OSSL_SELF_TEST_NEW(3ossl)

💖 OSSL_SELF_TEST_NEW 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the OpenSSL manual, 3ossl edition 🎀 — this one's about the little crew of functions that let you trigger a callback during a self test. it's giving "backstage pass to the self-test show" energy, and if you're writing a provider, this is lowkey your moment. let's get into it 💅

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✨ NAME ✨

OSSL_SELF_TEST_new, OSSL_SELF_TEST_free, OSSL_SELF_TEST_onbegin, OSSL_SELF_TEST_oncorrupt_byte, OSSL_SELF_TEST_onend — functionality to trigger a callback during a self test 🫶

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <openssl/self_test.h>

OSSL_SELF_TEST *OSSL_SELF_TEST_new(OSSL_CALLBACK *cb, void *cbarg);
void OSSL_SELF_TEST_free(OSSL_SELF_TEST *st);

void OSSL_SELF_TEST_onbegin(OSSL_SELF_TEST *st, const char *type,
                            const char *desc);
int OSSL_SELF_TEST_oncorrupt_byte(OSSL_SELF_TEST *st, unsigned char *bytes);
void OSSL_SELF_TEST_onend(OSSL_SELF_TEST *st, int ret);

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so these methods? they're intended for use by provider implementers, to display diagnostic information during self testing. if that's you, hiii, this is your toolbox 💜

• OSSL_SELF_TEST_new() — allocates an opaque OSSL_SELF_TEST object that has a callback and callback argument associated with it. iconic little container, no cap.
• The callback cb may be triggered multiple times by a self test to indicate different phases. she's busy, she's booked, she's got range 💅
• OSSL_SELF_TEST_free() — frees the space allocated by OSSL_SELF_TEST_new(). If the argument is NULL, nothing is done. (very demure, very mindful — no crash, just vibes 🎀)
• OSSL_SELF_TEST_onbegin() — may be inserted at the start of a block of self test code. It can be used for diagnostic purposes. If this method is called the callback cb will receive the following OSSL_PARAM(3) object.
  • "st-phase" (OSSL_PROV_PARAM_SELF_TEST_PHASE) <UTF8 string> — the value is the string "Start" ✨
• OSSL_SELF_TEST_oncorrupt_byte() — may be inserted just after the known answer is calculated, but before the self test compares the result. The first byte in the passed in array of bytes will be corrupted if the callback returns 0, otherwise it leaves the array unaltered. It can be used for failure testing. The type and desc can be used to identify an individual self test to target for failure testing. If this method is called the callback cb will receive the following OSSL_PARAM(3) object.
  • "st-phase" (OSSL_PROV_PARAM_SELF_TEST_PHASE) <UTF8 string> — the value is the string "Corrupt" 💀
• OSSL_SELF_TEST_onend() — may be inserted at the end of a block of self test code just before cleanup to indicate if the test passed or failed. It can be used for diagnostic purposes. If this method is called the callback cb will receive the following OSSL_PARAM(3) object.
  • "st-phase" (OSSL_PROV_PARAM_SELF_TEST_PHASE) <UTF8 string> — the value of the string is "Pass" if ret is non zero, otherwise it has the value "Fail". 🫶

After the callback cb has been called the values that were set by OSSL_SELF_TEST_onbegin() for type and desc are set to the value "None". (she resets herself, we love a clean slate 🌸)

If OSSL_SELF_TEST_onbegin(), OSSL_SELF_TEST_oncorrupt_byte() or OSSL_SELF_TEST_onend() is called the following additional OSSL_PARAM(3) are passed to the callback.

• "st-type" (OSSL_PROV_PARAM_SELF_TEST_TYPE) <UTF8 string> — the value is setup by the type passed to OSSL_SELF_TEST_onbegin(). This allows the callback to identify the type of test being run. 🔥
• "st-desc" (OSSL_PROV_PARAM_SELF_TEST_DESC) <UTF8 string> — the value is setup by the type passed to OSSL_SELF_TEST_onbegin(). This allows the callback to identify the sub category of the test being run. 👑

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🌈 RETURN VALUES 🌈

• OSSL_SELF_TEST_new() returns the allocated OSSL_SELF_TEST object, or NULL if it fails. 😭 (she said "no object today")
• OSSL_SELF_TEST_oncorrupt_byte() returns 1 if corruption occurs, otherwise it returns 0. so like, 1 = she corrupted it, 0 = hands off 🧚

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🍓 EXAMPLES 🍓

a single self test could be set up in the following way:

OSSL_SELF_TEST *st = NULL;
OSSL_CALLBACK *cb;
void *cbarg;
int ok = 0;
unsigned char out[EVP_MAX_MD_SIZE];
unsigned int out_len = 0;
EVP_MD_CTX *ctx = EVP_MD_CTX_new();
EVP_MD *md = EVP_MD_fetch(libctx, t->algorithm, NULL);

/*
 * Retrieve the callback - will be NULL if not set by the application via
 * OSSL_SELF_TEST_set_callback().
 */
OSSL_SELF_TEST_get_callback(libctx, &cb, &cbarg);

st = OSSL_SELF_TEST_new(cb, cb_arg);

/* Trigger the optional callback */
OSSL_SELF_TEST_onbegin(st, OSSL_SELF_TEST_TYPE_KAT_DIGEST,
                       OSSL_SELF_TEST_DESC_MD_SHA2);

if (!EVP_DigestInit_ex(ctx, md, NULL)
    || !EVP_DigestUpdate(ctx, pt, pt_len)
    || !EVP_DigestFinal(ctx, out, &out_len))
    goto err;

/* Optional corruption - If the application callback returns 0 */
OSSL_SELF_TEST_oncorrupt_byte(st, out);

if (out_len != t->expected_len
    || memcmp(out, t->expected, out_len) != 0)
    goto err;
ok = 1;
  err:
OSSL_SELF_TEST_onend(st, ok);
EVP_MD_free(md);
EVP_MD_CTX_free(ctx);

Multiple self test's can be set up in a similar way by repeating the pattern of OSSL_SELF_TEST_onbegin(), OSSL_SELF_TEST_oncorrupt_byte(), OSSL_SELF_TEST_onend() for each test. it's a little ritual, and honestly? obsessed 💅✨

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🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

OSSL_SELF_TEST_set_callback(3), openssl-core.h(7), OSSL_PROVIDER-FIPS(7)

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💜 HISTORY 💜

The functions described here were added in OpenSSL 3.0. so they're not new-new, they're established icons 👑

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🌟 COPYRIGHT 🌟

Copyright 2020-2024 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.

Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License"). You may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at <https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.

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and that's the whole page, bestie 🫶 this was the OSSL_SELF_TEST_NEW(3ossl) manual, version 3.5.9, dated 2026-09-29. go forth and self-test responsibly 💖✨🎀