s5p_hash_init(9)

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🦋 s5p_hash_init(9) — the kernel API manual, bestie edition 🦋

okay so real talk, this one's from the Kernel API Manual (section 9, the kernel-internals girlies 💅), and it's about the Samsung s5p hardware hash driver. she's short, she's sweet, she's literally just one function. let's get into it ✨

✨ NAME ✨

s5p_hash_init — initialize the AHASH request context 🎀

(yes that's it. that's the whole vibe. "contex" is what the original says and I'm not gonna gaslight you about it, but just know it means context okay 😭)

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int s5p_hash_init (struct ahash_request *req );

so she takes one pointer and she hands you back an int. that's the whole signature, no cap 💖

🧚 ARGUMENTS 🧚

  • req — the AHASH request 🫶 that's the thing you're handing over so she can get its context all set up and ready.

👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

okay so what she does: she initializes the context of the async hash request. that's it. that's the whole function. not me expecting a whole saga and getting one sentence 😭 but honestly? iconic. she knows her lane. main character energy but make it minimal.

fr fr the entire description is "Init async hash request context." — I'm not adding lore that isn't there, bestie 💀

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

this is the part where the manpage goes absolutely feral with cross-references, and I respect the commitment 🔥 every single one, in order, here we go:

go read all of those if you want the full s5p hash cinematic universe 🌈 iykyk.

also the kernel file she lives in is ./drivers/crypto/s5p-sss.c 📁 — that's her address, that's her home. 🏡

and that's the page, bestie!! 🫶 tysm for reading, drink some water, and remember: the source for all this is ./drivers/crypto and the date on the tin is October 2026 — mwah, love u, bye 💅💖✨

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