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authorMatt Caswell <matt@openssl.org>2016-10-20 09:56:18 +0100
committerMatt Caswell <matt@openssl.org>2016-10-28 09:48:54 +0100
commitb055fceb9bd8f613f39dab9df4d77b2a95231755 (patch)
treea772ae80ddbbc7e830c380ff30f7ceb453cd2e2f /doc/man3/BIO_set_callback.pod
parent98e553d2ce31e2179be68d6a60b5bec765cd9768 (diff)
Document the new BIO functions introduced as part of the size_t work
Reviewed-by: Richard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/man3/BIO_set_callback.pod')
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diff --git a/doc/man3/BIO_set_callback.pod b/doc/man3/BIO_set_callback.pod
index 113b416488..6e5656fb73 100644
--- a/doc/man3/BIO_set_callback.pod
+++ b/doc/man3/BIO_set_callback.pod
@@ -2,17 +2,23 @@
=head1 NAME
-BIO_set_callback, BIO_get_callback, BIO_set_callback_arg, BIO_get_callback_arg,
-BIO_debug_callback - BIO callback functions
+BIO_set_callback_ex, BIO_get_callback_ex, BIO_set_callback, BIO_get_callback,
+BIO_set_callback_arg, BIO_get_callback_arg, BIO_debug_callback
+- BIO callback functions
=head1 SYNOPSIS
#include <openssl/bio.h>
-
+ typedef long (*BIO_callback_fn_ex)(BIO *b, int oper, const char *argp,
+ size_t len, int argi,
+ long argl, int ret, size_t *processed);
typedef long (*BIO_callback_fn)(BIO *b, int oper, const char *argp, int argi,
long argl, long ret);
+ void BIO_set_callback_ex(BIO *b, BIO_callback_fn_ex callback);
+ BIO_callback_fn_ex BIO_get_callback_ex(const BIO *b);
+
void BIO_set_callback(BIO *b, BIO_callack_fn cb);
BIO_callack_fn BIO_get_callback(BIO *b);
void BIO_set_callback_arg(BIO *b, char *arg);
@@ -23,10 +29,15 @@ BIO_debug_callback - BIO callback functions
=head1 DESCRIPTION
-BIO_set_callback() and BIO_get_callback() set and retrieve the BIO callback,
-they are both macros. The callback is called during most high level BIO
-operations. It can be used for debugging purposes to trace operations on
-a BIO or to modify its operation.
+BIO_set_callback_ex() and BIO_get_callback_ex() set and retrieve the BIO
+callback. The callback is called during most high level BIO operations. It can
+be used for debugging purposes to trace operations on a BIO or to modify its
+operation.
+
+BIO_set_callback() and BIO_get_callback() set and retrieve the old format BIO
+callback. New code should not use these functions, but they are retained for
+backwards compatbility. Any callback set via BIO_set_callback_ex() will get
+called in preference to any set by BIO_set_callback().
BIO_set_callback_arg() and BIO_get_callback_arg() are macros which can be
used to set and retrieve an argument for use in the callback.
@@ -36,8 +47,9 @@ out information relating to each BIO operation. If the callback
argument is set it is interpreted as a BIO to send the information
to, otherwise stderr is used.
-BIO_callback_fn() is the type of the callback function. The meaning of each
-argument is described below:
+BIO_callback_fn_ex() is the type of the callback function and BIO_callback_fn()
+is the type of the old format callback function. The meaning of each argument
+is described below:
=over
@@ -51,11 +63,22 @@ B<oper> is set to the operation being performed. For some operations
the callback is called twice, once before and once after the actual
operation, the latter case has B<oper> or'ed with BIO_CB_RETURN.
+=item B<len>
+
+The length of the data requested to be read or written. This is only useful if
+B<oper> is BIO_CB_READ, BIO_CB_WRITE or BIO_CB_GETS.
+
=item B<argp> B<argi> B<argl>
The meaning of the arguments B<argp>, B<argi> and B<argl> depends on
the value of B<oper>, that is the operation being performed.
+=item B<processed>
+
+B<processed> is a pointer to a location which will be updated with the amount of
+data that was actually read or written. Only used for BIO_CB_READ, BIO_CB_WRITE,
+BIO_CB_GETS and BIO_CB_PUTS.
+
=item B<ret>
B<ret> is the return value that would be returned to the
@@ -80,37 +103,103 @@ function that is called.
