1KCAPI_AKCIPHER_SIGN(3) Programming Interface KCAPI_AKCIPHER_SIGN(3)
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6 kcapi_akcipher_sign - signature generation
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9 ssize_t kcapi_akcipher_sign(struct kcapi_handle * handle,
10 const uint8_t * in, size_t inlen,
11 uint8_t * out, size_t outlen, int access);
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15 [in] cipher handle
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18 [in] message data buffer
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24 [out] signature data buffer
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30 [in] kernel access type (KCAPI_ACCESS_HEURISTIC - use internal
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35 It is perfectly legal to use the same buffer as the message and
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43 If the output size is insufficiently large, -EINVAL is returned. The
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51 Stephan Mueller <smueller@chronox.de>
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55libkcapi Manual 1.4.0 January 2023 KCAPI_AKCIPHER_SIGN(3)