NAME

       kcapi_cipher_stream_update_last - send last data for processing (stream)

SYNOPSIS

       ssize_t kcapi_cipher_stream_update_last(struct kcapi_handle * handle, struct iovec * iov, size_t iovlen);

ARGUMENTS

       handle
           [in] cipher handle

       iov
           [in] scatter/gather list with data to be processed by the cipher operation.

       iovlen
           [in] number of scatter/gather list elements.

DESCRIPTION

       Using this function call, more plaintext for encryption or ciphertext for decryption can be submitted to
       the kernel.

       This call is identical to the kcapi_cipher_stream_update call with the exception that it marks the last
       data buffer before the cipher operation is triggered. This is call is important for stream ciphers like
       CTR or CTS mode when providing the last block. It is permissible to provide a zero buffer if all data
       including the last block is already provided by kcapi_cipher_stream_update.

WARNING

       If this call is not made for stream ciphers with input data that is not a multiple of the block size of
       the block cipher, the kernel will not return the last block that contains less data than the block size
       of the block cipher. For example, sending 257 bytes of data to be encrypted with ctr(aes), the kernel
       will return only 256 bytes without this call.

       return number of bytes sent to the kernel upon success; a negative errno-style error code if an error
       occurred

AUTHOR

       Stephan Mueller <smueller@chronox.de>
           Author.

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