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1=pod
2
3=head1 NAME
4
5BIO_ctrl, BIO_callback_ctrl, BIO_ptr_ctrl, BIO_int_ctrl, BIO_reset,
6BIO_seek, BIO_tell, BIO_flush, BIO_eof, BIO_set_close, BIO_get_close,
7BIO_pending, BIO_wpending, BIO_ctrl_pending, BIO_ctrl_wpending,
8BIO_get_info_callback, BIO_set_info_callback, BIO_info_cb, BIO_get_ktls_send,
9BIO_get_ktls_recv
10- BIO control operations
11
12=head1 SYNOPSIS
13
14 #include <openssl/bio.h>
15
16 typedef int BIO_info_cb(BIO *b, int state, int res);
17
18 long BIO_ctrl(BIO *bp, int cmd, long larg, void *parg);
19 long BIO_callback_ctrl(BIO *b, int cmd, BIO_info_cb *cb);
20 void *BIO_ptr_ctrl(BIO *bp, int cmd, long larg);
21 long BIO_int_ctrl(BIO *bp, int cmd, long larg, int iarg);
22
23 int BIO_reset(BIO *b);
24 int BIO_seek(BIO *b, int ofs);
25 int BIO_tell(BIO *b);
26 int BIO_flush(BIO *b);
27 int BIO_eof(BIO *b);
28 int BIO_set_close(BIO *b, long flag);
29 int BIO_get_close(BIO *b);
30 int BIO_pending(BIO *b);
31 int BIO_wpending(BIO *b);
32 size_t BIO_ctrl_pending(BIO *b);
33 size_t BIO_ctrl_wpending(BIO *b);
34
35 int BIO_get_info_callback(BIO *b, BIO_info_cb **cbp);
36 int BIO_set_info_callback(BIO *b, BIO_info_cb *cb);
37
38 int BIO_get_ktls_send(BIO *b);
39 int BIO_get_ktls_recv(BIO *b);
40
41=head1 DESCRIPTION
42
43BIO_ctrl(), BIO_callback_ctrl(), BIO_ptr_ctrl() and BIO_int_ctrl()
44are BIO "control" operations taking arguments of various types.
45These functions are not normally called directly, various macros
46are used instead. The standard macros are described below, macros
47specific to a particular type of BIO are described in the specific
48BIOs manual page as well as any special features of the standard
49calls.
50
51BIO_reset() typically resets a BIO to some initial state, in the case
52of file related BIOs for example it rewinds the file pointer to the
53start of the file.
54
55BIO_seek() resets a file related BIO's (that is file descriptor and
56FILE BIOs) file position pointer to B<ofs> bytes from start of file.
57
58BIO_tell() returns the current file position of a file related BIO.
59
60BIO_flush() normally writes out any internally buffered data, in some
61cases it is used to signal EOF and that no more data will be written.
62
63BIO_eof() returns 1 if the BIO has read EOF, the precise meaning of
64"EOF" varies according to the BIO type.
65
66BIO_set_close() sets the BIO B<b> close flag to B<flag>. B<flag> can
67take the value BIO_CLOSE or BIO_NOCLOSE. Typically BIO_CLOSE is used
68in a source/sink BIO to indicate that the underlying I/O stream should
69be closed when the BIO is freed.
70
71BIO_get_close() returns the BIOs close flag.
72
73BIO_pending(), BIO_ctrl_pending(), BIO_wpending() and BIO_ctrl_wpending()
74return the number of pending characters in the BIOs read and write buffers.
75Not all BIOs support these calls. BIO_ctrl_pending() and BIO_ctrl_wpending()
76return a size_t type and are functions, BIO_pending() and BIO_wpending() are
77macros which call BIO_ctrl().
78
79BIO_get_ktls_send() returns 1 if the BIO is using the Kernel TLS data-path for
80sending. Otherwise, it returns zero.
81BIO_get_ktls_recv() returns 1 if the BIO is using the Kernel TLS data-path for
82receiving. Otherwise, it returns zero.
83
84=head1 RETURN VALUES
85
86BIO_reset() normally returns 1 for success and 0 or -1 for failure. File
87BIOs are an exception, they return 0 for success and -1 for failure.
88
89BIO_seek() and BIO_tell() both return the current file position on success
90and -1 for failure, except file BIOs which for BIO_seek() always return 0
91for success and -1 for failure.
92
93BIO_flush() returns 1 for success and 0 or -1 for failure.
94
95BIO_eof() returns 1 if EOF has been reached 0 otherwise.
96
97BIO_set_close() always returns 1.
98
99BIO_get_close() returns the close flag value: BIO_CLOSE or BIO_NOCLOSE.
100
101BIO_pending(), BIO_ctrl_pending(), BIO_wpending() and BIO_ctrl_wpending()
102return the amount of pending data.
103
104BIO_get_ktls_send() returns 1 if the BIO is using the Kernel TLS data-path for
105sending. Otherwise, it returns zero.
106BIO_get_ktls_recv() returns 1 if the BIO is using the Kernel TLS data-path for
107receiving. Otherwise, it returns zero.
108
109=head1 NOTES
110
111BIO_flush(), because it can write data may return 0 or -1 indicating
112that the call should be retried later in a similar manner to BIO_write_ex().
113The BIO_should_retry() call should be used and appropriate action taken
114is the call fails.
115
116The return values of BIO_pending() and BIO_wpending() may not reliably
117determine the amount of pending data in all cases. For example in the
118case of a file BIO some data may be available in the FILE structures
119internal buffers but it is not possible to determine this in a
120portably way. For other types of BIO they may not be supported.
121
122Filter BIOs if they do not internally handle a particular BIO_ctrl()
123operation usually pass the operation to the next BIO in the chain.
124This often means there is no need to locate the required BIO for
125a particular operation, it can be called on a chain and it will
126be automatically passed to the relevant BIO. However, this can cause
127unexpected results: for example no current filter BIOs implement
128BIO_seek(), but this may still succeed if the chain ends in a FILE
129or file descriptor BIO.
130
131Source/sink BIOs return an 0 if they do not recognize the BIO_ctrl()
132operation.
133
134=head1 BUGS
135
136Some of the return values are ambiguous and care should be taken. In
137particular a return value of 0 can be returned if an operation is not
138supported, if an error occurred, if EOF has not been reached and in
139the case of BIO_seek() on a file BIO for a successful operation.
140
141=head1 HISTORY
142
143The BIO_get_ktls_send() and BIO_get_ktls_recv() functions were added in
144OpenSSL 3.0.0.
145
146=head1 COPYRIGHT
147
148Copyright 2000-2022 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
149
150Licensed under the OpenSSL license (the "License").  You may not use
151this file except in compliance with the License.  You can obtain a copy
152in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
153L<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.
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