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| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libssl/src/doc/ssl/SSL_CIPHER_get_name.pod | 10 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libssl/src/doc/ssl/SSL_CIPHER_get_name.pod b/lib/libssl/src/doc/ssl/SSL_CIPHER_get_name.pod index c56e8f49d96..fbade905f35 100644 --- a/lib/libssl/src/doc/ssl/SSL_CIPHER_get_name.pod +++ b/lib/libssl/src/doc/ssl/SSL_CIPHER_get_name.pod @@ -28,11 +28,11 @@ SSL_CIPHER_get_version() returns the protocol version for B<cipher>, currently "SSLv2", "SSLv3", or "TLSv1". If B<cipher> is NULL, "(NONE)" is returned. SSL_CIPHER_description() returns a textual description of the cipher used -into the buffer B<buf> of length B<len> provided. B<len> must be at least -128 bytes, otherwise a pointer to the string "Buffer too small" is -returned. If B<buf> is NULL, a buffer of 128 bytes is allocated using -OPENSSL_malloc(). If the allocation fails, a pointer to the string -"OPENSSL_malloc Error" is returned. +into the buffer B<buf> of length B<len> provided. +If B<buf> is NULL, a buffer is allocated using asprintf(); that +buffer should be freed up using the B<free> function. +If B<len> is too small, or if B<buf> is NULL and the allocation fails, a +pointer to the string "Buffer too small" is returned. =head1 NOTES |