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1=pod
2
3=head1 NAME
4
5ossl_provider_find, ossl_provider_new, ossl_provider_up_ref,
6ossl_provider_free,
7ossl_provider_set_fallback, ossl_provider_set_module_path,
8ossl_provider_add_parameter, ossl_provider_set_child, ossl_provider_get_parent,
9ossl_provider_up_ref_parent, ossl_provider_free_parent,
10ossl_provider_default_props_update, ossl_provider_get0_dispatch,
11ossl_provider_init_as_child, ossl_provider_deinit_child,
12ossl_provider_activate, ossl_provider_deactivate, ossl_provider_add_to_store,
13ossl_provider_ctx,
14ossl_provider_doall_activated,
15ossl_provider_name, ossl_provider_dso,
16ossl_provider_module_name, ossl_provider_module_path,
17ossl_provider_libctx,
18ossl_provider_teardown, ossl_provider_gettable_params,
19ossl_provider_get_params,
20ossl_provider_query_operation, ossl_provider_unquery_operation,
21ossl_provider_set_operation_bit, ossl_provider_test_operation_bit,
22ossl_provider_get_capabilities
23- internal provider routines
24
25=head1 SYNOPSIS
26
27 #include "internal/provider.h"
28
29 OSSL_PROVIDER *ossl_provider_find(OSSL_LIB_CTX *libctx, const char *name,
30                                   int noconfig);
31 OSSL_PROVIDER *ossl_provider_new(OSSL_LIB_CTX *libctx, const char *name,
32                                  ossl_provider_init_fn *init_function
33                                  int noconfig);
34 int ossl_provider_up_ref(OSSL_PROVIDER *prov);
35 void ossl_provider_free(OSSL_PROVIDER *prov);
36
37 /* Setters */
38 int ossl_provider_set_fallback(OSSL_PROVIDER *prov);
39 int ossl_provider_set_module_path(OSSL_PROVIDER *prov, const char *path);
40 int ossl_provider_add_parameter(OSSL_PROVIDER *prov, const char *name,
41                                 const char *value);
42
43 /* Child Providers */
44 int ossl_provider_set_child(OSSL_PROVIDER *prov,
45                             const OSSL_CORE_HANDLE *handle);
46 const OSSL_CORE_HANDLE *ossl_provider_get_parent(OSSL_PROVIDER *prov);
47 int ossl_provider_up_ref_parent(OSSL_PROVIDER *prov, int activate);
48 int ossl_provider_free_parent(OSSL_PROVIDER *prov, int deactivate);
49 int ossl_provider_default_props_update(OSSL_LIB_CTX *libctx,
50                                        const char *props);
51
52 /*
53  * Activate the Provider
54  * If the Provider is a module, the module will be loaded
55  */
56 int ossl_provider_activate(OSSL_PROVIDER *prov, int upcalls, int aschild);
57 int ossl_provider_deactivate(OSSL_PROVIDER *prov, int removechildren);
58 int ossl_provider_add_to_store(OSSL_PROVIDER *prov, OSSL_PROVIDER **actualprov,
59                                int retain_fallbacks);
60
61 /* Return pointer to the provider's context */
62 void *ossl_provider_ctx(const OSSL_PROVIDER *prov);
63
64 const OSSL_DISPATCH *ossl_provider_get0_dispatch(const OSSL_PROVIDER *prov);
65
66 /* Iterate over all loaded providers */
67 int ossl_provider_doall_activated(OSSL_LIB_CTX *,
68                                   int (*cb)(OSSL_PROVIDER *provider,
69                                             void *cbdata),
70                                   void *cbdata);
71
72 /* Getters for other library functions */
73 const char *ossl_provider_name(OSSL_PROVIDER *prov);
74 const DSO *ossl_provider_dso(OSSL_PROVIDER *prov);
75 const char *ossl_provider_module_name(OSSL_PROVIDER *prov);
76 const char *ossl_provider_module_path(OSSL_PROVIDER *prov);
77 OSSL_LIB_CTX *ossl_provider_libctx(const OSSL_PROVIDER *prov);
78
79 /* Thin wrappers around calls to the provider */
80 void ossl_provider_teardown(const OSSL_PROVIDER *prov);
81 const OSSL_PARAM *ossl_provider_gettable_params(const OSSL_PROVIDER *prov);
82 int ossl_provider_get_params(const OSSL_PROVIDER *prov, OSSL_PARAM params[]);
83 int ossl_provider_get_capabilities(const OSSL_PROVIDER *prov,
84                                   const char *capability,
85                                   OSSL_CALLBACK *cb,
86                                   void *arg);
87 const OSSL_ALGORITHM *ossl_provider_query_operation(const OSSL_PROVIDER *prov,
88                                                     int operation_id,
