From 36359ceca02671e0835a9712232eaf906caa6c9d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Dr. Matthias St. Pierre" Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2018 14:37:23 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] BIO_s_mem.pod: fix indirection for out parameter **pp BIO_get_mem_data() and BIO_get_mem_ptr() assign to *pp, not pp Reviewed-by: Rich Salz (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/5544) --- doc/man3/BIO_s_mem.pod | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/man3/BIO_s_mem.pod b/doc/man3/BIO_s_mem.pod index b55ecbfef4..050d7786a6 100644 --- a/doc/man3/BIO_s_mem.pod +++ b/doc/man3/BIO_s_mem.pod @@ -56,14 +56,14 @@ zero then it will return B when it is empty and it will set the read retry flag (that is BIO_read_retry(b) is true). To avoid ambiguity with a normal positive return value B should be set to a negative value, typically -1. -BIO_get_mem_data() sets B to a pointer to the start of the memory BIOs data +BIO_get_mem_data() sets *B to a pointer to the start of the memory BIOs data and returns the total amount of data available. It is implemented as a macro. BIO_set_mem_buf() sets the internal BUF_MEM structure to B and sets the close flag to B, that is B should be either BIO_CLOSE or BIO_NOCLOSE. It is a macro. -BIO_get_mem_ptr() places the underlying BUF_MEM structure in B. It is +BIO_get_mem_ptr() places the underlying BUF_MEM structure in *B. It is a macro. BIO_new_mem_buf() creates a memory BIO using B bytes of data at B, -- 2.25.1