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@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
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.\" ========================================================================
.\"
.IX Title "OSSL_PROVIDER 3ossl"
-.TH OSSL_PROVIDER 3ossl "2023-09-19" "3.0.11" "OpenSSL"
+.TH OSSL_PROVIDER 3ossl 2025-07-01 3.5.1 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"
+.SH NAME
OSSL_PROVIDER_set_default_search_path,
+OSSL_PROVIDER_get0_default_search_path,
OSSL_PROVIDER, OSSL_PROVIDER_load, OSSL_PROVIDER_try_load, OSSL_PROVIDER_unload,
+OSSL_PROVIDER_load_ex, OSSL_PROVIDER_try_load_ex,
OSSL_PROVIDER_available, OSSL_PROVIDER_do_all,
OSSL_PROVIDER_gettable_params, OSSL_PROVIDER_get_params,
OSSL_PROVIDER_query_operation, OSSL_PROVIDER_unquery_operation,
OSSL_PROVIDER_get0_provider_ctx, OSSL_PROVIDER_get0_dispatch,
OSSL_PROVIDER_add_builtin, OSSL_PROVIDER_get0_name, OSSL_PROVIDER_get_capabilities,
-OSSL_PROVIDER_self_test
+OSSL_PROVIDER_add_conf_parameter, OSSL_PROVIDER_get_conf_parameters,
+OSSL_PROVIDER_conf_get_bool, OSSL_PROVIDER_self_test
\&\- provider routines
-.SH "SYNOPSIS"
+.SH SYNOPSIS
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
.Vb 1
\& #include <openssl/provider.h>
@@ -155,10 +82,16 @@ OSSL_PROVIDER_self_test
\&
\& int OSSL_PROVIDER_set_default_search_path(OSSL_LIB_CTX *libctx,
\& const char *path);
+\& const char *OSSL_PROVIDER_get0_default_search_path(OSSL_LIB_CTX *libctx);
\&
\& OSSL_PROVIDER *OSSL_PROVIDER_load(OSSL_LIB_CTX *libctx, const char *name);
+\& OSSL_PROVIDER *OSSL_PROVIDER_load_ex(OSSL_LIB_CTX *, const char *name,
+\& OSSL_PARAM *params);
\& OSSL_PROVIDER *OSSL_PROVIDER_try_load(OSSL_LIB_CTX *libctx, const char *name,
\& int retain_fallbacks);
+\& OSSL_PROVIDER *OSSL_PROVIDER_try_load_ex(OSSL_LIB_CTX *, const char *name,
+\& OSSL_PARAM *params,
+\& int retain_fallbacks);
\& int OSSL_PROVIDER_unload(OSSL_PROVIDER *prov);
\& int OSSL_PROVIDER_available(OSSL_LIB_CTX *libctx, const char *name);
\& int OSSL_PROVIDER_do_all(OSSL_LIB_CTX *ctx,
@@ -186,11 +119,17 @@ OSSL_PROVIDER_self_test
\& const char *capability,
\& OSSL_CALLBACK *cb,
\& void *arg);
+\& int OSSL_PROVIDER_add_conf_parameter(OSSL_PROVIDER *prov, const char *name,
+\& const char *value);
+\& int OSSL_PROVIDER_get_conf_parameters(OSSL_PROVIDER *prov,
+\& OSSL_PARAM params[]);
+\& int OSSL_PROVIDER_conf_get_bool(const OSSL_PROVIDER *prov,
+\& const char *name, int defval);
\& int OSSL_PROVIDER_self_test(const OSSL_PROVIDER *prov);
.Ve
-.SH "DESCRIPTION"
+.SH DESCRIPTION
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
-\&\fB\s-1OSSL_PROVIDER\s0\fR is a type that holds internal information about
+\&\fBOSSL_PROVIDER\fR is a type that holds internal information about
implementation providers (see \fBprovider\fR\|(7) for information on what a
provider is).
