[openssl] master update
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commit c0e724fcbe3b78f098534fd5b76c1d0393b2a42c
Author: Dr. David von Oheimb <David.von.Oheimb at siemens.com>
Date: Tue Apr 20 08:30:47 2021 +0200
DOC: Clarify EVP_MAC_init() params vs. EVP_MAC_CTX_set_params()
Fixes #14855
Reviewed-by: Tomas Mraz <tomas at openssl.org>
Reviewed-by: Paul Dale <pauli at openssl.org>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/14937)
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Summary of changes:
doc/man3/EVP_MAC.pod | 9 ++++++---
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/man3/EVP_MAC.pod b/doc/man3/EVP_MAC.pod
index 2a8fb5332e..b6b5430a35 100644
--- a/doc/man3/EVP_MAC.pod
+++ b/doc/man3/EVP_MAC.pod
@@ -118,12 +118,15 @@ I<ctx>.
=head2 Computing functions
-EVP_MAC_init() sets up the underlying context with information given
+EVP_MAC_init() sets up the underlying context I<ctx> with information given
via the I<key> and I<params> arguments. The MAC I<key> has a length of
I<keylen> and the parameters in I<params> are processed before setting
-the key. If I<key> is NULL, the key must be set via params either
+the key. If I<key> is NULL, the key must be set via I<params> either
as part of this call or separately using EVP_MAC_CTX_set_params().
-This should be called before calling EVP_MAC_update() and EVP_MAC_final().
+Providing non-NULL I<params> to this function is equivalent to calling
+EVP_MAC_CTX_set_params() with those I<params> for the same I<ctx> beforehand.
+
+EVP_MAC_init() should be called before EVP_MAC_update() and EVP_MAC_final().
EVP_MAC_update() adds I<datalen> bytes from I<data> to the MAC input.
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