STRUCT AES_GCM_CTX(9)
β¨ struct aes_gcm_ctx(9) β¨
okay so bestie, welcome to the kernel API manual π this one's a little mysterious ngl, but we're gonna get into it together π«Ά
πΈ NAME πΈ
struct aes_gcm_ctx β literally the context for incrementally en/decrypting a message β¨
like, it holds the vibe while you encrypt or decrypt a message bit by bit instead of all at once. incremental queen behavior π
π SYNOPSIS π
struct aes_gcm_ctx {
};
okay so that's the whole struct and yes, it's giving empty π the braces are there, the body is justβ¦ vibes. no members listed. no cap. π¦
π Members π
absolutely nothing here bestie π the original page lists the section but no members follow it β so there's no fields to tell you about. iconic minimalism, tbh.
π SEE ALSO π
- Kernel file
./include/crypto/aes-gcm.hπ struct aes_gcm_key(9)πaes_gcm_preparekey(9)π οΈaes_gcm_encrypt(9)πaes_gcm_decrypt(9)πaes_gcm_init(9)π±aes_gcm_auth_update(9)βaes_gcm_encrypt_update(9)β‘οΈaes_gcm_decrypt_update(9)β¬ οΈaes_gcm_encrypt_final(9)πaes_gcm_decrypt_final(9)π¬
go read those if you wanna actually do something with this struct bestie, they're the main characters here fr fr π
ngl this page is short but she's still serving β¨ every reference, every path, nothing skipped, periodt.
okay that's the whole thing! this gem is from the Kernel API Manual, lives in ./include/crypto, and the version/date stamp on it is October 2026 πΈ mwah, go forth and encrypt incrementally π§π
π¦ where this page comes from
- nixpkgs unstable: linux-manual 7.3.1
- π girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms