NAME
OPENSSL_init_crypto —
initialise the crypto
library
SYNOPSIS
#include
<openssl/crypto.h>
int
OPENSSL_init_crypto(uint64_t
options, const void *dummy);
DESCRIPTION
IfOPENSSL_init_crypto()
is called before any other crypto or ssl functions, the crypto library is
initialised by allocating various internal resources.
The following options are supported:
OPENSSL_INIT_LOAD_CONFIG- At the end of the initialization, call
OPENSSL_config(3) with a
NULLargument, loading the default configuration file. OPENSSL_INIT_NO_LOAD_CONFIG- Ignore any later calls to OPENSSL_config(3).
The other options flags defined by OpenSSL are all ignored by LibreSSL. The dummy argument has no effect.
Calling this function is almost never useful because it is internally called with an options argument of 0 by those functions in the crypto and ssl libraries that require it. It is safest to assume that any function may do so.
If this function is called more than once, none of the calls except the first one have any effect.
RETURN VALUES
OPENSSL_init_crypto() is intended to
return 1 on success or 0 on error.
SEE ALSO
CONF_modules_load_file(3), OPENSSL_config(3), OPENSSL_init_ssl(3), OPENSSL_load_builtin_modules(3), openssl.cnf(5)
HISTORY
OPENSSL_init_crypto() first appeared in
OpenSSL 1.1.0 and has been available since OpenBSD
6.3.
BUGS
OPENSSL_init_crypto() silently ignores
almost all kinds of errors. In particular, if memory allocation fails,
initialisation is likely to remain incomplete, the library may be in an
inconsistent internal state, but the return value will usually indicate
success anyway. There is no way for the application program to find out
whether library initialisation is actually complete, nor to get back to a
consistent state if it isn't.