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authorLars Thorsen <[email protected]>2018-08-23 10:17:12 +0200
committerLars Thorsen <[email protected]>2018-08-23 10:17:12 +0200
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Merge branch 'maint-20' into maint
* maint-20: Updated OTP version Prepare release Updated the engine load functionality Clean up bag index tables Conflicts: OTP_VERSION lib/crypto/c_src/crypto.c lib/crypto/doc/src/notes.xml lib/crypto/vsn.mk lib/mnesia/doc/src/notes.xml lib/mnesia/vsn.mk otp_versions.table
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diff --git a/lib/crypto/doc/src/engine_load.xml b/lib/crypto/doc/src/engine_load.xml
index e5c3f5d561..3d0aa0c32a 100644
--- a/lib/crypto/doc/src/engine_load.xml
+++ b/lib/crypto/doc/src/engine_load.xml
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@
operations. The hardware implementation usually offers improved performance over its
software-based counterpart, which is known as cryptographic acceleration.
</p>
+ <note>
+ <p>The file name requirement on the engine dynamic library can differ between SSL versions.</p>
+ </note>
</section>
<section>
@@ -54,9 +57,6 @@
<code>
1> {ok, Engine} = crypto:engine_load(&lt;&lt;"otp_test_engine">>, [], []).
{ok, #Ref}</code>
- <note>
- <p>The file name requirement on the engine dynamic library can differ between SSL versions.</p>
- </note>
</section>
<section>
@@ -72,9 +72,6 @@
&lt;&lt;"LOAD">>],
[]).
{ok, #Ref}</code>
- <note>
- <p>The dynamic engine is not supported in LibreSSL from version 2.2.1</p>
- </note>
</section>
<section>
@@ -100,6 +97,28 @@ engine_method_pkey_meths, engine_method_pkey_asn1_meths].
</section>
<section>
+ <title>Load with the ensure loaded function</title>
+ <p>
+ This function makes sure the engine is loaded just once and the ID is added to the internal
+ engine list of OpenSSL. The following calls to the function will check if the ID is loaded
+ and then just get a new reference to the engine.
+ </p>
+ <code>
+ 5> {ok, Engine} = crypto:ensure_engine_loaded(&lt;&lt;"MD5">>,
+ &lt;&lt;"/some/path/otp_test_engine.so">>).
+ {ok, #Ref}</code>
+ <p>
+ To unload it use crypto:ensure_engine_unloaded/1 which removes the ID from the internal list
+ before unloading the engine.
+ </p>
+ <code>
+ 6> crypto:ensure_engine_unloaded(&lt;&lt;"MD5">>).
+ ok</code>
+ </section>
+
+
+
+ <section>
<title>List all engines currently loaded</title>
<code>
5> crypto:engine_list().