tipc_crypto_key_distr(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 tipc_crypto_key_distr(9) — from the Kernel API Manual, bestie 💖

okay so sit down, grab a strawberry 🍓, and let me tell you about the single most "I'm just gonna hand this key to everyone" function in the TIPC crypto world.

✨ NAME ✨

tipc_crypto_key_distr — it distributes a TX key. literally that's the whole vibe. it hands out a key. 💅

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

int tipc_crypto_key_distr (struct tipc_crypto *tx , u8 key , struct
tipc_node *dest );

no cap, that's the exact shape of it — i did not touch a single character, you're welcome 🫶

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • tx — the TX crypto. yeah. it's the crypto thing doing the transmitting. main character energy fr 🔥
  • key — the key's index. like, which key. a u8, so keep it smol 🎀
  • dest — the destination tipc node. and here's the iconic part: it's = NULL if you're distributing to all nodes. so NULL isn't "oops forgot it", it's "everybody gets one" 💀👑

⭐ RETURN ⭐

0 in case of success, otherwise < 0. that's it. zero = slay, negative = 😭.

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

okay this is the long part and no i'm not skipping any of it because every single one of these deserves its moment 💜 the kernel file is ./net/tipc/crypto.c, and here's the whole friend group:

like, that's the whole group chat. go read them. iykyk 🌈

lowkey a little reminder: dest being NULL is a deliberate "all nodes" flag, so don't panic when you see it — it's giving intentional, not giving bug 🙈

and that's the page!! sourced from ./net/tipc, dated October 2026, from your favorite kernel api manual. mwah, go distribute some keys responsibly 💖✨🎀🧚‍♀️

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