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authorDr. David von Oheimb <David.von.Oheimb@siemens.com>2022-02-18 09:36:00 +0100
committerDr. David von Oheimb <dev@ddvo.net>2022-02-22 12:07:18 +0100
commitad910cc482c8e06d04a141a9f5f79172a6e56f66 (patch)
treefc856775a3e5ce20e2d7ce30e3dc91bebc9c0328 /doc/man3
parent3138402278b3fc3ce67edc01e6198b9840ca7d9b (diff)
X509V3_get_d2i.pod: use I<> for arguments and remove B<> around NULL
Reviewed-by: Tomas Mraz <tomas@openssl.org> Reviewed-by: Matt Caswell <matt@openssl.org> (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/17724) (cherry picked from commit a044af49c43ec8fe099deeb5d06501ddf70abf7a)
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1 files changed, 23 insertions, 23 deletions
diff --git a/doc/man3/X509V3_get_d2i.pod b/doc/man3/X509V3_get_d2i.pod
index 4098f9aa6f..a94e92191d 100644
--- a/doc/man3/X509V3_get_d2i.pod
+++ b/doc/man3/X509V3_get_d2i.pod
@@ -39,37 +39,37 @@ X509_REVOKED_get0_extensions - X509 extension decode and encode functions
=head1 DESCRIPTION
-X509V3_get_d2i() looks for an extension with OID B<nid> in the extensions
-B<x> and, if found, decodes it. If B<idx> is B<NULL> then only one
+X509V3_get_d2i() looks for an extension with OID I<nid> in the extensions
+I<x> and, if found, decodes it. If I<idx> is NULL then only one
occurrence of an extension is permissible otherwise the first extension after
-index B<*idx> is returned and B<*idx> updated to the location of the extension.
-If B<crit> is not B<NULL> then B<*crit> is set to a status value: -2 if the
-extension occurs multiple times (this is only returned if B<idx> is B<NULL>),
+index I<*idx> is returned and I<*idx> updated to the location of the extension.
+If I<crit> is not NULL then I<*crit> is set to a status value: -2 if the
+extension occurs multiple times (this is only returned if I<idx> is NULL),
-1 if the extension could not be found, 0 if the extension is found and is
not critical and 1 if critical. A pointer to an extension specific structure
-or B<NULL> is returned.
+or NULL is returned.
-X509V3_add1_i2d() adds extension B<value> to STACK B<*x> (allocating a new
-STACK if necessary) using OID B<nid> and criticality B<crit> according
-to B<flags>.
+X509V3_add1_i2d() adds extension I<value> to STACK I<*x> (allocating a new
+STACK if necessary) using OID I<nid> and criticality I<crit> according
+to I<flags>.
X509V3_EXT_d2i() attempts to decode the ASN.1 data contained in extension
-B<ext> and returns a pointer to an extension specific structure or B<NULL>
+I<ext> and returns a pointer to an extension specific structure or NULL
if the extension could not be decoded (invalid syntax or not supported).
-X509V3_EXT_i2d() encodes the extension specific structure B<ext>
-with OID B<ext_nid> and criticality B<crit>.
+X509V3_EXT_i2d() encodes the extension specific structure I<ext>
+with OID I<ext_nid> and criticality I<crit>.
X509_get_ext_d2i() and X509_add1_ext_i2d() operate on the extensions of
-certificate B<x>, they are otherwise identical to X509V3_get_d2i() and
+certificate I<x>, they are otherwise identical to X509V3_get_d2i() and
X509V3_add_i2d().
X509_CRL_get_ext_d2i() and X509_CRL_add1_ext_i2d() operate on the extensions
-of CRL B<crl>, they are otherwise identical to X509V3_get_d2i() and
+of CRL I<crl>, they are otherwise identical to X509V3_get_d2i() and
X509V3_add_i2d().
X509_REVOKED_get_ext_d2i() and X509_REVOKED_add1_ext_i2d() operate on the
-extensions of B<X509_REVOKED> structure B<r> (i.e for CRL entry extensions),
+extensions of B<X509_REVOKED> structure I<r> (i.e for CRL entry extensions),
they are otherwise identical to X509V3_get_d2i() and X509V3_add_i2d().
X509_get0_extensions(), X509_CRL_get0_extensions() and
@@ -79,9 +79,9 @@ of a certificate a CRL or a CRL entry respectively.
=head1 NOTES
In almost all cases an extension can occur at most once and multiple
-occurrences is an error. Therefore, the B<idx> parameter is usually B<NULL>.
+occurrences is an error. Therefore, the I<idx> parameter is usually NULL.
-The B<flags> parameter may be one of the following values.
+The I<flags> parameter may be one of the following values.
B<X509V3_ADD_DEFAULT> appends a new extension only if the extension does
not already exist. An error is returned if the extension does already
@@ -100,15 +100,15 @@ B<X509V3_ADD_KEEP_EXISTING> appends a new extension only if the extension does
not already exist. An error B<is not> returned if the extension does already
exist.
-B<X509V3_ADD_DELETE> extension B<nid> is deleted: no new extension is added.
+B<X509V3_ADD_DELETE> extension I<nid> is deleted: no new extension is added.
-If B<X509V3_ADD_SILENT> is ored with B<flags>: any error returned will not
+If B<X509V3_ADD_SILENT> is ored with I<flags>: any error returned will not
be added to the error queue.
The function X509V3_get_d2i() and its variants
-will return B<NULL> if the extension is not
+will return NULL if the extension is not
found, occurs multiple times or cannot be decoded. It is possible to
-determine the precise reason by checking the value of B<*crit>.
+determine the precise reason by checking the value of I<*crit>.
=head1 SUPPORTED EXTENSIONS
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ The following extensions are used by certificate transparency, RFC6962
=head1 RETURN VALUES
X509V3_get_d2i(), its variants, and X509V3_EXT_d2i() return
-a pointer to an extension specific structure or B<NULL> if an error occurs.
+a pointer to an extension specific structure or NULL if an error occurs.
X509V3_add1_i2d() and its variants return 1 if the operation is successful
and 0 if it fails due to a non-fatal error (extension not found, already exists,
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ cannot be encoded) or -1 due to a fatal error such as a memory allocation
failure.
X509V3_EXT_i2d() returns a pointer to an B<X509_EXTENSION> structure
-or B<NULL> if an error occurs.
+or NULL if an error occurs.
X509_get0_extensions(), X509_CRL_get0_extensions() and
X509_REVOKED_get0_extensions() return a stack of extensions. They return