Reorder the text such that every function is discussed only once

instead of discussing some of them at two different places.
Also follow a more logical order: initialization first, then reading
and writing, then retrieving the digest and reinitialization.
Leave context handling and chain duplication at the end because
both are rarely needed.

While here, also tweak the wording of the shuffled text
and add some precision in a few places.

diff --git a/lib/libcrypto/man/BIO_f_md.3 b/lib/libcrypto/man/BIO_f_md.3
index 091995d..95ffbae 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/libcrypto/man/BIO_f_md.3
+++ b/lib/libcrypto/man/BIO_f_md.3
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: BIO_f_md.3,v 1.13 2023/04/11 16:58:43 schwarze Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: BIO_f_md.3,v 1.14 2023/04/28 15:04:33 schwarze Exp $
 .\" full merge up to: OpenSSL 99d63d46 Oct 26 13:56:48 2016 -0400
 .\"
 .\" This file was written by Dr. Stephen Henson <steve@openssl.org>.
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 .\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED
 .\" OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: April 11 2023 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: April 28 2023 $
 .Dt BIO_F_MD 3
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -90,6 +90,22 @@ It is a BIO wrapper for the digest routines
 and
 .Xr EVP_DigestFinal 3 .
 .Pp
+.Fn BIO_set_md
+sets the message digest of
+.Fa b
+to
+.Fa md
+and initializes it using
+.Xr EVP_DigestInit_ex 3 .
+Calling this function is required before any data is passed through
+.Fa b .
+.Pp
+.Fn BIO_get_md
+places a pointer to the digest method of
+.Fa b
+into
+.Pf * Fa mdp .
+.Pp
 Any data written or read through a digest BIO using
 .Xr BIO_read 3
 and
@@ -104,31 +120,34 @@ finishes the digest calculation and returns the digest value.
 .Xr BIO_puts 3
 is
 not supported.
+If an application needs to call
+.Xr BIO_gets 3
+or
+.Xr BIO_puts 3
+through a chain containing digest BIOs,
+this can be done by prepending a buffering BIO.
 .Pp
+After the digest has been retrieved from a digest BIO, call
 .Xr BIO_reset 3
-reinitialises a digest BIO.
-.Pp
+to reinitialize it and any BIOs following it in its chain
+before passing any more data through it.
+If no subsequent BIOs require reinitialization,
 .Fn BIO_set_md
-sets the message digest of BIO
-.Fa b
-to
-.Fa md :
-this must be called to initialize a digest BIO
-before any data is passed through it.
-It is a
-.Xr BIO_ctrl 3
-macro.
-.Pp
-.Fn BIO_get_md
-places a pointer to the digest BIOs digest method in
-.Fa mdp .
-It is a
-.Xr BIO_ctrl 3
-macro.
+can be used instead of
+.Xr BIO_reset 3 .
 .Pp
 .Fn BIO_get_md_ctx
-returns the digest BIOs context in
-.Fa mdcp .
+places a pointer to the digest context of
+.Fa b
+into
+.Pf * Fa mdcp
+and marks the BIO as initialized without actually initializing it.
+Unless
+.Fn BIO_set_md
+was already called on
+.Fa b ,
+the caller becomes responsible for initializing the digest context with
+.Xr EVP_DigestInit_ex 3 .
 .Pp
 The context returned by
 .Fn BIO_get_md_ctx
@@ -153,30 +172,6 @@ from the existing BIO object to the new one,
 and the init flag that can be retrieved with
 .Xr BIO_get_init 3
 is set to 1.
-.Pp
-After the digest has been retrieved from a digest BIO,
-it must be reinitialized by calling
-.Xr BIO_reset 3
-or
-.Fn BIO_set_md
-before any more data is passed through it.
-.Pp
-If an application needs to call
-.Xr BIO_gets 3
-or
-.Xr BIO_puts 3
-through a chain containing digest BIOs,
-then this can be done by prepending a buffering BIO.
-.Pp
-Calling
-.Fn BIO_get_md_ctx
-will return the context and initialize the
-.Vt BIO
-state.
-This allows applications to initialize the context externally
-if the standard calls such as
-.Fn BIO_set_md
-are not sufficiently flexible.
 .Sh RETURN VALUES
 .Fn BIO_f_md
 returns the digest BIO method.