ecc_get_curve(9)

💅 ecc_get_curve(9) — a lil' page from the Kernel API Manual

okay so bestie, first things first: we're in the Kernel API Manual, section 9, and the star of the show is ecc_get_curve. that's the whole vibe. let's get into it ✨

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🌸 NAME

ecc_get_curve — get elliptic curve; 🌀

(yes, with a semicolon at the end. she's quirky like that. no cap.)

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🎀 SYNOPSIS

const struct ecc_curve * ecc_get_curve (unsigned int curve_id );

look at her. returns a const struct ecc_curve *, takes one unsigned int called curve_id. simple, clean, iconic 👑

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🦋 ARGUMENTS

• curve_id — the Curves IDs 💳 these bad boys are defined in 'include/crypto/ecdh.h', so if you're like "wait, what IDs exist??" — that's the file you go look at, iykyk.

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✨ DESCRIPTION

so what does she do? she returns the curve if getting the curve is successful 🌈 and returns NULL otherwise 💀

that's it. that's the whole function. honestly? main character energy. she knows what she's about and she does not overexplain 🫶

heads up bestie: NULL back means it did not work out — always do a vibe check on that return value before you go dereferencing anything, fr fr 🙈

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👀 SEE ALSO

• the Kernel file ./include/crypto/ecc_curve.h 📁
• struct ecc_point(9) 📍
• struct ecc_curve(9) 🌀
• ecc_get_curve25519(9) — the curve-specific bestie 💖

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💜 sign-off

this page came to you straight out of ./include/crypto 🍓 and it's dated October 2026 ⭐ so like… yeah, she's from the future, and she's slaying. periodt. 🧚‍♀️💅