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Norbert Pocs adc73bfcb3 Docs: Clean up ENGINE mentions
Engines are removed and the documentation should reflect that, even with
deprecated and legacy API.

Resolves: https://github.com/openssl/project/issues/1366

Signed-off-by: Norbert Pocs <norbertp@openssl.org>

Reviewed-by: Eugene Syromiatnikov <esyr@openssl.org>
Reviewed-by: Tomas Mraz <tomas@openssl.org>
Reviewed-by: Saša Nedvědický <sashan@openssl.org>
Reviewed-by: Saša Nedvědický <sashan@openssl.org>
Reviewed-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@openssl.org>
Reviewed-by: Matt Caswell <matt@openssl.org>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/29305)
2025-12-04 07:32:18 -05:00

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=pod
=head1 NAME
SSL_CTX_set_async_callback,
SSL_CTX_set_async_callback_arg,
SSL_set_async_callback,
SSL_set_async_callback_arg,
SSL_get_async_status,
SSL_async_callback_fn
- manage asynchronous operations
=head1 SYNOPSIS
=for openssl multiple includes
#include <openssl/ssl.h>
typedef int (*SSL_async_callback_fn)(SSL *s, void *arg);
int SSL_CTX_set_async_callback(SSL_CTX *ctx, SSL_async_callback_fn callback);
int SSL_CTX_set_async_callback_arg(SSL_CTX *ctx, void *arg);
int SSL_set_async_callback(SSL *s, SSL_async_callback_fn callback);
int SSL_set_async_callback_arg(SSL *s, void *arg);
int SSL_get_async_status(SSL *s, int *status);
=head1 DESCRIPTION
SSL_CTX_set_async_callback() sets an asynchronous callback function. All B<SSL>
objects generated based on this B<SSL_CTX> will get this callback. If a
provider supports the callback mechanism, it will be automatically called if
B<SSL_MODE_ASYNC> has been set and the provider completes a cryptography
operation to notify the application to resume the paused work flow.
SSL_CTX_set_async_callback_arg() sets the callback argument.
SSL_set_async_callback() allows an application to set a callback in an
asynchronous B<SSL> object, so that when an provider completes a cryptography
operation, the callback will be called to notify the application to resume the
paused work flow.
SSL_set_async_callback_arg() sets an argument for the B<SSL> object when the
above callback is called.
SSL_get_async_status() returns the provider status. This function facilitates
the communication from the provider to the application. During an SSL session,
cryptographic operations are dispatched to a provider. The provider status is
very useful for an application to know if the operation has been successfully
dispatched. If the provider does not support this additional callback method,
B<ASYNC_STATUS_UNSUPPORTED> will be returned. See ASYNC_WAIT_CTX_set_status()
for a description of all of the status values.
An example of the above functions would be the following:
=over 4
=item 1.
Application sets the async callback and callback data on an SSL connection
by calling SSL_set_async_callback().
=item 2.
Application sets B<SSL_MODE_ASYNC> and makes an asynchronous SSL call.
=item 3.
OpenSSL submits the asynchronous request to the provider. If a retry occurs at
this point then the status within the B<ASYNC_WAIT_CTX> would be set and the
async callback function would be called (goto Step 7).
=item 4.
The OpenSSL provider pauses the current job and returns, so that the
application can continue processing other connections.
=item 5.
At a future point in time (probably via a polling mechanism or via an
interrupt) the provider will become aware that the asynchronous request has
finished processing.
=item 6.
The provider will call the application's callback passing the callback data as
a parameter.
=item 7.
The callback function should then run. Note: it is a requirement that the
callback function is small and nonblocking as it will be run in the context of
a polling mechanism or an interrupt.
=item 8.
It is the application's responsibility via the callback function to schedule
recalling the OpenSSL asynchronous function and to continue processing.
=item 9.
The callback function has the option to check the status returned via
SSL_get_async_status() to determine whether a retry happened instead of the
request being submitted, allowing different processing if required.
=back
=head1 RETURN VALUES
SSL_CTX_set_async_callback(), SSL_set_async_callback(),
SSL_CTX_set_async_callback_arg(), SSL_CTX_set_async_callback_arg() and
SSL_get_async_status() return 1 on success or 0 on error.
=head1 SEE ALSO
L<ssl(7)>
=head1 HISTORY
SSL_CTX_set_async_callback(), SSL_CTX_set_async_callback_arg(),
SSL_set_async_callback(), SSL_set_async_callback_arg() and
SSL_get_async_status() were first added to OpenSSL 3.0.
=head1 COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2019-2025 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License"). You may not use
this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy
in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
L<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.
=cut