From 8377a886857396854069fb7a8309baeb77f144c2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthias Clasen Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 12:03:36 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] GHmac: pedantic doc fixes Add a link to an explanation of what HMAC is, and tweak some formatting. --- glib/ghmac.c | 44 +++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------- 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-) diff --git a/glib/ghmac.c b/glib/ghmac.c index 617a5b2..f12274b 100644 --- a/glib/ghmac.c +++ b/glib/ghmac.c @@ -40,15 +40,17 @@ * @title: Secure HMAC Digests * @short_description: Computes the HMAC for data * - * HMACs should be used when producing a cookie or hash based on data and a key. - * Simple mechanisms for using SHA1 and other algorithms to digest a key and - * data together are vulnerable to various security issues. HMAC uses algorithms - * like SHA1 in a secure way to produce a digest of a key and data. + * HMACs should be used when producing a cookie or hash based on data + * and a key. Simple mechanisms for using SHA1 and other algorithms to + * digest a key and data together are vulnerable to various security + * issues. HMAC + * uses algorithms like SHA1 in a secure way to produce a digest of a + * key and data. * * Both the key and data are arbitrary byte arrays of bytes or characters. * - * Support for HMAC Digests has been added in GLib 2.30 - **/ + * Support for HMAC Digests has been added in GLib 2.30. + */ struct _GHmac { @@ -180,9 +182,10 @@ g_hmac_copy (const GHmac *hmac) /** * g_hmac_ref: - * @hmac: a valid #GHmac. + * @hmac: a valid #GHmac * * Atomically increments the reference count of @hmac by one. + * * This function is MT-safe and may be called from any thread. * * Return value: the passed in #GHmac. @@ -204,6 +207,7 @@ g_hmac_ref (GHmac *hmac) * @hmac: a #GHmac * * Atomically decrements the reference count of @hmac by one. + * * If the reference count drops to 0, all keys and values will be * destroyed, and all memory allocated by the hash table is released. * This function is MT-safe and may be called from any thread. @@ -228,11 +232,12 @@ g_hmac_unref (GHmac *hmac) * g_hmac_update: * @hmac: a #GHmac * @data: (array length=length): buffer used to compute the checksum - * @length: size of the buffer, or -1 if it is a null-terminated string. + * @length: size of the buffer, or -1 if it is a nul-terminated string + * + * Feeds @data into an existing #GHmac. * - * Feeds @data into an existing #GHmac. The HMAC must still be - * open, that is g_hmac_get_string() or g_hmac_get_digest() must - * not have been called on @hmac. + * The HMAC must still be open, that is g_hmac_get_string() or + * g_hmac_get_digest() must not have been called on @hmac. * * Since: 2.30 */ @@ -283,8 +288,8 @@ g_hmac_get_string (GHmac *hmac) * g_checksum_get_digest: * @hmac: a #GHmac * @buffer: output buffer - * @digest_len: an inout parameter. The caller initializes it to the size of @buffer. - * After the call it contains the length of the digest. + * @digest_len: an inout parameter. The caller initializes it to the + * size of @buffer. After the call it contains the length of the digest * * Gets the digest from @checksum as a raw binary array and places it * into @buffer. The size of the digest depends on the type of checksum. @@ -295,9 +300,9 @@ g_hmac_get_string (GHmac *hmac) * Since: 2.30 */ void -g_hmac_get_digest (GHmac *hmac, - guint8 *buffer, - gsize *digest_len) +g_hmac_get_digest (GHmac *hmac, + guint8 *buffer, + gsize *digest_len) { gsize len; @@ -360,14 +365,15 @@ g_compute_hmac_for_data (GChecksumType digest_type, * @key: (array length=key_len): the key to use in the HMAC * @key_len: the length of the key * @str: the string to compute the HMAC for - * @length: the length of the string, or -1 if the string is null-terminated. + * @length: the length of the string, or -1 if the string is nul-terminated * * Computes the HMAC for a string. * * The hexadecimal string returned will be in lower case. * - * Return value: the HMAC as a hexadecimal string. The returned string - * should be freed with g_free() when done using it. + * Return value: the HMAC as a hexadecimal string. + * The returned string should be freed with g_free() + * when done using it. * * Since: 2.30 */ -- 2.7.4