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The .Fa ENGINE *engine argument is always ignored and passing .Dv NULL is recommended. .Pp The .Fn EVP_PKEY_CTX_new_id function allocates a public key algorithm context using the algorithm specified by .Fa id . The .Fa ENGINE *engine argument is always ignored and passing .Dv NULL is recommended. It is normally used when no .Vt EVP_PKEY structure is associated with the operations, for example during parameter generation of key generation for some algorithms. The .Fa id argument can be any of the constants that .Xr EVP_PKEY_base_id 3 and .Xr EVP_PKEY_id 3 may return. .Pp .Fn EVP_PKEY_CTX_dup duplicates the context .Fa ctx . .Pp .Fn EVP_PKEY_CTX_free frees up the context .Fa ctx . If .Fa ctx is a .Dv NULL pointer, no action occurs. .Sh RETURN VALUES .Fn EVP_PKEY_CTX_new , .Fn EVP_PKEY_CTX_new_id , and .Fn EVP_PKEY_CTX_dup return either the newly allocated .Vt EVP_PKEY_CTX structure or .Dv NULL if an error occurred. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr EVP_DigestSignInit 3 , .Xr EVP_DigestVerifyInit 3 , .Xr EVP_PKEY_base_id 3 , .Xr EVP_PKEY_check 3 , .Xr EVP_PKEY_CTX_ctrl 3 , .Xr EVP_PKEY_CTX_get_operation 3 , .Xr EVP_PKEY_CTX_hkdf_mode 3 , .Xr EVP_PKEY_decrypt 3 , .Xr EVP_PKEY_derive 3 , .Xr EVP_PKEY_encrypt 3 , .Xr EVP_PKEY_keygen 3 , .Xr EVP_PKEY_meth_set_init 3 , .Xr EVP_PKEY_new 3 , .Xr EVP_PKEY_sign 3 , .Xr EVP_PKEY_verify 3 , .Xr EVP_PKEY_verify_recover 3 , .Xr RSA_pkey_ctx_ctrl 3 , .Xr X25519 3 .Sh HISTORY These functions first appeared in OpenSSL 1.0.0 and have been available since .Ox 4.9 . .Sh CAVEATS The .Vt EVP_PKEY_CTX structure is an opaque public key algorithm context used by the OpenSSL high level public key API. Contexts .Sy MUST NOT be shared between threads. It is not permissible to use the same context simultaneously in two threads.