upd: openssl to 1.1.0

[cassiopeia.git] / lib / openssl / doc / crypto / BN_CTX_new.pod

diff --git a/lib/openssl/doc/crypto/BN_CTX_new.pod b/lib/openssl/doc/crypto/BN_CTX_new.pod
index ad8d07db89afc137058c4e370efc5471f487ace7..ca54590517e6cdba41951e336474e7b29d3d631c 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/openssl/doc/crypto/BN_CTX_new.pod
+++ b/lib/openssl/doc/crypto/BN_CTX_new.pod
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 =head1 NAME
 
-BN_CTX_new, BN_CTX_init, BN_CTX_free - allocate and free BN_CTX structures
+BN_CTX_new, BN_CTX_secure_new, BN_CTX_free - allocate and free BN_CTX structures
 
 =head1 SYNOPSIS
 
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ BN_CTX_new, BN_CTX_init, BN_CTX_free - allocate and free BN_CTX structures
 
  BN_CTX *BN_CTX_new(void);
 
- void BN_CTX_init(BN_CTX *c);
+ BN_CTX *BN_CTX_secure_new(void);
 
  void BN_CTX_free(BN_CTX *c);
 
@@ -21,33 +21,56 @@ library functions. Since dynamic memory allocation to create B<BIGNUM>s
 is rather expensive when used in conjunction with repeated subroutine
 calls, the B<BN_CTX> structure is used.
 
-BN_CTX_new() allocates and initializes a B<BN_CTX>
-structure. BN_CTX_init() initializes an existing uninitialized
-B<BN_CTX>.
+BN_CTX_new() allocates and initializes a B<BN_CTX> structure.
+BN_CTX_secure_new() allocates and initializes a B<BN_CTX> structure
+but uses the secure heap (see L<CRYPTO_secure_malloc(3)>) to hold the
+B<BIGNUM>s.
 
 BN_CTX_free() frees the components of the B<BN_CTX>, and if it was
 created by BN_CTX_new(), also the structure itself.
-If L<BN_CTX_start(3)|BN_CTX_start(3)> has been used on the B<BN_CTX>,
-L<BN_CTX_end(3)|BN_CTX_end(3)> must be called before the B<BN_CTX>
+If L<BN_CTX_start(3)> has been used on the B<BN_CTX>,
+L<BN_CTX_end(3)> must be called before the B<BN_CTX>
 may be freed by BN_CTX_free().
-
+If B<c> is NULL, nothing is done.
 
 =head1 RETURN VALUES
 
-BN_CTX_new() returns a pointer to the B<BN_CTX>. If the allocation fails,
-it returns B<NULL> and sets an error code that can be obtained by
-L<ERR_get_error(3)|ERR_get_error(3)>.
+BN_CTX_new() and BN_CTX_secure_new() return a pointer to the B<BN_CTX>.
+If the allocation fails,
+they return B<NULL> and sets an error code that can be obtained by
+L<ERR_get_error(3)>.
+
+BN_CTX_free() has no return values.
+
+=head1 REMOVED FUNCTIONALITY
+
+ void BN_CTX_init(BN_CTX *c);
+
+BN_CTX_init() is no longer available as of OpenSSL 1.1.0. Applications should
+replace use of BN_CTX_init with BN_CTX_new instead:
 
-BN_CTX_init() and BN_CTX_free() have no return values.
+ BN_CTX *ctx;
+ ctx = BN_CTX_new();
+ if(!ctx) /* Handle error */
+ ...
+ BN_CTX_free(ctx);
 
 =head1 SEE ALSO
 
-L<bn(3)|bn(3)>, L<ERR_get_error(3)|ERR_get_error(3)>, L<BN_add(3)|BN_add(3)>,
-L<BN_CTX_start(3)|BN_CTX_start(3)>
+L<bn(3)>, L<ERR_get_error(3)>, L<BN_add(3)>,
+L<BN_CTX_start(3)>
 
 =head1 HISTORY
 
-BN_CTX_new() and BN_CTX_free() are available in all versions on SSLeay
-and OpenSSL. BN_CTX_init() was added in SSLeay 0.9.1b.
+BN_CTX_init() was removed in OpenSSL 1.1.0.
+
+=head1 COPYRIGHT
+
+Copyright 2000-2016 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
+
+Licensed under the OpenSSL license (the "License").  You may not use
+this file except in compliance with the License.  You can obtain a copy
+in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
+L<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.
 
 =cut