Loading doc/crypto/X509_new.pod +12 −0 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ X509_new, X509_free, X509_up_ref - X509 certificate ASN1 allocation functions X509 *X509_new(void); void X509_free(X509 *a); void X509_up_ref(X509 *a); STACK_OF(X509) *X509_chain_up_ref(STACK_OF(X509) *x); =head1 DESCRIPTION Loading @@ -25,12 +26,20 @@ frees it up if the reference count is zero. If B<a> is NULL nothing is done. X509_up_ref() increments the reference count of B<a>. X509_chain_up_ref() increases the reference count of all certificates in chain B<x> and returns a copy of the stack. =head1 NOTES The function X509_up_ref() if useful if a certificate structure is being used by several different operations each of which will free it up after use: this avoids the need to duplicate the entire certificate structure. The function X509_chain_up_ref() doesn't just up the reference count of each certificate it also returns a copy of the stack, using sk_X509_dup(), but it serves a similar purpose: the returned chain persists after the original has been freed. =head1 RETURN VALUES If the allocation fails, X509_new() returns B<NULL> and sets an error Loading @@ -39,6 +48,9 @@ Otherwise it returns a pointer to the newly allocated structure. X509_free() and X509_up_ref() do not return a value. X509_chain_up_ref() returns a copy of the stack or B<NULL> if an error occurred. =head1 SEE ALSO L<d2i_X509(3)>, Loading Loading
doc/crypto/X509_new.pod +12 −0 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ X509_new, X509_free, X509_up_ref - X509 certificate ASN1 allocation functions X509 *X509_new(void); void X509_free(X509 *a); void X509_up_ref(X509 *a); STACK_OF(X509) *X509_chain_up_ref(STACK_OF(X509) *x); =head1 DESCRIPTION Loading @@ -25,12 +26,20 @@ frees it up if the reference count is zero. If B<a> is NULL nothing is done. X509_up_ref() increments the reference count of B<a>. X509_chain_up_ref() increases the reference count of all certificates in chain B<x> and returns a copy of the stack. =head1 NOTES The function X509_up_ref() if useful if a certificate structure is being used by several different operations each of which will free it up after use: this avoids the need to duplicate the entire certificate structure. The function X509_chain_up_ref() doesn't just up the reference count of each certificate it also returns a copy of the stack, using sk_X509_dup(), but it serves a similar purpose: the returned chain persists after the original has been freed. =head1 RETURN VALUES If the allocation fails, X509_new() returns B<NULL> and sets an error Loading @@ -39,6 +48,9 @@ Otherwise it returns a pointer to the newly allocated structure. X509_free() and X509_up_ref() do not return a value. X509_chain_up_ref() returns a copy of the stack or B<NULL> if an error occurred. =head1 SEE ALSO L<d2i_X509(3)>, Loading