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diff --git a/doc/man3/X509_LOOKUP_meth_new.pod b/doc/man3/X509_LOOKUP_meth_new.pod index fb165fd6ad9d7..e5f0a098b3fa4 100644 --- a/doc/man3/X509_LOOKUP_meth_new.pod +++ b/doc/man3/X509_LOOKUP_meth_new.pod @@ -150,10 +150,20 @@ the X509_LOOKUP context, the type of the X509_OBJECT being requested, parameters related to the lookup, and an X509_OBJECT that will receive the requested object. -Implementations should use either X509_OBJECT_set1_X509() or -X509_OBJECT_set1_X509_CRL() to set the result. Any method data that was -created as a result of the new_item function set by -X509_LOOKUP_meth_set_new_item() can be accessed with +Implementations must add objects they find to the B<X509_STORE> object +using X509_STORE_add_cert() or X509_STORE_add_crl(). This increments +its reference count. However, the X509_STORE_CTX_get_by_subject() +function also increases the reference count which leads to one too +many references being held. Therefore applications should +additionally call X509_free() or X509_CRL_free() to decrement the +reference count again. + +Implementations should also use either X509_OBJECT_set1_X509() or +X509_OBJECT_set1_X509_CRL() to set the result. Note that this also +increments the result's reference count. + +Any method data that was created as a result of the new_item function +set by X509_LOOKUP_meth_set_new_item() can be accessed with X509_LOOKUP_get_method_data(). The B<X509_STORE> object that owns the X509_LOOKUP may be accessed with X509_LOOKUP_get_store(). Successful lookups should return 1, and unsuccessful lookups should return 0. @@ -179,7 +189,7 @@ The functions described here were added in OpenSSL 1.1.0i. =head1 COPYRIGHT -Copyright 2018 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved. +Copyright 2018-2019 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved. Licensed under the OpenSSL license (the "License"). You may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy |