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Update documentation of BN_generate_prime_ex

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Reviewed-by: Tomas Mraz <tmraz@fedoraproject.org>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/9387)
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Bernd Edlinger 2019-07-10 21:33:48 +02:00
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@ -52,7 +52,9 @@ Deprecated:
BN_generate_prime_ex() generates a pseudo-random prime number of
at least bit length B<bits>. The returned number is probably prime
with a negligible error.
with a negligible error. If B<add> is B<NULL> the returned prime
number will have exact bit length B<bits> with the top most two
bits set.
If B<ret> is not B<NULL>, it will be used to store the number.
@ -89,7 +91,9 @@ If B<add> is not B<NULL>, the prime will fulfill the condition p % B<add>
generator.
If B<safe> is true, it will be a safe prime (i.e. a prime p so
that (p-1)/2 is also prime).
that (p-1)/2 is also prime). If B<safe> is true, and B<rem> == B<NULL>
the condition will be p % B<add> == 3.
It is recommended that B<add> is a multiple of 4.
The random generator must be seeded prior to calling BN_generate_prime_ex().
If the automatic seeding or reseeding of the OpenSSL CSPRNG fails due to