Clarify return value of SSL_connect() and SSL_accept() in case of the

WANT_READ and WANT_WRITE conditions.

diff --git a/doc/ssl/SSL_accept.pod b/doc/ssl/SSL_accept.pod
index a673edba8532723a022a018c89d8e4c38211ca09..cc724c0d561a0cbfb6709b534a8de59c07376b99 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/ssl/SSL_accept.pod
+++ b/doc/ssl/SSL_accept.pod
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ should be called again.
 
 If the underlying BIO is B<non-blocking>, SSL_accept() will also return
 when the underlying BIO could not satisfy the needs of SSL_accept()
-to continue the handshake. In this case a call to SSL_get_error() with the
+to continue the handshake, indicating the problem by the return value -1.
+In this case a call to SSL_get_error() with the
 return value of SSL_accept() will yield B<SSL_ERROR_WANT_READ> or
 B<SSL_ERROR_WANT_WRITE>. The calling process then must repeat the call after
 taking appropriate action to satisfy the needs of SSL_accept().

diff --git a/doc/ssl/SSL_connect.pod b/doc/ssl/SSL_connect.pod
index 8426310c0d268e975700cc75aab77140613c00b3..cc56ebb75f3f8367126261092e4bf06b775c13bc 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/ssl/SSL_connect.pod
+++ b/doc/ssl/SSL_connect.pod
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ handshake has been finished or an error occurred.
 
 If the underlying BIO is B<non-blocking>, SSL_connect() will also return
 when the underlying BIO could not satisfy the needs of SSL_connect()
-to continue the handshake. In this case a call to SSL_get_error() with the
+to continue the handshake, indicating the problem by the return value -1.
+In this case a call to SSL_get_error() with the
 return value of SSL_connect() will yield B<SSL_ERROR_WANT_READ> or
 B<SSL_ERROR_WANT_WRITE>. The calling process then must repeat the call after
 taking appropriate action to satisfy the needs of SSL_connect().