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  135. .IX Title "OSSL_LIB_CTX 3ossl"
  136. .TH OSSL_LIB_CTX 3ossl "2024-09-03" "3.3.2" "OpenSSL"
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  140. .nh
  141. .SH "NAME"
  142. OSSL_LIB_CTX, OSSL_LIB_CTX_new, OSSL_LIB_CTX_new_from_dispatch,
  143. OSSL_LIB_CTX_new_child, OSSL_LIB_CTX_free, OSSL_LIB_CTX_load_config,
  144. OSSL_LIB_CTX_get0_global_default, OSSL_LIB_CTX_set0_default
  145. \&\- OpenSSL library context
  146. .SH "SYNOPSIS"
  147. .IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
  148. .Vb 1
  149. \& #include <openssl/crypto.h>
  150. \&
  151. \& typedef struct ossl_lib_ctx_st OSSL_LIB_CTX;
  152. \&
  153. \& OSSL_LIB_CTX *OSSL_LIB_CTX_new(void);
  154. \& OSSL_LIB_CTX *OSSL_LIB_CTX_new_from_dispatch(const OSSL_CORE_HANDLE *handle,
  155. \& const OSSL_DISPATCH *in);
  156. \& OSSL_LIB_CTX *OSSL_LIB_CTX_new_child(const OSSL_CORE_HANDLE *handle,
  157. \& const OSSL_DISPATCH *in);
  158. \& int OSSL_LIB_CTX_load_config(OSSL_LIB_CTX *ctx, const char *config_file);
  159. \& void OSSL_LIB_CTX_free(OSSL_LIB_CTX *ctx);
  160. \& OSSL_LIB_CTX *OSSL_LIB_CTX_get0_global_default(void);
  161. \& OSSL_LIB_CTX *OSSL_LIB_CTX_set0_default(OSSL_LIB_CTX *ctx);
  162. .Ve
  163. .SH "DESCRIPTION"
  164. .IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
  165. \&\fB\s-1OSSL_LIB_CTX\s0\fR is an internal OpenSSL library context type.
  166. Applications may allocate their own, but may also use \s-1NULL\s0 to use
  167. a default context with functions that take an \fB\s-1OSSL_LIB_CTX\s0\fR
  168. argument.
  169. .PP
  170. When a non default library context is in use care should be taken with
  171. multi-threaded applications to properly clean up thread local resources before
  172. the \s-1OSSL_LIB_CTX\s0 is freed.
  173. See \fBOPENSSL_thread_stop_ex\fR\|(3) for more information.
  174. .PP
  175. \&\fBOSSL_LIB_CTX_new()\fR creates a new OpenSSL library context.
  176. .PP
  177. \&\fBOSSL_LIB_CTX_new_from_dispatch()\fR creates a new OpenSSL library context
  178. initialised to use callbacks from the \s-1OSSL_DISPATCH\s0 structure. This is primarily
  179. useful for provider authors. The \fIhandle\fR and dispatch structure arguments
  180. passed should be the same ones as passed to a provider's
  181. OSSL_provider_init function. Some OpenSSL functions, such as
  182. \&\fBBIO_new_from_core_bio\fR\|(3), require the library context to be created in this
  183. way in order to work.
  184. .PP
  185. \&\fBOSSL_LIB_CTX_new_child()\fR is only useful to provider authors and does the same
  186. thing as \fBOSSL_LIB_CTX_new_from_dispatch()\fR except that it additionally links the
  187. new library context to the application library context. The new library context
  188. is a full library context in its own right, but will have all the same providers
  189. available to it that are available in the application library context (without
  190. having to reload them). If the application loads or unloads providers from the
  191. application library context then this will be automatically mirrored in the
  192. child library context.
  193. .PP
  194. In addition providers that are not loaded in the parent library context can be
  195. explicitly loaded into the child library context independently from the parent
  196. library context. Providers loaded independently in this way will not be mirrored
  197. in the parent library context and will not be affected if the parent library
  198. context subsequently loads the same provider.
