sha3_256_init(9)

Hiii bestie 💖 — you're looking at sha3_256_init(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and yes, it's giving "tiny function, big starter energy." Let's get into it ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

sha3_256_init — Initialize a context for SHA3-256

Like, that's the whole job. It initializes a context for SHA3-256. Slay 💅

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

void sha3_256_init (struct sha3_ctx *ctx );

Yep, that's the signature, bestie — return type void, one argument named ctx, exactly like that 🫶

💜 ARGUMENTS 💜

• ctx — the context to initialize. Hand it over; that's the one thing this function asks for 🎁

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

okay so this is the beginning of a brand-new SHA3-256 message digest computation. It's literally the "new digest, who dis" moment 🔥

This begins a new SHA3-256 message digest computation. That's the vibe, no cap.

🌈 CONTEXT 🌈

Any context.

Full stop, periodt. The original is short and sweet: Any context. No extra drama listed here 💖

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

The whole crypto friend group is invited, bestie:

• Kernel file ./include/crypto/sha3.h and struct sha3_ctx(9) — both in the refs together, iykyk 🧚
• sha3_zeroize_ctx(9)
• struct shake_ctx(9)
• shake_zeroize_ctx(9)
• sha3_224_init(9)
• sha3_384_init(9)
• sha3_512_init(9)
• sha3_update(9)
• sha3_final(9)
• shake128_init(9)
• shake256_init(9)
• shake_update(9)
• shake_squeeze(9)
• sha3_224(9)
• sha3_256(9)
• sha3_384(9)
• sha3_512(9)
• shake128(9)
• shake256(9)

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Source path on the page: ./include/crypto · Date: October 2026 — mwah, and that's the sign-off 💋🎀