89                                                     int *no_cache);
90 void ossl_provider_unquery_operation(const OSSL_PROVIDER *prov,
91                                      int operation_id,
92                                      const OSSL_ALGORITHM *algs);
93
94 int ossl_provider_set_operation_bit(OSSL_PROVIDER *provider, size_t bitnum);
95 int ossl_provider_test_operation_bit(OSSL_PROVIDER *provider, size_t bitnum,
96                                      int *result);
97
98 int ossl_provider_init_as_child(OSSL_LIB_CTX *ctx,
99                                 const OSSL_CORE_HANDLE *handle,
100                                 const OSSL_DISPATCH *in);
101 void ossl_provider_deinit_child(OSSL_LIB_CTX *ctx);
102
103=head1 DESCRIPTION
104
105I<OSSL_PROVIDER> is a type that holds all the necessary information
106to handle a provider, regardless of if it's built in to the
107application or the OpenSSL libraries, or if it's a loadable provider
108module.
109Instances of this type are commonly referred to as "provider objects".
110
111A provider object is always stored in a set of provider objects
112in the library context.
113
114Provider objects are reference counted.
115
116Provider objects are initially inactive, i.e. they are only recorded
117in the store, but are not used.
118They are activated with the first call to ossl_provider_activate(),
119and are deactivated with the last call to ossl_provider_deactivate().
120Activation affects a separate counter.
121
122=head2 Functions
123
124ossl_provider_find() finds an existing provider object in the provider
125object store by I<name>.
126The config file will be automatically loaded unless I<noconfig> is set.
127Typically I<noconfig> should be 0.
128We set I<noconfig> to 1 only when calling these functions while processing a
129config file in order to avoid recursively attempting to load the file.
130The provider object it finds has its reference count incremented.
131
132ossl_provider_new() creates a new provider object named I<name> and
133stores it in the provider object store, unless there already is one
134there with the same name.
135If there already is one with the same name, it's returned with its
136reference count incremented.
137The config file will be automatically loaded unless I<noconfig> is set.
138Typically I<noconfig> should be 0.
139We set I<noconfig> to 1 only when calling these functions while processing a
140config file in order to avoid recursively attempting to load the file.
141The reference count of a newly created provider object will always
142be 2; one for being added to the store, and one for the returned
143reference.
144If I<init_function> is NULL, the provider is assumed to be a
145dynamically loadable module, with the symbol B<OSSL_provider_init> as
146its initialisation function.
147If I<init_function> isn't NULL, the provider is assumed to be built
148in, with I<init_function> being the pointer to its initialisation
149function.
150For further description of the initialisation function, see the
151description of ossl_provider_activate() below.
152
153ossl_provider_up_ref() increments the provider object I<prov>'s
154reference count.
155
156ossl_provider_free() decrements the provider object I<prov>'s
157reference count; when it drops to zero, the provider object is assumed
158to have fallen out of use and will be deinitialized (its I<teardown>
159function is called), and the associated module will be unloaded if one
160was loaded, and I<prov> itself will be freed.
161
162ossl_provider_set_fallback() marks an available provider I<prov> as
163fallback.
164Note that after this call, the provider object pointer that was
165used can simply be dropped, but not freed.
166
167ossl_provider_set_module_path() sets the module path to load the
168provider module given the provider object I<prov>.
169This will be used in preference to automatically trying to figure out
170the path from the provider name and the default module directory (more
171on this in L</NOTES>).
172
173ossl_provider_libctx() returns the library context the given
174provider I<prov> is registered in.
175
176ossl_provider_add_parameter() adds a global parameter for the provider
177to retrieve as it sees fit.
