openssl/doc/man3/OSSL_PARAM_dup.pod
Shane Lontis 884314cab7 Add OSSL_PARAM_dup() and OSSL_PARAM_merge().
These functions are prerequisites for implementing EVP_PKEY_todata().

OSSL_PARAM_dup() is required to make a deep copy of the exported
params (since the provider export() uses a OSSL_PARAM_BLD which throws away the
data after the call), and then use OSSL_PARAM_merge() to add some additional params
that can be passed to the EVP_PKEY_todata().

Reviewed-by: Paul Dale <pauli@openssl.org>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/14785)
2021-04-12 16:55:29 +10:00

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=pod
=head1 NAME
OSSL_PARAM_dup, OSSL_PARAM_merge, OSSL_PARAM_free
- OSSL_PARAM array copy functions
=head1 SYNOPSIS
#include <openssl/params.h>
OSSL_PARAM *OSSL_PARAM_dup(const OSSL_PARAM *params);
OSSL_PARAM *OSSL_PARAM_merge(const OSSL_PARAM *params, const OSSL_PARAM *params1);
void OSSL_PARAM_free(OSSL_PARAM *params);
=head1 DESCRIPTION
Algorithm parameters can be exported/imported from/to providers using arrays of
B<OSSL_PARAM>. The following utility functions allow the parameters to be
duplicated and merged with other B<OSSL_PARAM> to assist in this process.
OSSL_PARAM_dup() duplicates the parameter array I<params>. This function does a
deep copy of the data.
OSSL_PARAM_merge() merges the parameter arrays I<params> and I<params1> into a
new parameter array. If I<params> and I<params1> contain values with the same
'key' then the value from I<params1> will replace the I<param> value. This
function does a shallow copy of the parameters. Either I<params> or I<params1>
may be NULL. The behaviour of the merge is unpredictable if I<params> and
I<params1> contain the same key, and there are multiple entries within either
array that have the same key.
OSSL_PARAM_free() frees the parameter array I<params> that was created using
OSSL_PARAM_dup(), OSSL_PARAM_merge() or OSSL_PARAM_BLD_to_param().
=head1 RETURN VALUES
The functions OSSL_PARAM_dup() and OSSL_PARAM_merge() return a newly allocated
B<OSSL_PARAM> array, or NULL if there was an error. If both parameters are NULL
then NULL is returned.
=head1 SEE ALSO
L<OSSL_PARAM(3)>, L<OSSL_PARAM_BLD(3)>
=head1 HISTORY
The functions were added in OpenSSL 3.0.
=head1 COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2021 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License"). You may not use
this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy
in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
L<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.
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