sha384_init(9)

✨ sha384_init(9) ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual 💅 this one's about sha384_init — the glow-up moment where a SHA-384 context gets born. no cap.

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void sha384_init (struct sha384_ctx *ctx );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• ctx — the context you're initializing, like handing your girl a fresh journal 📓

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

It initializes a SHA-384 context for a brand new message. That's the whole vibe check, truly iconic behavior.

lowkey though — if you don't need incremental computation, consider sha384 instead. it's giving one-and-done energy and honestly? sometimes that's the move 🦋

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🫶 CONTEXT 🫶

Any context. literally any. no gatekeeping here ✨

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file ./include/crypto/sha2.h — go read it, iykyk 📖

the sha224 fam 🌸

• struct sha224_ctx(9)
• sha224_init(9)
• sha224_update(9)
• sha224_final(9)
• sha224(9)

hmac_sha224 squad 💜

• 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)

the sha256 crew 🎀

• 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)

hmac_sha256 squad 🍓

• 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)

the sha384 girlies (our main characters rn) 👑

• struct sha384_ctx(9)
• sha384_update(9)
• sha384_final(9)
• sha384(9)

hmac_sha384 squad 🌈

• 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)

the sha512 besties ⭐

• struct sha512_ctx(9)
• sha512_init(9)
• sha512_update(9)
• sha512_final(9)
• sha512(9)

hmac_sha512 squad 🧚

• 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)

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that's the whole page, bestie. go init that context. slay 💅✨

sign-off szn 🎀: this lil masterpiece lives in ./include/crypto, dropped October 2026, and it's filed under sha384_init(9) — periodt. 🦋