spum_status_process(9)

spum_status_process(9) 💅

okay so this is spum_status_process(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and it’s literally the little status-checking bestie for a SPU response message. no cap, it keeps things real: good status means go ahead, bad status means the response is a no. 🫶

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💖 NAME 💖

spum_status_process — process the status from a SPU response message. ✨

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int spum_status_process (u8 *statp );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• statp — start of the STATUS word, bestie. that’s where the status situation begins. 👑

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

• 0 — status is good and response should be processed ✨
• !0 — status indicates an error and response is invalid 💀

so like… 0 is the slay outcome, and !0 is the “nope, this response is not invited to the function” outcome. periodt.

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

the kernel file is ./drivers/crypto/bcm/spu.c, and these functions are all in the group chat too:

• spum_ns2_ctx_max_payload(9)
• spum_nsp_ctx_max_payload(9)
• spum_response_hdr_len(9)
• spum_hash_pad_len(9)
• spum_gcm_ccm_pad_len(9)
• spum_assoc_resp_len(9)
• spum_aead_ivlen(9)
• spum_hash_type(9)
• spum_digest_size(9)
• spum_create_request(9)
• spum_cipher_req_init(9)
• spum_cipher_req_finish(9)
• spum_request_pad(9)
• spum_xts_tweak_in_payload(9)
• spum_tx_status_len(9)
• spum_rx_status_len(9)
• spum_ccm_update_iv(9)
• spum_wordalign_padlen(9)

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made with 💖 from source/version ./drivers/crypto/bcm, dated October 2026 — bye bestie, go process that status responsibly 🧚‍♀️🌈