Fix documentation for provider-signature

Fixes #17909.

Reviewed-by: Tomas Mraz <tomas@openssl.org>
Reviewed-by: Richard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org>
Reviewed-by: Paul Dale <pauli@openssl.org>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/17914)

(cherry picked from commit a07a70c76f0150077ce21ee7655d1e38e4411846)

diff --git a/doc/man7/provider-signature.pod b/doc/man7/provider-signature.pod
index 9d4df86fd65d6c2691652c74e3e27d002b3163ae..934c5ae7edeb4099d0fc2964786139cd03848892 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/man7/provider-signature.pod
+++ b/doc/man7/provider-signature.pod
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ provider-signature - The signature library E<lt>-E<gt> provider functions
 
  /* Digest Sign */
  int OSSL_FUNC_signature_digest_sign_init(void *ctx, const char *mdname,
-                                          const char *props, void *provkey,
+                                          void *provkey,
                                           const OSSL_PARAM params[]);
  int OSSL_FUNC_signature_digest_sign_update(void *ctx, const unsigned char *data,
                                      size_t datalen);
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ provider-signature - The signature library E<lt>-E<gt> provider functions
 
  /* Digest Verify */
  int OSSL_FUNC_signature_digest_verify_init(void *ctx, const char *mdname,
-                                            const char *props, void *provkey,
+                                            void *provkey,
                                             const OSSL_PARAM params[]);
  int OSSL_FUNC_signature_digest_verify_update(void *ctx,
                                               const unsigned char *data,
@@ -266,9 +266,7 @@ OSSL_FUNC_signature_set_ctx_md_params().
 The key object should have been
 previously generated, loaded or imported into the provider using the
 key management (OSSL_OP_KEYMGMT) operation (see provider-keymgmt(7)>.
-The name of the digest to be used will be in the I<mdname> parameter. There may
-also be properties to be used in fetching the digest in the I<props> parameter,
-although this may be ignored by providers.
+The name of the digest to be used will be in the I<mdname> parameter.
 
 OSSL_FUNC_signature_digest_sign_update() provides data to be signed in the I<data>
 parameter which should be of length I<datalen>. A previously initialised
@@ -305,9 +303,7 @@ OSSL_FUNC_signature_set_ctx_md_params().
 The key object should have been
 previously generated, loaded or imported into the provider using the
 key management (OSSL_OP_KEYMGMT) operation (see provider-keymgmt(7)>.
-The name of the digest to be used will be in the I<mdname> parameter. There may
-also be properties to be used in fetching the digest in the I<props> parameter,
-although this may be ignored by providers.
+The name of the digest to be used will be in the I<mdname> parameter.
 
 OSSL_FUNC_signature_digest_verify_update() provides data to be verified in the I<data>
 parameter which should be of length I<datalen>. A previously initialised