set/get utilities are not available to access variable 'num' of structure bio_st

[Matt Caswell]

On 20/11/2020 13:46, Narayana, Sunil Kumar wrote:
> Hi ,
> 
>                 We are porting our Application from  openssl 1.0.1 to
> openssl 3.0. In related to this activity we require to access the
> variable ‘*num*’ of structure *bio_st. *
> 
> In older versions the variable was accessed to set and get value using
> pointer operator (bi->num ).
> 
> Since this is not allowed in 3.0 we are looking for the Get/Set
> utilities similar to other member*(BIO_set_flags/ BIO_get_flags) *
> 
>  
> 
> Is this not supported in 3.0 ? If yes, Please guide the proper alternatives.

What kind of BIO are you using? Different BIOs may provide different
mechanisms to get hold of this value. For example a number of file
descriptor based BIOs provide BIO_get_fd().

Matt