178The parameters are a combination of I<name> and I<value>, and the
179provider will use the name to find the value it wants.
180Only text parameters can be given, and it's up to the provider to
181interpret them.
182
183ossl_provider_set_child() marks this provider as a child of a provider in the
184parent library context. I<handle> is the B<OSSL_CORE_HANDLE> object passed to
185the provider's B<OSSL_provider_init> function.
186
187ossl_provider_get_parent() obtains the handle on the parent provider.
188
189ossl_provider_up_ref_parent() increases the reference count on the parent
190provider. If I<activate> is nonzero then the parent provider is also activated.
191
192ossl_provider_free_parent() decreases the reference count on the parent
193provider. If I<deactivate> is nonzero then the parent provider is also
194deactivated.
195
196ossl_provider_default_props_update() is responsible for informing any child
197providers of an update to the default properties. The new properties are
198supplied in the I<props> string.
199
200ossl_provider_activate() "activates" the provider for the given
201provider object I<prov> by incrementing its activation count, flagging
202it as activated, and initializing it if it isn't already initialized.
203Initializing means one of the following:
204
205=over 4
206
207=item *
208
209If an initialization function was given with ossl_provider_new(), that
210function will get called.
211
212=item *
213
214If no initialization function was given with ossl_provider_new(), a
215loadable module with the I<name> that was given to ossl_provider_new()
216will be located and loaded, then the symbol B<OSSL_provider_init> will
217be located in that module, and called.
218
219=back
220
221If I<upcalls> is nonzero then, if this is a child provider, upcalls to the
222parent libctx will be made to inform it of an up-ref. If I<aschild> is nonzero
223then the provider will only be activated if it is a child provider. Otherwise
224no action is taken and ossl_provider_activate() returns success.
225
226ossl_provider_deactivate() "deactivates" the provider for the given
227provider object I<prov> by decrementing its activation count.  When
228that count reaches zero, the activation flag is cleared. If the
229I<removechildren> parameter is 0 then no attempt is made to remove any
230associated child providers.
231
232ossl_provider_add_to_store() adds the provider I<prov> to the provider store and
233makes it available to other threads. This will prevent future automatic loading
234of fallback providers, unless I<retain_fallbacks> is true. If a provider of the
235same name already exists in the store then it is not added but this function
236still returns success. On success the I<actualprov> value is populated with a
237pointer to the provider of the given name that is now in the store. The
238reference passed in the I<prov> argument is consumed by this function. A
239reference to the provider that should be used is passed back in the
240I<actualprov> argument.
241
242ossl_provider_ctx() returns a context created by the provider.
243Outside of the provider, it's completely opaque, but it needs to be
244passed back to some of the provider functions.
245
246ossl_provider_get0_dispatch() returns the dispatch table that the provider
247initially returned in the I<out> parameter of its B<OSSL_provider_init>
248function.
249
250ossl_provider_doall_activated() iterates over all the currently
251"activated" providers, and calls I<cb> for each of them.
252If no providers have been "activated" yet, it tries to activate all
253available fallback providers before iterating over them.
254
255ossl_provider_name() returns the name that was given with
256ossl_provider_new().
257
258ossl_provider_dso() returns a reference to the module, for providers
259that come in the form of loadable modules.
260
261ossl_provider_module_name() returns the filename of the module, for
262providers that come in the form of loadable modules.
263
264ossl_provider_module_path() returns the full path of the module file,
265for providers that come in the form of loadable modules.
266
267ossl_provider_teardown() calls the provider's I<teardown> function, if
268the provider has one.
269
270ossl_provider_gettable_params() calls the provider's I<gettable_params>
271function, if the provider has one.
272It should return an array of I<OSSL_PARAM> to describe all the
273parameters that the provider has for the provider object.
274
275ossl_provider_get_params() calls the provider's parameter request
276responder.
277It should treat the given I<OSSL_PARAM> array as described in
278L<OSSL_PARAM(3)>.
279
280ossl_provider_get_capabilities() calls the provider's I<get_capabilities> function,
281if the provider has one. It provides the name of the I<capability> and a
282callback I<cb> parameter to call for each capability that has a matching name in
283the provider. The callback gets passed OSSL_PARAM details about the capability as
284well as the caller supplied argument I<arg>.
