Replace OSSL_ITEM with OSSL_PARAM as parameter descriptor, everywhere

Reviewed-by: Paul Dale <paul.dale@oracle.com>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/9346)

2 files changed, 10 insertions, 13 deletions

diff --git a/doc/internal/man3/ossl_provider_new.pod b/doc/internal/man3/ossl_provider_new.pod
index cb40cb2cf9..426d95393d 100644
--- a/doc/internal/man3/ossl_provider_new.pod
+++ b/doc/internal/man3/ossl_provider_new.pod
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ ossl_provider_get_params, ossl_provider_query_operation
 
  /* Thin wrappers around calls to the provider */
  void ossl_provider_teardown(const OSSL_PROVIDER *prov);
- const OSSL_ITEM *ossl_provider_get_param_types(const OSSL_PROVIDER *prov);
+ const OSSL_PARAM *ossl_provider_get_param_types(const OSSL_PROVIDER *prov);
  int ossl_provider_get_params(const OSSL_PROVIDER *prov, OSSL_PARAM params[]);
  const OSSL_ALGORITHM *ossl_provider_query_operation(const OSSL_PROVIDER *prov,
                                                      int operation_id,
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ the provider has one.
 
 ossl_provider_get_param_types() calls the provider's I<get_param_types>
 function, if the provider has one.
-It should return an array of I<OSSL_ITEM> to describe all the
+It should return an array of I<OSSL_PARAM> to describe all the
 parameters that the provider has for the provider object.
 
 ossl_provider_get_params() calls the provider's parameter request
@@ -235,9 +235,9 @@ is returned.
 
 ossl_provider_teardown() doesnt't return any value.
 
-ossl_provider_get_param_types() returns a pointer to an I<OSSL_ITEM>
-array if this function is available in the provider, otherwise
-NULL.
+ossl_provider_get_param_types() returns a pointer to a constant
+I<OSSL_PARAM> array if this function is available in the provider,
+otherwise NULL.
 
 ossl_provider_get_params() returns 1 on success, or 0 on error.
 If this function isn't available in the provider, 0 is returned.
diff --git a/doc/man3/OSSL_PROVIDER.pod b/doc/man3/OSSL_PROVIDER.pod
index fec67060f0..1453fcc50a 100644
--- a/doc/man3/OSSL_PROVIDER.pod
+++ b/doc/man3/OSSL_PROVIDER.pod
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ OSSL_PROVIDER_add_builtin, OSSL_PROVIDER_name - provider routines
  OSSL_PROVIDER *OSSL_PROVIDER_load(OPENSSL_CTX *, const char *name);
  int OSSL_PROVIDER_unload(OSSL_PROVIDER *prov);
 
- const OSSL_ITEM *OSSL_PROVIDER_get_param_types(OSSL_PROVIDER *prov);
+ const OSSL_PARAM *OSSL_PROVIDER_get_param_types(OSSL_PROVIDER *prov);
  int OSSL_PROVIDER_get_params(OSSL_PROVIDER *prov, OSSL_PARAM params[]);
 
  int OSSL_PROVIDER_add_builtin(OPENSSL_CTX *, const char *name,
@@ -50,11 +50,8 @@ For a provider added with OSSL_PROVIDER_add_builtin(), this simply
 runs its teardown function.
 
 OSSL_PROVIDER_get_param_types() is used to get a provider parameter
-descriptor set as an B<OSSL_ITEM> array.
-Each element is a tuple of an B<OSSL_PARAM> parameter type and a name
-in form of a C string.
-See L<openssl-core.h(7)> for more information on B<OSSL_ITEM> and
-parameter types.
+descriptor set as a constant B<OSSL_PARAM> array.
+See L<OSSL_PARAM(3)> for more information.
 
 OSSL_PROVIDER_get_params() is used to get provider parameter values.
 The caller must prepare the B<OSSL_PARAM> array before calling this
@@ -72,8 +69,8 @@ success, or B<NULL> on error.
 
 OSSL_PROVIDER_unload() returns 1 on success, or 0 on error.
 
-OSSL_PROVIDER_get_param_types() returns a pointer to a constant array
-of B<OSSL_ITEM>, or NULL if none is provided.
+OSSL_PROVIDER_get_param_types() returns a pointer to an array
+of constant B<OSSL_PARAM>, or NULL if none is provided.
 
 OSSL_PROVIDER_get_params() returns 1 on success, or 0 on error.