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.\"	$OpenBSD: SSL_pending.3,v 1.5 2020/01/23 03:40:18 beck Exp $
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.Dd $Mdocdate: January 23 2020 $
.Dt SSL_PENDING 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm SSL_pending
.Nd obtain number of readable bytes buffered in an SSL object
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In openssl/ssl.h
.Ft int
.Fn SSL_pending "const SSL *ssl"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
Data is received in whole blocks known as records from the peer.
A whole record is processed, for example decrypted, in one go and
is buffered until it is read by the application via a call to
.Xr SSL_read 3 .
.Pp
.Fn SSL_pending
returns the number of bytes of application data which are available
for immediate read.
.Pp
.Fn SSL_pending
takes into account only bytes from the TLS/SSL record that is
currently being processed (if any).
.Sh RETURN VALUES
.Fn SSL_pending
returns the number of buffered and processed application data
bytes that are pending and are available for immediate read.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr ssl 3 ,
.Xr SSL_read 3
.Sh HISTORY
.Fn SSL_pending
appeared in SSLeay 0.4 or earlier and has been available since
.Ox 2.4 .
.Sh BUGS
Up to OpenSSL 0.9.6,
.Fn SSL_pending
did not check if the record type of pending data is application data.