From 725508640117c24150fb18811e477fae4e2e9c85 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: default <nobody@localhost>
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2022 18:40:46 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Backported from xs.

---
 xs_openssl.h | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/xs_openssl.h b/xs_openssl.h
index d31442a..d172444 100644
--- a/xs_openssl.h
+++ b/xs_openssl.h
@@ -185,7 +185,6 @@ d_char *xs_evp_sign(char *secret, char *mem, int size)
     unsigned char *sig;
     unsigned int sig_len;
     EVP_PKEY *pkey;
-
     EVP_MD_CTX *mdctx;
     const EVP_MD *md;
 
@@ -193,6 +192,10 @@ d_char *xs_evp_sign(char *secret, char *mem, int size)
     b = BIO_new_mem_buf(secret, strlen(secret));
     pkey = PEM_read_bio_PrivateKey(b, NULL, NULL, NULL);
 
+    /* I've learnt all these magical incantations by watching
+       the Python module code and the OpenSSL manual pages */
+    /* Well, "learnt" may be an exaggeration */
+
     md = EVP_get_digestbyname("sha256");
 
     mdctx = EVP_MD_CTX_new();
@@ -207,7 +210,6 @@ d_char *xs_evp_sign(char *secret, char *mem, int size)
         signature = xs_base64_enc((char *)sig, sig_len);
 
     EVP_MD_CTX_free(mdctx);
-
     BIO_free(b);
     free(sig);