err.pod

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=head1 NAME

err - Error codes

=head1 SYNOPSIS

 #include <openssl/err.h>

 unsigned long ERR_get_error(void);
 unsigned long ERR_peek_error(void);
 unsigned long ERR_get_error_line(const char **file, int *line);
 unsigned long ERR_peek_error_line(const char **file, int *line);
 unsigned long ERR_get_error_line_data(const char **file, int *line,
         const char **data, int *flags);
 unsigned long ERR_peek_error_line_data(const char **file, int *line,
         const char **data, int *flags);

 int ERR_GET_LIB(unsigned long e);
 int ERR_GET_FUNC(unsigned long e);
 int ERR_GET_REASON(unsigned long e);

 void ERR_clear_error(void);

 char *ERR_error_string(unsigned long e, char *buf);
 const char *ERR_lib_error_string(unsigned long e);
 const char *ERR_func_error_string(unsigned long e);
 const char *ERR_reason_error_string(unsigned long e);

 void ERR_print_errors(BIO *bp);
 void ERR_print_errors_fp(FILE *fp);

 void ERR_load_crypto_strings(void);
 void ERR_free_strings(void);

 void ERR_remove_state(unsigned long pid);

 void ERR_put_error(int lib, int func, int reason, const char *file,
         int line);
 void ERR_add_error_data(int num, ...);

 void ERR_load_strings(int lib,ERR_STRING_DATA str[]);
 unsigned long ERR_PACK(int lib, int func, int reason);
 int ERR_get_next_error_library(void);

=head1 DESCRIPTION

When a call to the OpenSSL library fails, this is usually signalled
by the return value, and an error code is stored in an error queue
associated with the current thread. The B<err> library provides
functions to obtain these error codes and textual error messages.

The L<ERR_get_error(3)|ERR_get_error(3)> manpage describes how to
access error codes.

Error codes contain information about where the error occurred, and
what went wrong. L<ERR_GET_LIB(3)|ERR_GET_LIB(3)> describes how to
extract this information. A method to obtain human-readable error
messages is described in L<ERR_error_string(3)|ERR_error_string(3)>.

L<ERR_clear_error(3)|ERR_clear_error(3)> can be used to clear the
error queue.

Note that L<ERR_remove_state(3)|ERR_remove_state(3)> should be used to
avoid memory leaks when threads are terminated.

=head1 ADDING NEW ERROR CODES TO OPENSSL

See L<ERR_put_error(3)> if you want to record error codes in the
OpenSSL error system from within your application.

The remainder of this section is of interest only if you want to add
new functionality to OpenSSL.

=head2 Reporting errors

Each sub-library has a specific macro XXXerr() that is used to report
errors. Its first argument is a function code B<XXX_F_...>, the second
argument is a reason code B<XXX_R_...>. Function codes are derived
from the function names; reason codes consist of textual error
descriptions. For example, the function ssl23_read() reports a
"handshake failure" as follows:

 SSLerr(SSL_F_SSL23_READ, SSL_R_SSL_HANDSHAKE_FAILURE);

When you are using new function or reason codes, run B<make errors>.
The necessary B<#define>s will then automatically be added to the
sub-library's header file.

=head2 Adding new libraries

When adding a new sub-library to OpenSSL, assign it a library number
B<ERR_LIB_XXX>, define a macro XXXerr() (both in B<err.h>), add its
name to B<ERR_str_libraries[]> (in B<crypto/err/err.c>), and add
C<ERR_load_XXX_strings()> to the ERR_load_crypto_strings() function
(in B<crypto/err/err_all.c>). Finally, add an entry

 L	XXX	xxx.h	xxx_err.c

to B<crypto/err/openssl.ec>, and add B<xxx_err.c> to the Makefile.
Running B<make errors> will then generate a file B<xxx_err.c>, and
add all error codes used in the library to B<xxx.h>.

=head1 INTERNALS

The error queues are stored in a hash table with one B<ERR_STATE>
entry for each pid. ERR_get_state() returns the current thread's
B<ERR_STATE>. An B<ERR_STATE> can hold up to B<ERR_NUM_ERRORS> error
codes. When more error codes are added, the old ones are overwritten,
on the assumption that the most recent errors are most important.

Error strings are also stored in hash table. The hash tables can
be obtained by calling ERR_get_err_state_table(void) and
ERR_get_string_table(void) respectively.

=head1 SEE ALSO

L<CRYPTO_set_id_callback(3)|CRYPTO_set_id_callback(3)>,
L<CRYPTO_set_locking_callback(3)|<CRYPTO_set_locking_callback(3)>,
L<ERR_get_error(3)|ERR_get_error(3)>,
L<ERR_GET_LIB(3)|ERR_GET_LIB(3)>,
L<ERR_clear_error(3)|ERR_clear_error(3)>,
L<ERR_error_string(3)|ERR_error_string(3)>,
L<ERR_print_errors(3)|ERR_print_errors(3)>,
L<ERR_load_crypto_strings(3)|ERR_load_crypto_strings(3)>,
L<ERR_remove_state(3)|ERR_remove_state(3)>,
L<ERR_put_error(3)|ERR_put_error(3)>,
L<ERR_load_strings(3)|ERR_load_strings(3)>,
L<SSL_get_error(3)|SSL_get_error(3)>

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