OPENSSL-CORE_DISPATCH.H(7SSL)

✨ NAME ✨

openssl/core_dispatch.h — the OpenSSL provider dispatch numbers and function types, aka the little number-cards that make providers go 💅 (this whole page lives in section 7SSL, bestie)

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

#include <openssl/core_dispatch.h>

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Okay so, the <openssl/core_dispatch.h> header is the girlboss that defines all the operation numbers, dispatch numbers and provider interface function types that are currently available. She's the whole roster, no cap. 👑

The operation and dispatch numbers get represented with macros, and they're named like this:

• operation numbers — these macros are giving "OSSL_OP_opname". Simple, iconic, on brand. 🌸
• dispatch numbers — these macros are giving "OSSL_FUNC_opname_funcname", where "opname" is literally the same as in the macro for the operation this function belongs to. Matching sets bestie, we love consistency. 💅

And with every single dispatch number, there is an associated function type. Every. Single. One. They don't do things halfway. 🫶

For further information, please see the provider(7)

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• provider(7)

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🌈 HISTORY 🌈

The types and macros described here first showed up in OpenSSL 3.0 — so they're not ancient relics, they're the new-era main characters. ⭐

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🎀 COPYRIGHT 🎀

Copyright 2020-2026 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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fr fr bestie, you just read the whole thing. no skipping, no skimming, ate and left no crumbs 🍓

That's the vibe check complete — this was 4.0.3, dated 2026-09-29, from the OPENSSL-CORE_DISPATCH.H(7SSL) era. bye pookie, go dispatch something 💜✨