STRUCT ECC_CURVE(9)

🌸 NAME 🌸

okay so bestie, welcome to the struct ecc_curve(9) page of the Kernel API Manual — literally the definition of an elliptic curve, no cap 💅✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

struct ecc_curve {
    char *name;
    u32 nbits;
    struct ecc_point g;
    u64 *p;
    u64 *n;
    u64 *a;
    u64 *b;
 };

💅 Members 💅

like, here's the whole cast of characters, and every single one of them matters 🫶

• name — the short name of the curve. just a lil nickname, icon behavior 🎀
• nbits — the number of bits of a curve. yes, the actual bit count 🔥
• g — the generator point of the curve. main character energy fr fr 👑
• p — the prime number. and here's the tea ☕: if Barrett's reduction is used for this curve, a pre-calculated value 'mu' is appended to the p after ndigits. the use of Barrett's reduction is heuristically determined in vli_mmod_fast — that's the vibe check, iykyk 🌈
• n — the order of the curve group. periodt 💀
• a — curve parameter a. iconic, essential, no notes 🌸
• b — curve parameter b. the other half of the duo, we stan 💜

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

go peek at the kernel file ./include/crypto/ecc_curve.h plus struct ecc_point(9), ecc_get_curve(9), and ecc_get_curve25519(9) — they're all in the group chat bestie 🦋

and that's the whole page!! mwah 💖 sourced straight from ./include/crypto, dated October 2026 — catch you in the next manpage, bestie 🧚⭐