ecc_alloc_point(9)

💅 ecc_alloc_point(9) — a Kernel API Manual moment ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to ecc_alloc_point(9) from the Kernel API Manual. It's giving “allocate an ECC point” energy, and honestly? iconic. 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

ecc_alloc_point — Allocate ECC point. 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

struct ecc_point * ecc_alloc_point (unsigned int ndigits );

no cap, that's the exact signature. 💅

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• ndigits — literally the Length of vlis in u64 qwords. That's the whole parameter description, bestie. 🫶

🔥 RETURN 🔥

You get a pointer to the allocated point, or NULL if allocation failed. So if it's NULL, allocation failed 😭 — that's the vibe check. 💀

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file ./include/crypto/internal/ecc.h — start there, iykyk. Then these iconic friends:

• ecc_swap_digits(9)
• ecc_digits_from_bytes(9)
• ecc_is_key_valid(9)
• ecc_gen_privkey(9)
• ecc_make_pub_key(9)
• crypto_ecdh_shared_secret(9)
• ecc_is_pubkey_valid_partial(9)
• ecc_is_pubkey_valid_full(9)
• vli_is_zero(9)
• vli_cmp(9)
• vli_sub(9)
• vli_from_be64(9)
• vli_from_le64(9)
• vli_mod_inv(9)
• vli_mod_mult_slow(9)
• vli_num_bits(9)
• ecc_free_point(9)
• ecc_point_is_zero(9)
• ecc_point_mult_shamir(9)

okay bye bestie 💖 source/version: ./include/crypto/internal · date: October 2026 · page: ecc_alloc_point(9). periodt. 🫶✨