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Diffstat (limited to 'doc/internal/man3/ossl_method_construct.pod')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/internal/man3/ossl_method_construct.pod | 26 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/doc/internal/man3/ossl_method_construct.pod b/doc/internal/man3/ossl_method_construct.pod index 9beb7942f0..a25ca4cd8c 100644 --- a/doc/internal/man3/ossl_method_construct.pod +++ b/doc/internal/man3/ossl_method_construct.pod @@ -15,13 +15,11 @@ OSSL_METHOD_CONSTRUCT_METHOD, ossl_method_construct /* Remove a store */ void (*dealloc_tmp_store)(void *store); /* Get an already existing method from a store */ - void *(*get)(OPENSSL_CTX *libctx, void *store, - int operation_id, const char *name, const char *propquery, - void *data); + void *(*get)(OPENSSL_CTX *libctx, void *store, void *data); /* Store a method in a store */ int (*put)(OPENSSL_CTX *libctx, void *store, void *method, - int operation_id, const char *name, const char *propdef, - void *data); + const OSSL_PROVIDER *prov, int operation_id, const char *name, + const char *propdef, void *data); /* Construct a new method */ void *(*construct)(const char *name, const OSSL_DISPATCH *fns, OSSL_PROVIDER *prov, void *data); @@ -31,7 +29,6 @@ OSSL_METHOD_CONSTRUCT_METHOD, ossl_method_construct typedef struct ossl_method_construct_method OSSL_METHOD_CONSTRUCT_METHOD; void *ossl_method_construct(OPENSSL_CTX *ctx, int operation_id, - const char *name, const char *properties, int force_cache, OSSL_METHOD_CONSTRUCT_METHOD *mcm, void *mcm_data); @@ -58,11 +55,10 @@ It's important to keep in mind that a method is identified by three things: =head2 Functions ossl_method_construct() creates a method by asking all available -providers for a dispatch table given an I<operation_id>, an algorithm -I<name> and a set of I<properties>, and then calling the appropriate -functions given by the sub-system specific method creator through -I<mcm> and the data in I<mcm_data> (which is passed by -ossl_method_construct()). +providers for a dispatch table given an I<operation_id>, and then +calling the appropriate functions given by the sub-system specific +method creator through I<mcm> and the data in I<mcm_data> (which is +passed by ossl_method_construct()). This function assumes that the sub-system method creator implements reference counting and acts accordingly (i.e. it will call the @@ -98,10 +94,10 @@ B<NULL> is a valid value and means that a sub-system default store must be used. This default store should be stored in the library context I<libctx>. -The method to be looked up should be identified with the given -I<operation_id>, I<name>, the provided property query I<propquery> -and data from I<data> (which is the I<mcm_data> that was passed to -ossl_construct_method()). +The method to be looked up should be identified with data found in I<data> +(which is the I<mcm_data> that was passed to ossl_construct_method()). +In other words, the ossl_method_construct() caller is entirely responsible +for ensuring the necesssary data is made available. This function is expected to increment the method's reference count. |