1OPENSSL_LH_COMPFUNC(3)              OpenSSL             OPENSSL_LH_COMPFUNC(3)
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NAME

6       LHASH, DECLARE_LHASH_OF, OPENSSL_LH_COMPFUNC, OPENSSL_LH_HASHFUNC,
7       OPENSSL_LH_DOALL_FUNC, LHASH_DOALL_ARG_FN_TYPE,
8       IMPLEMENT_LHASH_HASH_FN, IMPLEMENT_LHASH_COMP_FN, lh_TYPE_new,
9       lh_TYPE_free, lh_TYPE_insert, lh_TYPE_delete, lh_TYPE_retrieve,
10       lh_TYPE_doall, lh_TYPE_doall_arg, lh_TYPE_error - dynamic hash table
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SYNOPSIS

13        #include <openssl/lhash.h>
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15        DECLARE_LHASH_OF(TYPE);
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17        LHASH *lh_TYPE_new(OPENSSL_LH_HASHFUNC hash, OPENSSL_LH_COMPFUNC compare);
18        void lh_TYPE_free(LHASH_OF(TYPE) *table);
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20        TYPE *lh_TYPE_insert(LHASH_OF(TYPE) *table, TYPE *data);
21        TYPE *lh_TYPE_delete(LHASH_OF(TYPE) *table, TYPE *data);
22        TYPE *lh_retrieve(LHASH_OF(TYPE) *table, TYPE *data);
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24        void lh_TYPE_doall(LHASH_OF(TYPE) *table, OPENSSL_LH_DOALL_FUNC func);
25        void lh_TYPE_doall_arg(LHASH_OF(TYPE) *table, OPENSSL_LH_DOALL_FUNCARG func,
26                               TYPE *arg);
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28        int lh_TYPE_error(LHASH_OF(TYPE) *table);
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30        typedef int (*OPENSSL_LH_COMPFUNC)(const void *, const void *);
31        typedef unsigned long (*OPENSSL_LH_HASHFUNC)(const void *);
32        typedef void (*OPENSSL_LH_DOALL_FUNC)(const void *);
33        typedef void (*LHASH_DOALL_ARG_FN_TYPE)(const void *, const void *);
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DESCRIPTION

36       This library implements type-checked dynamic hash tables. The hash
37       table entries can be arbitrary structures. Usually they consist of key
38       and value fields.  In the description here, TYPE is used a placeholder
39       for any of the OpenSSL datatypes, such as SSL_SESSION.
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41       lh_TYPE_new() creates a new LHASH_OF(TYPE) structure to store arbitrary
42       data entries, and specifies the 'hash' and 'compare' callbacks to be
43       used in organising the table's entries.  The hash callback takes a
44       pointer to a table entry as its argument and returns an unsigned long
45       hash value for its key field.  The hash value is normally truncated to
46       a power of 2, so make sure that your hash function returns well mixed
47       low order bits.  The compare callback takes two arguments (pointers to
48       two hash table entries), and returns 0 if their keys are equal, nonzero
49       otherwise.
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51       If your hash table will contain items of some particular type and the
52       hash and compare callbacks hash/compare these types, then the
53       IMPLEMENT_LHASH_HASH_FN and IMPLEMENT_LHASH_COMP_FN macros can be used
54       to create callback wrappers of the prototypes required by lh_TYPE_new()
55       as shown in this example:
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57        /*
58         * Implement the hash and compare functions; "stuff" can be any word.
59         */
60        static unsigned long stuff_hash(const TYPE *a)
61        {
62            ...
63        }
64        static int stuff_cmp(const TYPE *a, const TYPE *b)
65        {
66            ...
67        }
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69        /*
70         * Implement the wrapper functions.
71         */
72        static IMPLEMENT_LHASH_HASH_FN(stuff, TYPE)
73        static IMPLEMENT_LHASH_COMP_FN(stuff, TYPE)
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75       If the type is going to be used in several places, the following macros
76       can be used in a common header file to declare the function wrappers:
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78        DECLARE_LHASH_HASH_FN(stuff, TYPE)
79        DECLARE_LHASH_COMP_FN(stuff, TYPE)
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81       Then a hash table of TYPE objects can be created using this:
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83        LHASH_OF(TYPE) *htable;
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85        htable = lh_TYPE_new(LHASH_HASH_FN(stuff), LHASH_COMP_FN(stuff));
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87       lh_TYPE_free() frees the LHASH_OF(TYPE) structure table. Allocated hash
88       table entries will not be freed; consider using lh_TYPE_doall() to
89       deallocate any remaining entries in the hash table (see below).
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91       lh_TYPE_insert() inserts the structure pointed to by data into table.
92       If there already is an entry with the same key, the old value is
93       replaced. Note that lh_TYPE_insert() stores pointers, the data are not
94       copied.
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96       lh_TYPE_delete() deletes an entry from table.
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98       lh_TYPE_retrieve() looks up an entry in table. Normally, data is a
99       structure with the key field(s) set; the function will return a pointer
100       to a fully populated structure.
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102       lh_TYPE_doall() will, for every entry in the hash table, call func with
103       the data item as its parameter.  For example:
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105        /* Cleans up resources belonging to 'a' (this is implemented elsewhere) */
106        void TYPE_cleanup_doall(TYPE *a);
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108        /* Implement a prototype-compatible wrapper for "TYPE_cleanup" */
109        IMPLEMENT_LHASH_DOALL_FN(TYPE_cleanup, TYPE)
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111        /* Call "TYPE_cleanup" against all items in a hash table. */
112        lh_TYPE_doall(hashtable, LHASH_DOALL_FN(TYPE_cleanup));
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114        /* Then the hash table itself can be deallocated */
115        lh_TYPE_free(hashtable);
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117       When doing this, be careful if you delete entries from the hash table
118       in your callbacks: the table may decrease in size, moving the item that
119       you are currently on down lower in the hash table - this could cause
120       some entries to be skipped during the iteration.  The second best
121       solution to this problem is to set hash->down_load=0 before you start
122       (which will stop the hash table ever decreasing in size).  The best
123       solution is probably to avoid deleting items from the hash table inside
124       a "doall" callback!
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126       lh_TYPE_doall_arg() is the same as lh_TYPE_doall() except that func
127       will be called with arg as the second argument and func should be of
128       type LHASH_DOALL_ARG_FN_TYPE (a callback prototype that is passed both
129       the table entry and an extra argument).  As with lh_doall(), you can
130       instead choose to declare your callback with a prototype matching the
131       types you are dealing with and use the declare/implement macros to
132       create compatible wrappers that cast variables before calling your
133       type-specific callbacks.  An example of this is demonstrated here
134       (printing all hash table entries to a BIO that is provided by the
135       caller):
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137        /* Prints item 'a' to 'output_bio' (this is implemented elsewhere) */
138        void TYPE_print_doall_arg(const TYPE *a, BIO *output_bio);
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140        /* Implement a prototype-compatible wrapper for "TYPE_print" */
141        static IMPLEMENT_LHASH_DOALL_ARG_FN(TYPE, const TYPE, BIO)
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143        /* Print out the entire hashtable to a particular BIO */
144        lh_TYPE_doall_arg(hashtable, LHASH_DOALL_ARG_FN(TYPE_print), BIO,
145                          logging_bio);
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147       lh_TYPE_error() can be used to determine if an error occurred in the
148       last operation.
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RETURN VALUES

