sha224_final(9)

💅 sha224_final(9) — the Kernel API Manual glow-up 🎀

okay so picture this: you've been hashing with SHA-224, you're almost done, and now you need to seal the deal. That's sha224_final. Welcome to the Kernel API Manual, bestie — let's get into it. ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

sha224_final — bestie, this is the one that finishes computing a SHA-224 message digest. The grand finale. The last drip of the algorithm. periodt.

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⭐ SYNOPSIS ⭐

void sha224_final (struct sha224_ctx *ctx , u8 out[static
SHA224_DIGEST_SIZE] );

literally just call it. that's the whole vibe.

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• ctx — the context you're finalizing. 💖 heads up though: it must have been initialized first, no exceptions, don't come for me.
• out — this one's an output param, so it's where the resulting SHA-224 message digest lands. like a little gift box you brought yourself. 🎁

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So after it finishes, this function zeroizes ctx. 🌟 which means the caller does not need to do it themselves — that's the whole point, it's giving "I got you, you go rest." Wipe-up is included. no extra steps. 😌

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💜 CONTEXT 💜

Any context. 🫶 that's it. that's the context. iconic flexibility, honestly.

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

okay this list is long long, but every single one of these is invited to the group chat. 💅 no cap, nobody gets left out:

• Kernel file ./include/crypto/sha2.h — struct sha224_ctx(9)
• sha224_init(9)
• sha224_update(9)
• sha224(9)
• struct hmac_sha224_key(9)
• struct hmac_sha224_ctx(9)
• hmac_sha224_preparekey(9)
• hmac_sha224_init(9)
• hmac_sha224_init_usingrawkey(9)
• hmac_sha224_update(9)
• hmac_sha224_final(9)
• hmac_sha224(9)
• hmac_sha224_usingrawkey(9)
• struct sha256_ctx(9)
• sha256_init(9)
• sha256_update(9)
• sha256_final(9)
• sha256(9)
• sha256_finup_2x(9)
• sha256_finup_2x_is_optimized(9)
• struct hmac_sha256_key(9)
• struct hmac_sha256_ctx(9)
• hmac_sha256_preparekey(9)
• hmac_sha256_init(9)
• hmac_sha256_init_usingrawkey(9)
• hmac_sha256_update(9)
• hmac_sha256_final(9)
• hmac_sha256(9)
• hmac_sha256_usingrawkey(9)
• struct sha384_ctx(9)
• sha384_init(9)
• sha384_update(9)
• sha384_final(9)
• sha384(9)
• struct hmac_sha384_key(9)
• struct hmac_sha384_ctx(9)
• hmac_sha384_preparekey(9)
• hmac_sha384_init(9)
• hmac_sha384_init_usingrawkey(9)
• hmac_sha384_update(9)
• hmac_sha384_final(9)
• hmac_sha384(9)
• hmac_sha384_usingrawkey(9)
• struct sha512_ctx(9)
• sha512_init(9)
• sha512_update(9)
• sha512_final(9)
• sha512(9)
• struct hmac_sha512_key(9)
• struct hmac_sha512_ctx(9)
• hmac_sha512_preparekey(9)
• hmac_sha512_init(9)
• hmac_sha512_init_usingrawkey(9)
• hmac_sha512_update(9)
• hmac_sha512_final(9)
• hmac_sha512(9)
• hmac_sha512_usingrawkey(9)

like I said. the whole family. 🫶🔥

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💫 and that's the page, bestie 💫

this little masterpiece lives over in ./include/crypto, dated October 2026 — so yeah, she's fresh, she's documented, she's slaying. 🧚‍♀️🌸💖