Method create_alg

Lib/test/test_socket.py:7088–7097

(self, typ, name)

class LinuxKernelCryptoAPI(unittest.TestCase):
    # tests for AF_ALG
    def create_alg(self, typ, name):
        sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_ALG, socket.SOCK_SEQPACKET, 0)
        try:
            sock.bind((typ, name))
        except FileNotFoundError as e:
            # type / algorithm is not available
            sock.close()
            raise unittest.SkipTest(str(e), typ, name)
        else:
            return sock

    # bpo-31705: On kernel older than 4.5, sendto() failed with ENOKEY,
    # at least on ppc64le architecture