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Diffstat (limited to 'doc/man3/OSSL_PROVIDER.pod')
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1 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/man3/OSSL_PROVIDER.pod b/doc/man3/OSSL_PROVIDER.pod index 2baccfffaf..dbae09334f 100644 --- a/doc/man3/OSSL_PROVIDER.pod +++ b/doc/man3/OSSL_PROVIDER.pod @@ -78,9 +78,9 @@ or load a provider module with the given name and run its provider entry point, C<OSSL_provider_init>. OSSL_PROVIDER_try_load() functions like OSSL_PROVIDER_load(), except that -it does not disable the fall-back providers if the provider cannot be +it does not disable the fallback providers if the provider cannot be loaded and initialized. -If the provider loads successfully, however, the fall-back providers are +If the provider loads successfully, however, the fallback providers are disabled. OSSL_PROVIDER_unload() unloads the given provider. @@ -92,7 +92,11 @@ for use. OSSL_PROVIDER_do_all() iterates over all loaded providers, calling I<cb> for each one, with the current provider in I<provider> and the -I<cbdata> that comes from the caller. +I<cbdata> that comes from the caller. If no other provider has been loaded +before calling this function, the default provider is still available as +fallback. +See L<OSSL_PROVIDER-default(7)> for more information on this fallback +behaviour. OSSL_PROVIDER_gettable_params() is used to get a provider parameter descriptor set as a constant B<OSSL_PARAM> array. @@ -140,6 +144,11 @@ OSSL_PROVIDER_get_capabilities() return 1 on success, or 0 on error. OSSL_PROVIDER_load() and OSSL_PROVIDER_try_load() return a pointer to a provider object on success, or NULL on error. +OSSL_PROVIDER_do_all() returns 1 if the callback I<cb> returns 1 for every +provider it is called with, or 0 if any provider callback invocation returns 0; +callback processing stops at the first callback invocation on a provider +that returns 0. + OSSL_PROVIDER_available() returns 1 if the named provider is available, otherwise 0. |