crypto_skcipher_import(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 crypto_skcipher_import(9) — the Kernel API Manual, bestie edition ✨

okay so you found the crypto_skcipher_import(9) page in the Kernel API Manual and you're like "what does importing even mean here" — don't worry, it's actually so simple. Sit down, grab a matcha 🍓, let's go.

🌸 NAME 🌸

crypto_skcipher_import — literally just importing partial state 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int crypto_skcipher_import (struct skcipher_request *req , const void
*in );

that's it, that's the whole vibe check 💀 two args, one int back.

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • req — the reference to the skcipher_request handle that holds, like, all the information needed to perform the operation. it's the main character of this function ngl 👑
  • in — the buffer holding the state. the goods. the whole situation 📦

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so what this does: it imports the partial state of the transformation. fr fr.

It loads the entire state of the ongoing transformation from a provided block of data, so the transformation can just... continue from this point onward. like picking a save file back up mid-game, iconic behavior tbh ✨

and listen — no data processing happens at this point. none. zero. it's purely a state-loading moment, so don't expect any encrypting or decrypting to sneak in here 🙈

🌈 RETURN 🌈

  • 0 — if the cipher operation was successful 💖 slay
  • < 0 — if an error occurred 😭 not slay

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

the whole friend group, no cap. here's everyone, and they're all in the kernel file ./include/crypto/skcipher.h:

and that's the whole page bestie, you ate that 🫶💅

— signed off from ./include/crypto, dated October 2026, on the crypto_skcipher_import(9) manual page. go be iconic with your state importing 🧚‍♀️⭐

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