151       lh_TYPE_new() returns NULL on error, otherwise a pointer to the new
152       LHASH structure.
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154       When a hash table entry is replaced, lh_TYPE_insert() returns the value
155       being replaced. NULL is returned on normal operation and on error.
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157       lh_TYPE_delete() returns the entry being deleted.  NULL is returned if
158       there is no such value in the hash table.
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160       lh_TYPE_retrieve() returns the hash table entry if it has been found,
161       NULL otherwise.
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163       lh_TYPE_error() returns 1 if an error occurred in the last operation, 0
164       otherwise. It's meaningful only after non-retrieve operations.
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166       lh_TYPE_free(), lh_TYPE_doall() and lh_TYPE_doall_arg() return no
167       values.
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NOTE

170       The LHASH code is not thread safe. All updating operations, as well as
171       lh_TYPE_error call must be performed under a write lock. All retrieve
172       operations should be performed under a read lock, unless accurate usage
173       statistics are desired. In which case, a write lock should be used for
174       retrieve operations as well. For output of the usage statistics, using
175       the functions from OPENSSL_LH_stats(3), a read lock suffices.
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177       The LHASH code regards table entries as constant data.  As such, it
178       internally represents lh_insert()'d items with a "const void *" pointer
179       type.  This is why callbacks such as those used by lh_doall() and
180       lh_doall_arg() declare their prototypes with "const", even for the
181       parameters that pass back the table items' data pointers - for
182       consistency, user-provided data is "const" at all times as far as the
183       LHASH code is concerned.  However, as callers are themselves providing
184       these pointers, they can choose whether they too should be treating all
185       such parameters as constant.
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187       As an example, a hash table may be maintained by code that, for reasons
188       of encapsulation, has only "const" access to the data being indexed in
189       the hash table (i.e. it is returned as "const" from elsewhere in their
190       code) - in this case the LHASH prototypes are appropriate as-is.
191       Conversely, if the caller is responsible for the life-time of the data
192       in question, then they may well wish to make modifications to table
193       item passed back in the lh_doall() or lh_doall_arg() callbacks (see the
194       "TYPE_cleanup" example above).  If so, the caller can either cast the
195       "const" away (if they're providing the raw callbacks themselves) or use
196       the macros to declare/implement the wrapper functions without "const"
197       types.
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199       Callers that only have "const" access to data they're indexing in a
200       table, yet declare callbacks without constant types (or cast the
201       "const" away themselves), are therefore creating their own risks/bugs
202       without being encouraged to do so by the API.  On a related note, those
203       auditing code should pay special attention to any instances of
204       DECLARE/IMPLEMENT_LHASH_DOALL_[ARG_]_FN macros that provide types
205       without any "const" qualifiers.
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BUGS

208       lh_TYPE_insert() returns NULL both for success and error.
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SEE ALSO

211       OPENSSL_LH_stats(3)
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HISTORY

214       In OpenSSL 1.0.0, the lhash interface was revamped for better type
215       checking.
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218       Copyright 2000-2020 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
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220       Licensed under the OpenSSL license (the "License").  You may not use
221       this file except in compliance with the License.  You can obtain a copy
222       in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
223       <https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.
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