From 92e3251f85c680232fbb1ad5808ec9e7937e6de0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: jmc <> Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2016 19:28:41 +0000 Subject: minor cleanup; --- src/lib/libcrypto/man/RSA_get_ex_new_index.3 | 11 ++++++----- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) (limited to 'src/lib/libcrypto/man/RSA_get_ex_new_index.3') diff --git a/src/lib/libcrypto/man/RSA_get_ex_new_index.3 b/src/lib/libcrypto/man/RSA_get_ex_new_index.3 index 559d3ee110..3476751630 100644 --- a/src/lib/libcrypto/man/RSA_get_ex_new_index.3 +++ b/src/lib/libcrypto/man/RSA_get_ex_new_index.3 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: RSA_get_ex_new_index.3,v 1.3 2016/11/29 16:46:41 schwarze Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: RSA_get_ex_new_index.3,v 1.4 2016/12/02 19:28:41 jmc Exp $ .\" OpenSSL 35cb565a Nov 19 15:49:30 2015 -0500 .\" .\" This file was written by Ulf Moeller and @@ -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: November 29 2016 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: December 2 2016 $ .Dt RSA_GET_EX_NEW_INDEX 3 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ .Sh DESCRIPTION Several OpenSSL structures can have application specific data attached to them. -This has several potential uses, it can be used to cache data associated +This has several potential uses: it can be used to cache data associated with a structure (for example the hash of some part of the structure) or some additional data (for example a handle to the data in an external library). @@ -145,13 +145,14 @@ important because the optional functions are called in order of increasing index value. .Pp .Fn RSA_set_ex_data -is used to set application specific data, the data is supplied in the +is used to set application specific data. +The data is supplied in the .Fa arg parameter and its precise meaning is up to the application. .Pp .Fn RSA_get_ex_data is used to retrieve application specific data. -The data is returned to the application, this will be the same value as +The data is returned to the application, which will be the same value as supplied to a previous .Fn RSA_set_ex_data call. -- cgit v1.2.3-55-g6feb