crypto_skcipher_reqsize(9)

💫 crypto_skcipher_reqsize(9) 💫

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual ✨ this one's a tiny little function but she's lowkey important, so let's get into it 🫶

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🌸 NAME 🌸

crypto_skcipher_reqsize — obtain size of the request data structure 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

unsigned int crypto_skcipher_reqsize (struct crypto_skcipher *tfm );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• tfm — cipher handle 💖 this is the crypto thing you're passing in, and yes that's literally the whole argument list, she's low maintenance

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🦋 RETURN 🦋

number of bytes ✨ that's it, that's the return value — size in bytes, no cap

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the whole friend group is here, periodt:

• Kernel file ./include/crypto/skcipher.h
• struct skcipher_request(9)
• struct skcipher_alg(9)
• struct lskcipher_alg(9)
• Symmetric Key Cipher API(9)
• crypto_alloc_skcipher(9)
• crypto_alloc_lskcipher(9)
• crypto_free_skcipher(9)
• crypto_free_lskcipher(9)
• crypto_has_skcipher(9)
• crypto_skcipher_ivsize(9)
• crypto_lskcipher_ivsize(9)
• crypto_skcipher_blocksize(9)
• crypto_lskcipher_blocksize(9)
• crypto_skcipher_chunksize(9)
• crypto_lskcipher_chunksize(9)
• crypto_skcipher_statesize(9)
• crypto_lskcipher_statesize(9)
• crypto_skcipher_setkey(9)
• crypto_lskcipher_setkey(9)
• crypto_skcipher_reqtfm(9)
• crypto_skcipher_encrypt(9)
• crypto_skcipher_decrypt(9)
• crypto_skcipher_export(9)
• crypto_skcipher_import(9)
• crypto_lskcipher_encrypt(9)
• crypto_lskcipher_decrypt(9)
• Symmetric Key Cipher Request Handle(9)
• skcipher_request_set_tfm(9)
• skcipher_request_alloc(9)
• skcipher_request_free(9)
• skcipher_request_set_callback(9)
• skcipher_request_set_crypt(9)

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okay that's the whole page, mwah 💋 she comes from ./include/crypto, dated October 2026, and her full title is crypto_skcipher_reqsize(9) — stan a concise icon 🌟