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author | Bodo Möller <bodo@openssl.org> | 2000-02-05 19:29:00 +0000 |
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committer | Bodo Möller <bodo@openssl.org> | 2000-02-05 19:29:00 +0000 |
commit | 37e48b88adda9334fedf83e18f1bff72b4b9c8cf (patch) | |
tree | c5365692bc3f939dc08fcbcc5c09c58b4290409f /doc/crypto | |
parent | 6535eb1728a7d30673d0a95da5fd18126b7d0b71 (diff) |
Generate just one error code if iterated SSL_CTX_get() fails.
Avoid enabled 'assert()' in production library.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/crypto')
-rw-r--r-- | doc/crypto/BN_CTX_new.pod | 4 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | doc/crypto/BN_CTX_start.pod | 4 |
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/crypto/BN_CTX_new.pod b/doc/crypto/BN_CTX_new.pod index 2a02da03b9..c94d8c610d 100644 --- a/doc/crypto/BN_CTX_new.pod +++ b/doc/crypto/BN_CTX_new.pod @@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ B<BN_CTX>. 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> +may be freed by BN_CTX_free(). + =head1 RETURN VALUES diff --git a/doc/crypto/BN_CTX_start.pod b/doc/crypto/BN_CTX_start.pod index 3e1032375f..c30552b122 100644 --- a/doc/crypto/BN_CTX_start.pod +++ b/doc/crypto/BN_CTX_start.pod @@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ BN_CTX_start() and BN_CTX_end() return no values. BN_CTX_get() returns a pointer to the B<BIGNUM>, or B<NULL> on error. Once BN_CTX_get() has failed, the subsequent calls will return B<NULL> as well, so it is sufficient to check the return value of the last -BN_CTX_get() call. +BN_CTX_get() call. In case of an error, an error code is set, which +can be obtained by L<ERR_get_error(3)|ERR_get_error(3)>. + =head1 SEE ALSO |