From: schwarze Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2021 16:19:54 +0000 (+0000) Subject: new manual page ASN1_NULL_new(3), also documenting ASN1_NULL_free(3) X-Git-Url: http://artulab.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=d1fa7a12c84f12c5694097e95b271ca1621a047e;p=openbsd new manual page ASN1_NULL_new(3), also documenting ASN1_NULL_free(3) --- diff --git a/lib/libcrypto/man/ASN1_NULL_new.3 b/lib/libcrypto/man/ASN1_NULL_new.3 new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..dc9f00b0a07 --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/libcrypto/man/ASN1_NULL_new.3 @@ -0,0 +1,62 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: ASN1_NULL_new.3,v 1.1 2021/11/22 16:19:54 schwarze Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2021 Ingo Schwarze +.\" +.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any +.\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above +.\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. +.\" +.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES +.\" WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF +.\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR +.\" ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES +.\" WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN +.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF +.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. +.\" +.Dd $Mdocdate: November 22 2021 $ +.Dt ASN1_NULL_NEW 3 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm ASN1_NULL_new , +.Nm ASN1_NULL_free +.Nd ASN.1 NULL value +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.In openssl/asn1.h +.Ft ASN1_NULL * +.Fn ASN1_NULL_new void +.Ft void +.Fn ASN1_NULL_free "ASN1_NULL *val_in" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Fn ASN1_NULL_new +returns a specific invalid pointer that represents the ASN.1 NULL value, +which is the only possible value of the ASN.1 NULL type. +That pointer is different from a +.Dv NULL +pointer. +Dereferencing it almost certainly results in a segmentation fault. +This function does not allocate memory and cannot fail. +.Pp +.Fn ASN1_NULL_free +has no effect whatsoever. +In particular, i ignores the +.Fa val_in +argument and does not free any memory. +In normal use, application programs only pass the invalid pointer +obtained from +.Fn ASN1_NULL_new +to this function. +But even if a valid pointer is passed, that pointer does not become invalid. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr ASN1_item_new 3 , +.Xr d2i_ASN1_NULL 3 +.Sh STANDARDS +ITU-T Recommendation X.208, also known as ISO/IEC 8824-1: +Specification of Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1), +section 19: Notation for the null type +.Sh HISTORY +.Fn ASN1_NULL_new +and +.Fn ASN1_NULL_free +first appeared in OpenSSL 0.9.5 and have been available since +.Ox 2.7 . diff --git a/lib/libcrypto/man/ASN1_item_new.3 b/lib/libcrypto/man/ASN1_item_new.3 index 6e36e86c6de..7fd3405e1ff 100644 --- a/lib/libcrypto/man/ASN1_item_new.3 +++ b/lib/libcrypto/man/ASN1_item_new.3 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: ASN1_item_new.3,v 1.9 2021/11/21 15:11:01 schwarze Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: ASN1_item_new.3,v 1.10 2021/11/22 16:19:54 schwarze Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2016, 2018 Ingo Schwarze .\" @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: November 21 2021 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: November 22 2021 $ .Dt ASN1_ITEM_NEW 3 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ is returned and an error code can be retrieved with .Xr ASN1_item_pack 3 , .Xr ASN1_item_sign 3 , .Xr ASN1_item_verify 3 , +.Xr ASN1_NULL_new 3 , .Xr ASN1_TYPE_new 3 , .Xr d2i_ASN1_BOOLEAN 3 , .Xr d2i_ASN1_NULL 3 , diff --git a/lib/libcrypto/man/Makefile b/lib/libcrypto/man/Makefile index 4a8536747f4..6a0d65cb850 100644 --- a/lib/libcrypto/man/Makefile +++ b/lib/libcrypto/man/Makefile @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# $OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.219 2021/11/22 14:00:27 schwarze Exp $ +# $OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.220 2021/11/22 16:19:54 schwarze Exp $ .include @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ MAN= \ ASN1_BIT_STRING_num_asc.3 \ ASN1_BIT_STRING_set.3 \ ASN1_INTEGER_get.3 \ + ASN1_NULL_new.3 \ ASN1_OBJECT_new.3 \ ASN1_PRINTABLE_type.3 \ ASN1_STRING_TABLE_add.3 \ diff --git a/lib/libcrypto/man/d2i_ASN1_NULL.3 b/lib/libcrypto/man/d2i_ASN1_NULL.3 index 7d10f1ba10a..bc7c85e71e1 100644 --- a/lib/libcrypto/man/d2i_ASN1_NULL.3 +++ b/lib/libcrypto/man/d2i_ASN1_NULL.3 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: d2i_ASN1_NULL.3,v 1.3 2019/06/06 01:06:59 schwarze Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: d2i_ASN1_NULL.3,v 1.4 2021/11/22 16:19:54 schwarze Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2016 Ingo Schwarze .\" @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: June 6 2019 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: November 22 2021 $ .Dt D2I_ASN1_NULL 3 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ returns 2 if successful or 0 if an error occurs. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr ASN1_item_d2i 3 , .Xr ASN1_item_new 3 , +.Xr ASN1_NULL_new 3 , .Xr ASN1_TYPE_get 3 .Sh STANDARDS ITU-T Recommendation X.690, also known as ISO/IEC 8825-1: