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diff --git a/lib/libssl/man/SSL_CTX_set_mode.3 b/lib/libssl/man/SSL_CTX_set_mode.3 new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..a2d53884dab --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/libssl/man/SSL_CTX_set_mode.3 @@ -0,0 +1,126 @@ +.\" +.\" $OpenBSD: SSL_CTX_set_mode.3,v 1.1 2016/11/05 15:32:19 schwarze Exp $ +.\" +.Dd $Mdocdate: November 5 2016 $ +.Dt SSL_CTX_SET_MODE 3 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm SSL_CTX_set_mode , +.Nm SSL_set_mode , +.Nm SSL_CTX_get_mode , +.Nm SSL_get_mode +.Nd manipulate SSL engine mode +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.In openssl/ssl.h +.Ft long +.Fn SSL_CTX_set_mode "SSL_CTX *ctx" "long mode" +.Ft long +.Fn SSL_set_mode "SSL *ssl" "long mode" +.Ft long +.Fn SSL_CTX_get_mode "SSL_CTX *ctx" +.Ft long +.Fn SSL_get_mode "SSL *ssl" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Fn SSL_CTX_set_mode +adds the mode set via bitmask in +.Fa mode +to +.Fa ctx . +Options already set before are not cleared. +.Pp +.Fn SSL_set_mode +adds the mode set via bitmask in +.Fa mode +to +.Fa ssl . +Options already set before are not cleared. +.Pp +.Fn SSL_CTX_get_mode +returns the mode set for +.Fa ctx . +.Pp +.Fn SSL_get_mode +returns the mode set for +.Fa ssl . +.Sh NOTES +The following mode changes are available: +.Bl -tag -width Ds +.It Dv SSL_MODE_ENABLE_PARTIAL_WRITE +Allow +.Fn SSL_write ... n +to return +.Ms r +with +.EQ +0 < r < n +.EN +(i.e., report success when just a single record has been written). +When not set (the default), +.Xr SSL_write 3 +will only report success once the complete chunk was written. +Once +.Xr SSL_write 3 +returns with +.Ms r , +.Ms r +bytes have been successfully written and the next call to +.Xr SSL_write 3 +must only send the +.Ms n \(mi r +bytes left, imitating the behaviour of +.Xr write 2 . +.It Dv SSL_MODE_ACCEPT_MOVING_WRITE_BUFFER +Make it possible to retry +.Xr SSL_write 3 +with changed buffer location (the buffer contents must stay the same). +This is not the default to avoid the misconception that non-blocking +.Xr SSL_write 3 +behaves like non-blocking +.Xr write 2 . +.It Dv SSL_MODE_AUTO_RETRY +Never bother the application with retries if the transport is blocking. +If a renegotiation take place during normal operation, a +.Xr SSL_read 3 +or +.Xr SSL_write 3 +would return +with \(mi1 and indicate the need to retry with +.Dv SSL_ERROR_WANT_READ . +In a non-blocking environment applications must be prepared to handle +incomplete read/write operations. +In a blocking environment, applications are not always prepared to deal with +read/write operations returning without success report. +The flag +.Dv SSL_MODE_AUTO_RETRY +will cause read/write operations to only return after the handshake and +successful completion. +.It Dv SSL_MODE_RELEASE_BUFFERS +When we no longer need a read buffer or a write buffer for a given +.Vt SSL , +then release the memory we were using to hold it. +Released memory is either appended to a list of unused RAM chunks on the +.Vt SSL_CTX , +or simply freed if the list of unused chunks would become longer than +.Va "SSL_CTX->freelist_max_len" , +which defaults to 32. +Using this flag can save around 34k per idle SSL connection. +This flag has no effect on SSL v2 connections, or on DTLS connections. +.El +.Sh RETURN VALUES +.Fn SSL_CTX_set_mode +and +.Fn SSL_set_mode +return the new mode bitmask after adding +.Fa mode . +.Pp +.Fn SSL_CTX_get_mode +and +.Fn SSL_get_mode +return the current bitmask. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr ssl 3 , +.Xr SSL_read 3 , +.Xr SSL_write 3 +.Sh HISTORY +.Dv SSL_MODE_AUTO_RETRY +was added in OpenSSL 0.9.6. |