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BIO(3)		      DragonFly Library Functions Manual		BIO(3)

NAME

BIO -- I/O abstraction

SYNOPSIS

#include <openssl/bio.h>

DESCRIPTION

A BIO is an I/O abstraction, it hides many of the underlying I/O details from an application. If an application uses a BIO for its I/O, it can transparently handle SSL connections, unencrypted network connections and file I/O. There are two types of BIO, a source/sink BIO and a filter BIO. As its name implies, a source/sink BIO is a source and/or sink of data, examples include a socket BIO and a file BIO. A filter BIO takes data from one BIO and passes it through to another, or to the application. The data may be left unmodified (for example a mes- sage digest BIO) or translated (for example an encryption BIO). The effect of a filter BIO may change according to the I/O operation it is performing: for example an encryption BIO will encrypt data if it is being written to and decrypt data if it is being read from. BIOs can be joined together to form a chain (a single BIO is a chain with one component). A chain normally consist of one source/sink BIO and one or more filter BIOs. Data read from or written to the first BIO then traverses the chain to the end (normally a source/sink BIO).

SEE ALSO

BIO_ctrl(3), BIO_f_base64(3), BIO_f_buffer(3), BIO_f_cipher(3), BIO_f_md(3), BIO_f_null(3), BIO_f_ssl(3), BIO_find_type(3), BIO_new(3), BIO_new_bio_pair(3), BIO_push(3), BIO_read(3), BIO_s_accept(3), BIO_s_bio(3), BIO_s_connect(3), BIO_s_fd(3), BIO_s_file(3), BIO_s_mem(3), BIO_s_null(3), BIO_s_socket(3), BIO_set_callback(3), BIO_should_retry(3) DragonFly 4.7 July 17, 2014 DragonFly 4.7 BIO_s_mem(3) OpenSSL BIO_s_mem(3)

NAME

BIO_s_mem, BIO_set_mem_eof_return, BIO_get_mem_data, BIO_set_mem_buf, BIO_get_mem_ptr, BIO_new_mem_buf - memory BIO

SYNOPSIS

#include <openssl/bio.h> BIO_METHOD * BIO_s_mem(void); BIO_set_mem_eof_return(BIO *b,int v) long BIO_get_mem_data(BIO *b, char **pp) BIO_set_mem_buf(BIO *b,BUF_MEM *bm,int c) BIO_get_mem_ptr(BIO *b,BUF_MEM **pp) BIO *BIO_new_mem_buf(const void *buf, int len);

DESCRIPTION

BIO_s_mem() return the memory BIO method function. A memory BIO is a source/sink BIO which uses memory for its I/O. Data written to a memory BIO is stored in a BUF_MEM structure which is extended as appropriate to accommodate the stored data. Any data written to a memory BIO can be recalled by reading from it. Unless the memory BIO is read only any data read from it is deleted from the BIO. Memory BIOs support BIO_gets() and BIO_puts(). If the BIO_CLOSE flag is set when a memory BIO is freed then the underlying BUF_MEM structure is also freed. Calling BIO_reset() on a read write memory BIO clears any data in it. On a read only BIO it restores the BIO to its original state and the read only data can be read again. BIO_eof() is true if no data is in the BIO. BIO_ctrl_pending() returns the number of bytes currently stored. BIO_set_mem_eof_return() sets the behaviour of memory BIO b when it is empty. If the v is zero then an empty memory BIO will return EOF (that is it will return zero and BIO_should_retry(b) will be false. If v is non zero then it will return v 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 v should be set to a negative value, typically -1. BIO_get_mem_data() sets pp 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 bm and sets the close flag to c, that is c should be either BIO_CLOSE or BIO_NOCLOSE. It is a macro. BIO_get_mem_ptr() places the underlying BUF_MEM structure in pp. It is a macro. BIO_new_mem_buf() creates a memory BIO using len bytes of data at buf, if len is -1 then the buf is assumed to be nul terminated and its length is determined by strlen. The BIO is set to a read only state and as a result cannot be written to. This is useful when some data needs to be made available from a static area of memory in the form of a BIO. The supplied data is read directly from the supplied buffer: it is not copied first, so the supplied area of memory must be unchanged until the BIO is freed.

NOTES

Writes to memory BIOs will always succeed if memory is available: that is their size can grow indefinitely. Every read from a read write memory BIO will remove the data just read with an internal copy operation, if a BIO contains a lot of data and it is read in small chunks the operation can be very slow. The use of a read only memory BIO avoids this problem. If the BIO must be read write then adding a buffering BIO to the chain will speed up the process.

BUGS

There should be an option to set the maximum size of a memory BIO. There should be a way to "rewind" a read write BIO without destroying its contents. The copying operation should not occur after every small read of a large BIO to improve efficiency.

EXAMPLE

Create a memory BIO and write some data to it: BIO *mem = BIO_new(BIO_s_mem()); BIO_puts(mem, "Hello World\n"); Create a read only memory BIO: char data[] = "Hello World"; BIO *mem; mem = BIO_new_mem_buf(data, -1); Extract the BUF_MEM structure from a memory BIO and then free up the BIO: BUF_MEM *bptr; BIO_get_mem_ptr(mem, &bptr); BIO_set_close(mem, BIO_NOCLOSE); /* So BIO_free() leaves BUF_MEM alone */ BIO_free(mem);

SEE ALSO

TBA 1.0.2h 2016-05-03 BIO_s_mem(3)

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