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138 .TH buffer 3 "2009-07-19" "1.0.1n" "OpenSSL"
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144 BUF_MEM_new, BUF_MEM_free, BUF_MEM_grow, BUF_strdup \- simple
145 character arrays structure
149 .IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
151 \& #include <openssl/buffer.h>
153 \& BUF_MEM *BUF_MEM_new(void);
155 \& void BUF_MEM_free(BUF_MEM *a);
157 \& int BUF_MEM_grow(BUF_MEM *str, int len);
159 \& char * BUF_strdup(const char *str);
162 .IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
163 The buffer library handles simple character arrays. Buffers are used for
164 various purposes in the library, most notably memory BIOs.
166 The library uses the \s-1BUF_MEM\s0 structure defined in buffer.h:
169 \& typedef struct buf_mem_st
171 \& int length; /* current number of bytes */
173 \& int max; /* size of buffer */
177 \&\fBlength\fR is the current size of the buffer in bytes, \fBmax\fR is the amount of
178 memory allocated to the buffer. There are three functions which handle these
179 and one \*(L"miscellaneous\*(R" function.
181 \&\fIBUF_MEM_new()\fR allocates a new buffer of zero size.
183 \&\fIBUF_MEM_free()\fR frees up an already existing buffer. The data is zeroed
184 before freeing up in case the buffer contains sensitive data.
186 \&\fIBUF_MEM_grow()\fR changes the size of an already existing buffer to
187 \&\fBlen\fR. Any data already in the buffer is preserved if it increases in
190 \&\fIBUF_strdup()\fR copies a null terminated string into a block of allocated
191 memory and returns a pointer to the allocated block.
192 Unlike the standard C library \fIstrdup()\fR this function uses \fIOPENSSL_malloc()\fR and so
193 should be used in preference to the standard library \fIstrdup()\fR because it can
194 be used for memory leak checking or replacing the \fImalloc()\fR function.
196 The memory allocated from \fIBUF_strdup()\fR should be freed up using the \fIOPENSSL_free()\fR
199 .IX Header "RETURN VALUES"
200 \&\fIBUF_MEM_new()\fR returns the buffer or \s-1NULL\s0 on error.
202 \&\fIBUF_MEM_free()\fR has no return value.
204 \&\fIBUF_MEM_grow()\fR returns zero on error or the new size (i.e. \fBlen\fR).
206 .IX Header "SEE ALSO"
207 \&\fIopenssl_bio\fR\|(3)
210 \&\fIBUF_MEM_new()\fR, \fIBUF_MEM_free()\fR and \fIBUF_MEM_grow()\fR are available in all
211 versions of SSLeay and OpenSSL. \fIBUF_strdup()\fR was added in SSLeay 0.8.