Documentation/crypto/api-aead.rst

File Facts

System

Linux kernel

Corpus path

Documentation/crypto/api-aead.rst

Extension

.rst

Size

1157 bytes

Lines

27

Domain

Support Tooling And Documentation

Bucket

Documentation

Inferred role

Support Tooling And Documentation: documentation

Status

atlas-only

Why This File Exists

Repository support layer: documentation, build tooling, samples, user-space helper tools, generated initramfs support, licenses, and validation utilities.

• Repository support layer: documentation, build tooling, samples, user-space helper tools, generated initramfs support, licenses, and validation utilities.

Dependency Surface

• No C-style include directives detected by the generator.

Detected Declarations

• No top-level syscall, struct, function, initcall, or export declaration detected by the generator.

Annotated Snippet

Authenticated Encryption With Associated Data (AEAD)
====================================================

Authenticated Encryption With Associated Data (AEAD) Algorithm Definitions
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

.. kernel-doc:: include/crypto/aead.h
   :doc: Authenticated Encryption With Associated Data (AEAD) Cipher API

.. kernel-doc:: include/crypto/aead.h
   :functions: aead_request aead_alg

Authenticated Encryption With Associated Data (AEAD) Cipher API
---------------------------------------------------------------

.. kernel-doc:: include/crypto/aead.h
   :functions: crypto_alloc_aead crypto_free_aead crypto_aead_ivsize crypto_aead_authsize crypto_aead_blocksize crypto_aead_setkey crypto_aead_setauthsize crypto_aead_encrypt crypto_aead_decrypt

Asynchronous AEAD Request Handle
--------------------------------

.. kernel-doc:: include/crypto/aead.h
   :doc: Asynchronous AEAD Request Handle

.. kernel-doc:: include/crypto/aead.h
   :functions: crypto_aead_reqsize aead_request_set_tfm aead_request_alloc aead_request_free aead_request_set_callback aead_request_set_crypt aead_request_set_ad

Annotation

• Atlas domain: Support Tooling And Documentation / Documentation.
• Implementation status: atlas-only.

Implementation Notes

• This generated page is the file-by-file coverage layer; curated subsystem chapters should link here when they synthesize a multi-file control flow.
• Core OS pages should be promoted from atlas-only to deep-reviewed when they explain data structures, invariants, locking, lifecycle, and C implementation snippets.
• Driver-family pages are intentionally pattern-oriented unless they are part of the selected PCIe/NVMe representative device path.