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authorRichard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org>2019-07-10 14:30:55 +0200
committerRichard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org>2019-07-22 06:19:42 +0200
commit4cae07fef3b24bee1646f6085c52175ef3755d5b (patch)
tree084300563983a7a7010c5237520b075e2642c962 /doc
parentd0ea49a820e02713bbe8892a333f2552da633b16 (diff)
Add evp_keymgmt_clear_pkey_cache() and use it
This function clears the cache of provider key references, and is used in evp_keymgmt_export_to_provider() when the internal key is dirty, as well as by EVP_PKEY_free_it(). Reviewed-by: Matt Caswell <matt@openssl.org> (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/9312)
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
-rw-r--r--doc/internal/man3/evp_keymgmt_export_to_provider.pod12
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/internal/man3/evp_keymgmt_export_to_provider.pod b/doc/internal/man3/evp_keymgmt_export_to_provider.pod
index 51234bd609..72b766fb93 100644
--- a/doc/internal/man3/evp_keymgmt_export_to_provider.pod
+++ b/doc/internal/man3/evp_keymgmt_export_to_provider.pod
@@ -2,13 +2,16 @@
=head1 NAME
-evp_keymgmt_export_to_provider - key material exporter to providers for EVP
+evp_keymgmt_export_to_provider,
+evp_keymgmt_clear_pkey_cache
+- key material provider export for EVP
=head1 SYNOPSIS
#include "internal/evp_int.h"
void *evp_keymgmt_export_to_provider(EVP_PKEY *pk, EVP_KEYMGMT *keymgmt);
+ void evp_keymgmt_clear_pkey_cache(EVP_PKEY *pk);
=head1 DESCRIPTION
@@ -24,10 +27,13 @@ is_dirty() method returns 1.
If it has, the cache of already exported keys is cleared, and a new
export is made with the new key material.
+evp_keymgmt_clear_pkey_cache() can be used to explicitly clear the
+cache of provider key references.
+
=head1 RETURN VALUES
-evp_keymgmt_export_to_provider() returns a pointer to the newly
-created provider side key, or NULL on error.
+evp_keymgmt_export_to_provider() returns a pointer to the appropriate
+provider side key (created or found again), or NULL on error.
=head1 NOTES