[FFmpeg-devel] Revert "avformat/tls_openssl: properly get new BIO index"

[Niklas Haas]

On Wed, 30 Jul 2025 19:52:59 +0200 Nicolas George <george at nsup.org> wrote:
> Kacper Michajłow (HE12025-07-30):
> > > Note that BIO_get_new_index() can only be used 127 times before it
> > > returns an error.
> >
> > We cannot call it repeatedly, because it will fail eventually.
> >
> > To my understanding the index is not needed in our use and we could
> > safely use BIO_TYPE_NONE. Documentation states:
> >
> > > type can be set to either BIO_TYPE_NONE or via BIO_get_new_index() if
> > > a unique type is required for searching (See BIO_find_type(3))
> >
> > We don't use any search related functions.
>
> This should never have reached the commit message.

I disagree. Without this important context, the motivation behind the
change is much less clear.

>
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>   Nicolas George
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