kcapi_aead_setassoclen - Man Page

set authentication data size

Synopsis

void kcapi_aead_setassoclen(struct kcapi_handle * handle, size_t assoclen);

Arguments

handle

[in] cipher handle

assoclen

[in] length of associated data length

Description

The associated data is retained in the cipher handle​. During initialization of a cipher handle, it is sent to the kernel​. The kernel cipher implementations may verify the appropriateness of the authentication data size and may return an error during initialization if the authentication size is not considered appropriate​.

Author

Stephan Mueller <​smueller@chronox.de​>

Author.

Info

August 2026 libkcapi Manual 1.5.1 Programming Interface