=item B<BIO_free(b)>
-callback(b, BIO_CB_FREE, NULL, 0L, 0L, 1L) is called before the
-free operation.
+ callback_ex(b, BIO_CB_FREE, NULL, 0, 0, 0L, 1L, NULL)
+
+or
+
+ callback(b, BIO_CB_FREE, NULL, 0L, 0L, 1L)
+
+is called before the free operation.
+
+=item B<BIO_read_ex(b, out, outl, read)>
-=item B<BIO_read(b, out, outl)>
+ callback_ex(b, BIO_CB_READ, out, outl, 0, 0L, 1L, read)
+
+or
+
+ callback(b, BIO_CB_READ, out, outl, 0L, 1L)
+
+is called before the read and
+
+ callback_ex(b, BIO_CB_READ | BIO_CB_RETURN, out, outl, 0, 0L, retvalue, read)
+
+or
+
+ callback(b, BIO_CB_READ|BIO_CB_RETURN, out, outl, 0L, retvalue)
-callback(b, BIO_CB_READ, out, outl, 0L, 1L) is called before
-the read and callback(b, BIO_CB_READ|BIO_CB_RETURN, out, outl, 0L, retvalue)
after.
-=item B<BIO_write(b, in, inl)>
+=item B<BIO_write(b, in, inl, written)>
+
+ callback_ex(b, BIO_CB_WRITE, in, inl, 0, 0L, 1L, written)
+
+or
+
+ callback(b, BIO_CB_WRITE, in, inl, 0L, 1L)
+
+is called before the write and
+
+ callback_ex(b, BIO_CB_WRITE | BIO_CB_RETURN, in, inl, 0, 0L, retvalue, written)
+
+or
+
+ callback(b, BIO_CB_WRITE|BIO_CB_RETURN, in, inl, 0L, retvalue)
-callback(b, BIO_CB_WRITE, in, inl, 0L, 1L) is called before
-the write and callback(b, BIO_CB_WRITE|BIO_CB_RETURN, in, inl, 0L, retvalue)
after.
=item B<BIO_gets(b, out, outl)>
-callback(b, BIO_CB_GETS, out, outl, 0L, 1L) is called before
-the operation and callback(b, BIO_CB_GETS|BIO_CB_RETURN, out, outl, 0L, retvalue)
+ callback_ex(b, BIO_CB_GETS, out, outl, 0, 0L, 1, NULL, NULL)
+
+or
+
+ callback(b, BIO_CB_GETS, out, outl, 0L, 1L)
+
+is called before the operation and
+
+ callback_ex(b, BIO_CB_GETS | BIO_CB_RETURN, out, outl, 0, 0L, retvalue, read)
+
+or
+
+ callback(b, BIO_CB_GETS|BIO_CB_RETURN, out, outl, 0L, retvalue)
+
after.
=item B<BIO_puts(b, in)>
-callback(b, BIO_CB_WRITE, in, 0, 0L, 1L) is called before
-the operation and callback(b, BIO_CB_WRITE|BIO_CB_RETURN, in, 0, 0L, retvalue)
+ callback_ex(b, BIO_CB_PUTS, in, 0, 0, 0L, 1L, NULL);
+
+or
+
+ callback(b, BIO_CB_PUTS, in, 0, 0L, 1L)
+
+is called before the operation and
+
+ callback_ex(b, BIO_CB_PUTS | BIO_CB_RETURN, in, 0, 0, 0L, retvalue, written)
+
+or
+
+ callback(b, BIO_CB_WRITE|BIO_CB_RETURN, in, 0, 0L, retvalue)
+
after.
=item B<BIO_ctrl(BIO *b, int cmd, long larg, void *parg)>
-callback(b, BIO_CB_CTRL, parg, cmd, larg, 1L) is called before the call and
-callback(b, BIO_CB_CTRL|BIO_CB_RETURN, parg, cmd, larg, ret) after.
+ callback_ex(b, BIO_CB_CTRL, parg, 0, cmd, larg, 1L, NULL)
+
+or
+
+ callback(b, BIO_CB_CTRL, parg, cmd, larg, 1L)
+
+is called before the call and
+
+ callback_ex(b, BIO_CB_CTRL | BIO_CB_RETURN, parg, 0, cmd, larg, ret, NULL)
+
+or
+
+ callback(b, BIO_CB_CTRL|BIO_CB_RETURN, parg, cmd, larg, ret)
+
+after.
=back