openssl/doc/crypto/BN_CTX_new.pod
Rich Salz 23a1d5e97c free NULL cleanup 7
This gets BN_.*free:
    BN_BLINDING_free BN_CTX_free BN_FLG_FREE BN_GENCB_free
    BN_MONT_CTX_free BN_RECP_CTX_free BN_clear_free BN_free BUF_MEM_free

Also fix a call to DSA_SIG_free to ccgost engine and remove some #ifdef'd
dead code in engines/e_ubsec.

Reviewed-by: Richard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org>
2015-04-30 21:37:06 -04:00

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=pod
=head1 NAME
BN_CTX_new, BN_CTX_init, BN_CTX_free - allocate and free BN_CTX structures
=head1 SYNOPSIS
#include <openssl/bn.h>
BN_CTX *BN_CTX_new(void);
void BN_CTX_free(BN_CTX *c);
=head1 DESCRIPTION
A B<BN_CTX> is a structure that holds B<BIGNUM> temporary variables used by
library functions. Since dynamic memory allocation to create B<BIGNUM>s
is rather expensive when used in conjunction with repeated subroutine
calls, the B<BN_CTX> structure is used.
BN_CTX_new() allocates and initializes a B<BN_CTX>
structure.
BN_CTX_free() frees the components of the B<BN_CTX>, and if it was
created by BN_CTX_new(), also the structure itself.
If L<BN_CTX_start(3)|BN_CTX_start(3)> has been used on the B<BN_CTX>,
L<BN_CTX_end(3)|BN_CTX_end(3)> must be called before the B<BN_CTX>
may be freed by BN_CTX_free().
If B<c> is NULL, nothing is done.
=head1 RETURN VALUES
BN_CTX_new() returns a pointer to the B<BN_CTX>. If the allocation fails,
it returns B<NULL> and sets an error code that can be obtained by
L<ERR_get_error(3)|ERR_get_error(3)>.
BN_CTX_free() has no return values.
=head1 REMOVED FUNCTIONALITY
void BN_CTX_init(BN_CTX *c);
BN_CTX_init() is no longer available as of OpenSSL 1.1.0. Applications should
replace use of BN_CTX_init with BN_CTX_new instead:
BN_CTX *ctx;
ctx = BN_CTX_new();
if(!ctx) /* Handle error */
...
BN_CTX_free(ctx);
=head1 SEE ALSO
L<bn(3)|bn(3)>, L<ERR_get_error(3)|ERR_get_error(3)>, L<BN_add(3)|BN_add(3)>,
L<BN_CTX_start(3)|BN_CTX_start(3)>
=head1 HISTORY
BN_CTX_new() and BN_CTX_free() are available in all versions on SSLeay
and OpenSSL. BN_CTX_init() was added in SSLeay 0.9.1b and removed in OpenSSL
1.1.0.
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