crypto_rng_seedsize(9)

and that’s the whole page, bestie! mwah 💋 brought to you by source ./include/crypto, dated October 2026, under the crypto_rng_alg(9) manual-page energy — see you in the kernel 🌟🎀🦋