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- .IX Title "OSSL_LIB_CTX 3ossl"
- .TH OSSL_LIB_CTX 3ossl "2024-09-03" "3.3.2" "OpenSSL"
- .\" For nroff, turn off justification. Always turn off hyphenation; it makes
- .\" way too many mistakes in technical documents.
- .if n .ad l
- .nh
- .SH "NAME"
- OSSL_LIB_CTX, OSSL_LIB_CTX_new, OSSL_LIB_CTX_new_from_dispatch,
- OSSL_LIB_CTX_new_child, OSSL_LIB_CTX_free, OSSL_LIB_CTX_load_config,
- OSSL_LIB_CTX_get0_global_default, OSSL_LIB_CTX_set0_default
- \&\- OpenSSL library context
- .SH "SYNOPSIS"
- .IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
- .Vb 1
- \& #include <openssl/crypto.h>
- \&
- \& typedef struct ossl_lib_ctx_st OSSL_LIB_CTX;
- \&
- \& OSSL_LIB_CTX *OSSL_LIB_CTX_new(void);
- \& OSSL_LIB_CTX *OSSL_LIB_CTX_new_from_dispatch(const OSSL_CORE_HANDLE *handle,
- \& const OSSL_DISPATCH *in);
- \& OSSL_LIB_CTX *OSSL_LIB_CTX_new_child(const OSSL_CORE_HANDLE *handle,
- \& const OSSL_DISPATCH *in);
- \& int OSSL_LIB_CTX_load_config(OSSL_LIB_CTX *ctx, const char *config_file);
- \& void OSSL_LIB_CTX_free(OSSL_LIB_CTX *ctx);
- \& OSSL_LIB_CTX *OSSL_LIB_CTX_get0_global_default(void);
- \& OSSL_LIB_CTX *OSSL_LIB_CTX_set0_default(OSSL_LIB_CTX *ctx);
- .Ve
- .SH "DESCRIPTION"
- .IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
- \&\fB\s-1OSSL_LIB_CTX\s0\fR is an internal OpenSSL library context type.
- Applications may allocate their own, but may also use \s-1NULL\s0 to use
- a default context with functions that take an \fB\s-1OSSL_LIB_CTX\s0\fR
- argument.
- .PP
- When a non default library context is in use care should be taken with
- multi-threaded applications to properly clean up thread local resources before
- the \s-1OSSL_LIB_CTX\s0 is freed.
- See \fBOPENSSL_thread_stop_ex\fR\|(3) for more information.
- .PP
- \&\fBOSSL_LIB_CTX_new()\fR creates a new OpenSSL library context.
- .PP
- \&\fBOSSL_LIB_CTX_new_from_dispatch()\fR creates a new OpenSSL library context
- initialised to use callbacks from the \s-1OSSL_DISPATCH\s0 structure. This is primarily
- useful for provider authors. The \fIhandle\fR and dispatch structure arguments
- passed should be the same ones as passed to a provider's
- OSSL_provider_init function. Some OpenSSL functions, such as
- \&\fBBIO_new_from_core_bio\fR\|(3), require the library context to be created in this
- way in order to work.
- .PP
- \&\fBOSSL_LIB_CTX_new_child()\fR is only useful to provider authors and does the same
- thing as \fBOSSL_LIB_CTX_new_from_dispatch()\fR except that it additionally links the
- new library context to the application library context. The new library context
- is a full library context in its own right, but will have all the same providers
- available to it that are available in the application library context (without
- having to reload them). If the application loads or unloads providers from the
- application library context then this will be automatically mirrored in the
- child library context.
- .PP
- In addition providers that are not loaded in the parent library context can be
- explicitly loaded into the child library context independently from the parent
- library context. Providers loaded independently in this way will not be mirrored
- in the parent library context and will not be affected if the parent library
- context subsequently loads the same provider.
- .PP
- A provider may call the function \fBOSSL_PROVIDER_load\fR\|(3) with the child library
- context as required. If the provider already exists due to it being mirrored
- from the parent library context then it will remain available and its reference
- count will be increased. If \fBOSSL_PROVIDER_load\fR\|(3) is called in this way then
- \&\fBOSSL_PROVIDER_unload\fR\|(3) should be subsequently called to decrement the
- reference count. \fBOSSL_PROVIDER_unload\fR\|(3) must not be called for a provider in
- the child library context that did not have an earlier \fBOSSL_PROVIDER_load\fR\|(3)
- call for that provider in that child library context.
- .PP
- In addition to providers, a child library context will also mirror the default
- properties (set via \fBEVP_set_default_properties\fR\|(3)) from the parent library
- context. If \fBEVP_set_default_properties\fR\|(3) is called directly on a child
- library context then the new properties will override anything from the parent
- library context and mirroring of the properties will stop.
- .PP
- When \fBOSSL_LIB_CTX_new_child()\fR is called from within the scope of a provider's
- \&\fBOSSL_provider_init\fR function the currently initialising provider is not yet
- available in the application's library context and therefore will similarly not
- yet be available in the newly constructed child library context. As soon as the
- \&\fBOSSL_provider_init\fR function returns then the new provider is available in the
- application's library context and will be similarly mirrored in the child
- library context.
- .PP
- \&\fBOSSL_LIB_CTX_load_config()\fR loads a configuration file using the given \fIctx\fR.
- This can be used to associate a library context with providers that are loaded
- from a configuration.
- .PP
- \&\fBOSSL_LIB_CTX_free()\fR frees the given \fIctx\fR, unless it happens to be the
- default OpenSSL library context. If the argument is \s-1NULL,\s0 nothing is done.
- .PP
- \&\fBOSSL_LIB_CTX_get0_global_default()\fR returns a concrete (non \s-1NULL\s0) reference to
- the global default library context.
- .PP
- \&\fBOSSL_LIB_CTX_set0_default()\fR sets the default OpenSSL library context to be
- \&\fIctx\fR in the current thread. The previous default library context is
- returned. Care should be taken by the caller to restore the previous
- default library context with a subsequent call of this function. If \fIctx\fR is
- \&\s-1NULL\s0 then no change is made to the default library context, but a pointer to
- the current library context is still returned. On a successful call of this
- function the returned value will always be a concrete (non \s-1NULL\s0) library
- context.
- .PP
- Care should be taken when changing the default library context and starting
- async jobs (see \fBASYNC_start_job\fR\|(3)), as the default library context when
- the job is started will be used throughout the lifetime of an async job, no
- matter how the calling thread makes further default library context changes
- in the mean time. This means that the calling thread must not free the
- library context that was the default at the start of the async job before
- that job has finished.
- .SH "RETURN VALUES"
- .IX Header "RETURN VALUES"
- \&\fBOSSL_LIB_CTX_new()\fR, \fBOSSL_LIB_CTX_get0_global_default()\fR and
- \&\fBOSSL_LIB_CTX_set0_default()\fR return a library context pointer on success, or \s-1NULL\s0
- on error.
- .PP
- \&\fBOSSL_LIB_CTX_free()\fR doesn't return any value.
- .PP
- \&\fBOSSL_LIB_CTX_load_config()\fR returns 1 on success, 0 on error.
- .SH "HISTORY"
- .IX Header "HISTORY"
- All of the functions described on this page were added in OpenSSL 3.0.
- .SH "COPYRIGHT"
- .IX Header "COPYRIGHT"
- Copyright 2019\-2024 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
- .PP
- Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the \*(L"License\*(R"). You may not use
- this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy
- in the file \s-1LICENSE\s0 in the source distribution or at
- <https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.
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