  199. .PP
  200. A provider may call the function \fBOSSL_PROVIDER_load\fR\|(3) with the child library
  201. context as required. If the provider already exists due to it being mirrored
  202. from the parent library context then it will remain available and its reference
  203. count will be increased. If \fBOSSL_PROVIDER_load\fR\|(3) is called in this way then
  204. \&\fBOSSL_PROVIDER_unload\fR\|(3) should be subsequently called to decrement the
  205. reference count. \fBOSSL_PROVIDER_unload\fR\|(3) must not be called for a provider in
  206. the child library context that did not have an earlier \fBOSSL_PROVIDER_load\fR\|(3)
  207. call for that provider in that child library context.
  208. .PP
  209. In addition to providers, a child library context will also mirror the default
  210. properties (set via \fBEVP_set_default_properties\fR\|(3)) from the parent library
  211. context. If \fBEVP_set_default_properties\fR\|(3) is called directly on a child
  212. library context then the new properties will override anything from the parent
  213. library context and mirroring of the properties will stop.
  214. .PP
  215. When \fBOSSL_LIB_CTX_new_child()\fR is called from within the scope of a provider's
  216. \&\fBOSSL_provider_init\fR function the currently initialising provider is not yet
  217. available in the application's library context and therefore will similarly not
  218. yet be available in the newly constructed child library context. As soon as the
  219. \&\fBOSSL_provider_init\fR function returns then the new provider is available in the
  220. application's library context and will be similarly mirrored in the child
  221. library context.
  222. .PP
  223. \&\fBOSSL_LIB_CTX_load_config()\fR loads a configuration file using the given \fIctx\fR.
  224. This can be used to associate a library context with providers that are loaded
  225. from a configuration.
  226. .PP
  227. \&\fBOSSL_LIB_CTX_free()\fR frees the given \fIctx\fR, unless it happens to be the
  228. default OpenSSL library context. If the argument is \s-1NULL,\s0 nothing is done.
  229. .PP
  230. \&\fBOSSL_LIB_CTX_get0_global_default()\fR returns a concrete (non \s-1NULL\s0) reference to
  231. the global default library context.
  232. .PP
  233. \&\fBOSSL_LIB_CTX_set0_default()\fR sets the default OpenSSL library context to be
  234. \&\fIctx\fR in the current thread. The previous default library context is
  235. returned. Care should be taken by the caller to restore the previous
  236. default library context with a subsequent call of this function. If \fIctx\fR is
  237. \&\s-1NULL\s0 then no change is made to the default library context, but a pointer to
  238. the current library context is still returned. On a successful call of this
  239. function the returned value will always be a concrete (non \s-1NULL\s0) library
  240. context.
  241. .PP
  242. Care should be taken when changing the default library context and starting
  243. async jobs (see \fBASYNC_start_job\fR\|(3)), as the default library context when
  244. the job is started will be used throughout the lifetime of an async job, no
  245. matter how the calling thread makes further default library context changes
  246. in the mean time. This means that the calling thread must not free the
  247. library context that was the default at the start of the async job before
  248. that job has finished.
  249. .SH "RETURN VALUES"
  250. .IX Header "RETURN VALUES"
  251. \&\fBOSSL_LIB_CTX_new()\fR, \fBOSSL_LIB_CTX_get0_global_default()\fR and
  252. \&\fBOSSL_LIB_CTX_set0_default()\fR return a library context pointer on success, or \s-1NULL\s0
  253. on error.
  254. .PP
  255. \&\fBOSSL_LIB_CTX_free()\fR doesn't return any value.
  256. .PP
  257. \&\fBOSSL_LIB_CTX_load_config()\fR returns 1 on success, 0 on error.
  258. .SH "HISTORY"
  259. .IX Header "HISTORY"
  260. All of the functions described on this page were added in OpenSSL 3.0.
  261. .SH "COPYRIGHT"
  262. .IX Header "COPYRIGHT"
  263. Copyright 2019\-2024 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
  264. .PP
  265. Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the \*(L"License\*(R"). You may not use
  266. this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy
  267. in the file \s-1LICENSE\s0 in the source distribution or at
  268. <https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.