tipc_aead_free(9)

💅 tipc_aead_free — the tipc_aead_free(9) glow-up

okay bestie, so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual — section 9, kernel-space, very "don't touch unless you know what you're doing" energy. And honestly? She's a tiny one. A little one-liner icon. But every crumb matters, so let's go 🍓

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✨ NAME ✨

tipc_aead_free — release the AEAD key, including all the TFMs hanging out in the list. like, every single one. no leftovers. periodt 💅

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void tipc_aead_free (struct rcu_head *rp );

that's it. that's the whole signature. return type void, meaning she gives nothing back — she just does the thing and dips 😭

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• rp — an rcu head pointer. yep. that's the whole description. she takes the rcu head pointer and goes to work, no notes 🫶

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

okay this is lowkey the main character section of this whole page — the friend group is huge. all of these live in the kernel file ./net/tipc/crypto.c:

• struct tipc_tfm(9)
• struct tipc_aead(9)
• struct tipc_crypto_stats(9)
• struct tipc_crypto(9)
• tipc_aead_key_validate(9)
• tipc_aead_key_generate(9)
• tipc_aead_tfm_next(9)
• tipc_aead_init(9)
• tipc_aead_clone(9)
• tipc_aead_mem_alloc(9)
• tipc_aead_encrypt(9)
• tipc_aead_decrypt(9)
• tipc_ehdr_validate(9)
• tipc_ehdr_build(9)
• tipc_crypto_key_init(9)
• tipc_crypto_key_attach(9)
• tipc_crypto_key_try_align(9)
• tipc_crypto_key_pick_tx(9)
• tipc_crypto_key_synch(9)
• tipc_crypto_xmit(9)
• tipc_crypto_rcv(9)
• tipc_crypto_msg_rcv(9)
• tipc_crypto_key_distr(9)
• tipc_crypto_key_xmit(9)
• tipc_crypto_key_rcv(9)
• tipc_crypto_work_rx(9)
• tipc_crypto_rekeying_sched(9)
• tipc_crypto_work_tx(9)

like… she really said "you will read my entire friend group" and honestly? respect 👑

ngl the whole family lives in ./net/tipc/crypto.c — if you're poking at one of these, you're poking at all of them, iykyk 🔥

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⭐ the sign-off ⭐

this little cutie comes to you from the source ./net/tipc, dated October 2026, sitting pretty at section tipc_aead_free(9) under the Kernel API Manual. mwah. go forth and free those TFMs 💜🧚