A provider can be built in to the application or the OpenSSL
@@ -198,16 +137,21 @@ libraries, or can be a loadable module.
The functions described here handle both forms.
.PP
Some of these functions operate within a library context, please see
-\&\s-1\fBOSSL_LIB_CTX\s0\fR\|(3) for further details.
-.SS "Functions"
+\&\fBOSSL_LIB_CTX\fR\|(3) for further details.
+.SS Functions
.IX Subsection "Functions"
\&\fBOSSL_PROVIDER_set_default_search_path()\fR specifies the default search \fIpath\fR
that is to be used for looking for providers in the specified \fIlibctx\fR.
If left unspecified, an environment variable and a fall back default value will
be used instead.
.PP
+\&\fBOSSL_PROVIDER_get0_default_search_path()\fR retrieves the default search \fIpath\fR
+that is to be used for looking for providers in the specified \fIlibctx\fR.
+If successful returns the path or empty string; the path is valid until the
+context is released or \fBOSSL_PROVIDER_set_default_search_path()\fR is called.
+.PP
\&\fBOSSL_PROVIDER_add_builtin()\fR is used to add a built in provider to
-\&\fB\s-1OSSL_PROVIDER\s0\fR store in the given library context, by associating a
+\&\fBOSSL_PROVIDER\fR store in the given library context, by associating a
provider name with a provider initialization function.
This name can then be used with \fBOSSL_PROVIDER_load()\fR.
.PP
@@ -219,8 +163,8 @@ entry point, \f(CW\*(C`OSSL_provider_init\*(C'\fR. The \fIname\fR can be a path
to a provider module, in that case the provider name as returned
by \fBOSSL_PROVIDER_get0_name()\fR will be the path. Interpretation
of relative paths is platform dependent and they are relative
-to the configured \*(L"\s-1MODULESDIR\*(R"\s0 directory or the path set in
-the environment variable \s-1OPENSSL_MODULES\s0 if set.
+to the configured "MODULESDIR" directory or the path set in
+the environment variable OPENSSL_MODULES if set.
.PP
\&\fBOSSL_PROVIDER_try_load()\fR functions like \fBOSSL_PROVIDER_load()\fR, except that
it does not disable the fallback providers if the provider cannot be
@@ -228,6 +172,13 @@ loaded and initialized or if \fIretain_fallbacks\fR is nonzero.
If the provider loads successfully and \fIretain_fallbacks\fR is zero, the
fallback providers are disabled.
.PP
+\&\fBOSSL_PROVIDER_load_ex()\fR and \fBOSSL_PROVIDER_try_load_ex()\fR are the variants
+of the previous functions accepting an \f(CW\*(C`OSSL_PARAM\*(C'\fR array of the parameters
+that are passed as the configuration of the loaded provider. The parameters
+of any type but \f(CW\*(C`OSSL_PARAM_UTF8_STRING\*(C'\fR are silently ignored. If the
+parameters are provided, they replace \fBall\fR the ones specified in the
+configuration file.
+.PP
\&\fBOSSL_PROVIDER_unload()\fR unloads the given provider.
For a provider added with \fBOSSL_PROVIDER_add_builtin()\fR, this simply
runs its teardown function.
@@ -244,13 +195,40 @@ See \fBOSSL_PROVIDER\-default\fR\|(7) for more information on this fallback
behaviour.
.PP
\&\fBOSSL_PROVIDER_gettable_params()\fR is used to get a provider parameter
-descriptor set as a constant \s-1\fBOSSL_PARAM\s0\fR\|(3) array.
+descriptor set as a constant \fBOSSL_PARAM\fR\|(3) array.
.PP
\&\fBOSSL_PROVIDER_get_params()\fR is used to get provider parameter values.
