On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 4:38 AM, Carl Young <carlyo...@keycomm.co.uk> wrote: > ... > I would say that BN_CTX_init() is deprecated and you should be using BN_CTX * > ctx = BN_CTX_new(); Yeah, it works with BN_CTX *. I was hoping to keep out of the memory manager since it seems like a waste when it can be placed on the stack.
> Indeed, https://www.openssl.org/docs/crypto/BN_CTX_new.html says > > BN_CTX_init() (deprecated) initializes an existing uninitialized BN_CTX. This > should not be used for new programs. Use BN_CTX_new() instead. > Odd its still being used in the source code. Jeff > ________________________________________ > From: owner-openssl-us...@openssl.org [owner-openssl-us...@openssl.org] on > behalf of Jeffrey Walton [noloa...@gmail.com] > Sent: 16 January 2014 20:28 > To: OpenSSL Users List > Subject: Declare BN_CTX on stack (not BN_CTX*) > > I'm trying to declare a BN_CTX on the stack (with a subsequent call to > BN_CTX_init) to stay out of the memory manager. > > When I do, I get an error: > > aggregate ‘BN_CTX’ has incomplete type and cannot be defined > > I've included <openssl/bn.h>, so I'm kind of surprised I can't > compile. (<openssl/bn.h> has some typedefs and comments about > definitions in ossl_typ.h). > > Grepping sources: > > $ grep -R BN_CTX_init * > ... > crypto/bn/exp.c: BN_CTX_init(&ctx); > > does not show me anything interesting because it looks like I'm doing > what exp.c is doing: > > BN_CTX ctx; > BIGNUM a,b,c,r,rr,t,l; > ... > > BN_CTX_init(&ctx); > > How do I declare a BN_CTX on the stack? > > Thanks in advance. ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org Automated List Manager majord...@openssl.org
