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diff --git a/lib/libcrypto/man/X509_new.3 b/lib/libcrypto/man/X509_new.3 index 705f4b2816d..c451485f609 100644 --- a/lib/libcrypto/man/X509_new.3 +++ b/lib/libcrypto/man/X509_new.3 @@ -1,6 +1,54 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: X509_new.3,v 1.3 2016/12/03 13:36:03 jmc Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: X509_new.3,v 1.4 2016/12/05 18:26:16 schwarze Exp $ +.\" OpenSSL 3a59ad98 Dec 11 00:36:06 2015 +0000 .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: December 3 2016 $ +.\" This file was written by Dr. Stephen Henson <steve@openssl.org>. +.\" Copyright (c) 2002, 2006, 2015 The OpenSSL Project. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in +.\" the documentation and/or other materials provided with the +.\" distribution. +.\" +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this +.\" software must display the following acknowledgment: +.\" "This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project +.\" for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit. (http://www.openssl.org/)" +.\" +.\" 4. The names "OpenSSL Toolkit" and "OpenSSL Project" must not be used to +.\" endorse or promote products derived from this software without +.\" prior written permission. For written permission, please contact +.\" openssl-core@openssl.org. +.\" +.\" 5. Products derived from this software may not be called "OpenSSL" +.\" nor may "OpenSSL" appear in their names without prior written +.\" permission of the OpenSSL Project. +.\" +.\" 6. Redistributions of any form whatsoever must retain the following +.\" acknowledgment: +.\" "This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project +.\" for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit (http://www.openssl.org/)" +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE OpenSSL PROJECT ``AS IS'' AND ANY +.\" EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR +.\" PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE OpenSSL PROJECT OR +.\" ITS CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, +.\" SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT +.\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; +.\" LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, +.\" STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) +.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED +.\" OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.Dd $Mdocdate: December 5 2016 $ .Dt X509_NEW 3 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -15,24 +63,37 @@ .Fo X509_free .Fa "X509 *a" .Fc +.Ft int +.Fo X509_up_ref +.Fa "X509 *a" +.Fc .Sh DESCRIPTION The X509 ASN.1 allocation routines allocate and free an .Vt X509 structure, which represents an X509 certificate. .Pp .Fn X509_new -allocates and initializes a X509 structure. +allocates and initializes a X509 structure with reference count 1. .Pp .Fn X509_free -frees up the +decrements the reference count of the .Vt X509 structure -.Fa a . +.Fa a +and frees it up if the reference count reaches 0. If .Fa a is a .Dv NULL pointer, no action occurs. +.Pp +.Fn X509_up_ref +increments the reference count of +.Fa a . +This function is useful if a certificate structure is being used +by several different operations each of which will free it up after +use: this avoids the need to duplicate the entire certificate +structure. .Sh RETURN VALUES If the allocation fails, .Fn X509_new @@ -41,6 +102,9 @@ returns and sets an error code that can be obtained by .Xr ERR_get_error 3 . Otherwise it returns a pointer to the newly allocated structure. +.Pp +.Fn X509_up_ref +returns 1 for success or 0 for failure. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr d2i_X509 3 , .Xr ERR_get_error 3 |