-The caller must prepare the \s-1\fBOSSL_PARAM\s0\fR\|(3) array before calling this
+The caller must prepare the \fBOSSL_PARAM\fR\|(3) array before calling this
function, and the variables acting as buffers for this parameter array
should be filled with data when it returns successfully.
.PP
+\&\fBOSSL_PROVIDER_add_conf_parameter()\fR sets the provider configuration parameter
+\&\fIname\fR to \fIvalue\fR.
+Provider configuration parameters are managed by the OpenSSL core and normally
+set in the configuration file, but can also be set early in the main program
+before a provider is in use by multiple threads.
+Parameters that only affect provider initialisation must, for now, be set in
+the configuration file, only parameters that are also queried later have any
+affect when set via this interface.
+Only text parameters can be given, and it's up to the provider to
+interpret them.
+.PP
+\&\fBOSSL_PROVIDER_get_conf_parameters()\fR retrieves global configuration parameters
+associated with \fIprov\fR.
+These configuration parameters are stored for each provider by the OpenSSL core,
+not the provider itself, parameters managed by the provider are queried via
+\&\fBOSSL_PROVIDER_get_params()\fR described above.
+The parameters are returned by reference, not as copies, and so the elements of
+the \fIparam\fR array must have \fBOSSL_PARAM_UTF8_PTR\fR as their \fBdata_type\fR.
+.PP
+\&\fBOSSL_PROVIDER_conf_get_bool()\fR parses the global configuration parameter \fIname\fR
+associated with provider \fIprov\fR as a boolean value, returning a default value
+\&\fIdefval\fR when unable to retrieve or parse the parameter.
+Parameter values equal (case-insensitively) to \f(CW1\fR, \f(CW\*(C`on\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`yes\*(C'\fR, or \f(CW\*(C`true\*(C'\fR
+yield a true (nonzero) result.
+Parameter values equal (case-insensitively) to \f(CW0\fR, \f(CW\*(C`off\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`no\*(C'\fR, or \f(CW\*(C`false\*(C'\fR
+yield a false (zero) result.
+.PP
\&\fBOSSL_PROVIDER_self_test()\fR is used to run a provider's self tests on demand.
If the self tests fail then the provider will fail to provide any further
services and algorithms. \fBOSSL_SELF_TEST_set_callback\fR\|(3) may be called
@@ -258,8 +236,8 @@ beforehand in order to display diagnostics for the running self tests.
.PP
\&\fBOSSL_PROVIDER_query_operation()\fR calls the provider's \fIquery_operation\fR
function (see \fBprovider\fR\|(7)), if the provider has one. It returns an
-array of \fI\s-1OSSL_ALGORITHM\s0\fR for the given \fIoperation_id\fR terminated by an all
-\&\s-1NULL OSSL_ALGORITHM\s0 entry. This is considered a low-level function that most
+array of \fIOSSL_ALGORITHM\fR for the given \fIoperation_id\fR terminated by an all
+NULL OSSL_ALGORITHM entry. This is considered a low-level function that most
applications should not need to call.
.PP
\&\fBOSSL_PROVIDER_unquery_operation()\fR calls the provider's \fIunquery_operation\fR
@@ -283,18 +261,23 @@ have a short lifetime.
\&\fBOSSL_PROVIDER_get_capabilities()\fR provides information about the capabilities
supported by the provider specified in \fIprov\fR with the capability name
\&\fIcapability\fR. For each capability of that name supported by the provider it
-will call the callback \fIcb\fR and supply a set of \s-1\fBOSSL_PARAM\s0\fR\|(3)s describing the
+will call the callback \fIcb\fR and supply a set of \fBOSSL_PARAM\fR\|(3)s describing the
capability. It will also pass back the argument \fIarg\fR. For more details about
capabilities and what they can be used for please see
-\&\*(L"\s-1CAPABILTIIES\*(R"\s0 in \fBprovider\-base\fR\|(7).
+"CAPABILTIIES" in \fBprovider\-base\fR\|(7).