285
286ossl_provider_query_operation() calls the provider's
287I<query_operation> function, if the provider has one.
288It should return an array of I<OSSL_ALGORITHM> for the given
289I<operation_id>.
290
291ossl_provider_unquery_operation() informs the provider that the result of
292ossl_provider_query_operation() is no longer going to be directly accessed and
293that all relevant information has been copied.
294
295ossl_provider_set_operation_bit() registers a 1 for operation I<bitnum>
296in a bitstring that's internal to I<provider>.
297
298ossl_provider_test_operation_bit() checks if the bit operation I<bitnum>
299is set (1) or not (0) in the internal I<provider> bitstring, and sets
300I<*result> to 1 or 0 accordingly.
301
302ossl_provider_init_as_child() stores in the library context I<ctx> references to
303the necessary upcalls for managing child providers. The I<handle> and I<in>
304parameters are the B<OSSL_CORE_HANDLE> and L<OSSL_DISPATCH(3)> pointers that were
305passed to the provider's B<OSSL_provider_init> function.
306
307ossl_provider_deinit_child() deregisters callbacks from the parent library
308context about provider creation or removal events for the child library context
309I<ctx>. Must only be called if I<ctx> is a child library context.
310
311=head1 NOTES
312
313Locating a provider module happens as follows:
314
315=over 4
316
317=item 1.
318
319If a path was given with ossl_provider_set_module_path(), use that as
320module path.
321Otherwise, use the provider object's name as module path, with
322platform specific standard extensions added.
323
324=item 2.
325
326If the environment variable B<OPENSSL_MODULES> is defined, assume its
327value is a directory specification and merge it with the module path.
328Otherwise, merge the value of the OpenSSL built in macro B<MODULESDIR>
329with the module path.
330
331=back
332
333When this process is done, the result is used when trying to load the
334provider module.
335
336The command C<openssl version -m> can be used to find out the value
337of the built in macro B<MODULESDIR>.
338
339=head1 RETURN VALUES
340
341ossl_provider_find() and ossl_provider_new() return a pointer to a
342provider object (I<OSSL_PROVIDER>) on success, or NULL on error.
343
344ossl_provider_up_ref() returns the value of the reference count after
345it has been incremented.
346
347ossl_provider_free() doesn't return any value.
348
349ossl_provider_doall_activated() returns 1 if the callback was called for all
350activated providers.  A return value of 0 means that the callback was not
351called for any activated providers.
352
353ossl_provider_set_module_path(), ossl_provider_set_fallback(),
354ossl_provider_activate(), ossl_provider_activate_leave_fallbacks() and
355ossl_provider_deactivate(), ossl_provider_add_to_store(),
356ossl_provider_default_props_update() return 1 on success, or 0 on error.
357
358ossl_provider_name(), ossl_provider_dso(),
359ossl_provider_module_name(), and ossl_provider_module_path() return a
360pointer to their respective data if it's available, otherwise NULL
361is returned.
362
363ossl_provider_libctx() return a pointer to the library context.
364This may be NULL, and is perfectly valid, as it denotes the default
365global library context.
366
367ossl_provider_teardown() doesn't return any value.
368
369ossl_provider_gettable_params() returns a pointer to a constant
370I<OSSL_PARAM> array if this function is available in the provider,
371otherwise NULL.
372
373ossl_provider_get_params() returns 1 on success, or 0 on error.
374If this function isn't available in the provider, 0 is returned.
375
376ossl_provider_set_operation_bit() and ossl_provider_test_operation_bit()
377return 1 on success, or 0 on error.
378
379ossl_provider_get_capabilities() returns 1 on success, or 0 on error.
380If this function isn't available in the provider or the provider does not
381support the requested capability then 0 is returned.
382
383=head1 SEE ALSO
384
385L<OSSL_PROVIDER(3)>, L<provider(7)>, L<openssl(1)>
386
387=head1 HISTORY
388
389The functions described here were all added in OpenSSL 3.0.
390
391=head1 COPYRIGHT
392
393Copyright 2019-2024 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
394
395Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License").  You may not use
396this file except in compliance with the License.  You can obtain a copy
397in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
398L<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.
399
400=cut
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