ipe_digest_parse(9)

okay so bestie, this is ipe_digest_parse(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and it’s literally the function that parses a digest in IPE’s policy 💅✨ no cap.

🌸 NAME 🌸

ipe_digest_parse — parse a digest in IPE’s policy. That’s the assignment, and it ate 🎀.

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

struct digest_info * ipe_digest_parse (const char *valstr );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• valstr — supplies the string parsed from the policy. That’s the string you’re handing over, bestie 🫶.

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

Digests in IPE are defined in a standard way: <alg_name>:<hex> 🧚💖.

Use this function to create a property to parse the digest consistently. The parsed digest will be saved in value in IPE’s policy. Yes — value in IPE’s policy — keep that in mind, iykyk 🌈.

⭐ RETURN ⭐

On success, you get the parsed digest_info structure — iconic 👑. If an error occurs, the function returns the error value (via ERR_PTR), so don’t ignore that 😭.

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

• Kernel file ./security/ipe/digest.c
• ipe_digest_eval(9)
• ipe_digest_free(9)
• ipe_digest_audit(9)

Go read those too, fr fr 📚✨.

signin’ off from source/version ./security/ipe, date October 2026, ipe_digest_parse(9) — mwah 💋🫶