.SH "RETURN VALUES"
.IX Header "RETURN VALUES"
\&\fBOSSL_PROVIDER_set_default_search_path()\fR, \fBOSSL_PROVIDER_add()\fR,
-\&\fBOSSL_PROVIDER_unload()\fR, \fBOSSL_PROVIDER_get_params()\fR and
+\&\fBOSSL_PROVIDER_unload()\fR, \fBOSSL_PROVIDER_get_params()\fR,
+\&\fBOSSL_PROVIDER_add_conf_parameter()\fR, \fBOSSL_PROVIDER_get_conf_parameters()\fR
+and
\&\fBOSSL_PROVIDER_get_capabilities()\fR return 1 on success, or 0 on error.
.PP
+\&\fBOSSL_PROVIDER_get0_default_search_path()\fR returns a pointer to a path on success,
+or NULL on error or if the path has not previously been set.
+.PP
\&\fBOSSL_PROVIDER_load()\fR and \fBOSSL_PROVIDER_try_load()\fR return a pointer to a
-provider object on success, or \s-1NULL\s0 on error.
+provider object on success, or NULL on error.
.PP
\&\fBOSSL_PROVIDER_do_all()\fR returns 1 if the callback \fIcb\fR returns 1 for every
provider it is called with, or 0 if any provider callback invocation returns 0;
@@ -305,17 +288,17 @@ that returns 0.
otherwise 0.
.PP
\&\fBOSSL_PROVIDER_gettable_params()\fR returns a pointer to an array
-of constant \s-1\fBOSSL_PARAM\s0\fR\|(3), or \s-1NULL\s0 if none is provided.
+of constant \fBOSSL_PARAM\fR\|(3), or NULL if none is provided.
.PP
\&\fBOSSL_PROVIDER_get_params()\fR and returns 1 on success, or 0 on error.
.PP
-\&\fBOSSL_PROVIDER_query_operation()\fR returns an array of \s-1OSSL_ALGORITHM\s0 or \s-1NULL\s0 on
+\&\fBOSSL_PROVIDER_query_operation()\fR returns an array of OSSL_ALGORITHM or NULL on
error.
.PP
\&\fBOSSL_PROVIDER_self_test()\fR returns 1 if the self tests pass, or 0 on error.
-.SH "EXAMPLES"
+.SH EXAMPLES
.IX Header "EXAMPLES"
-This demonstrates how to load the provider module \*(L"foo\*(R" and ask for
+This demonstrates how to load the provider module "foo" and ask for
its build information.
.PP
.Vb 3
@@ -338,15 +321,24 @@ its build information.
.Ve
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
-\&\fBopenssl\-core.h\fR\|(7), \s-1\fBOSSL_LIB_CTX\s0\fR\|(3), \fBprovider\fR\|(7)
-.SH "HISTORY"
+\&\fBopenssl\-core.h\fR\|(7), \fBOSSL_LIB_CTX\fR\|(3), \fBprovider\fR\|(7)
+.SH HISTORY
.IX Header "HISTORY"
The type and functions described here were added in OpenSSL 3.0.
-.SH "COPYRIGHT"
+.PP
+The \fIOSSL_PROVIDER_load_ex\fR and \fIOSSL_PROVIDER_try_load_ex\fR functions were
+added in OpenSSL 3.2.
+.PP
+The
+\&\fIOSSL_PROVIDER_add_conf_parameter\fR,
+\&\fIOSSL_PROVIDER_get_conf_parameters\fR, and
+\&\fIOSSL_PROVIDER_conf_get_bool\fR functions
+were added in OpenSSL 3.5.
+.SH COPYRIGHT
.IX Header "COPYRIGHT"
-Copyright 2019\-2023 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
+Copyright 2019\-2025 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
.PP
-Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the \*(L"License\*(R"). You may not use
+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 \s-1LICENSE\s0 in the source distribution or at
+in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.