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313d40330Schristos=head1 NAME
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513d40330SchristosSSL_free - free an allocated SSL structure
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713d40330Schristos=head1 SYNOPSIS
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913d40330Schristos #include <openssl/ssl.h>
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1113d40330Schristos void SSL_free(SSL *ssl);
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1313d40330Schristos=head1 DESCRIPTION
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1513d40330SchristosSSL_free() decrements the reference count of B<ssl>, and removes the SSL
1613d40330Schristosstructure pointed to by B<ssl> and frees up the allocated memory if the
1713d40330Schristosreference count has reached 0.
1813d40330SchristosIf B<ssl> is NULL nothing is done.
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2013d40330Schristos=head1 NOTES
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2213d40330SchristosSSL_free() also calls the free()ing procedures for indirectly affected items, if
2313d40330Schristosapplicable: the buffering BIO, the read and write BIOs,
2413d40330Schristoscipher lists specially created for this B<ssl>, the B<SSL_SESSION>.
2513d40330SchristosDo not explicitly free these indirectly freed up items before or after
2613d40330Schristoscalling SSL_free(), as trying to free things twice may lead to program
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2913d40330SchristosThe ssl session has reference counts from two users: the SSL object, for
3013d40330Schristoswhich the reference count is removed by SSL_free() and the internal
3113d40330Schristossession cache. If the session is considered bad, because
3213d40330SchristosL<SSL_shutdown(3)> was not called for the connection
3313d40330Schristosand L<SSL_set_shutdown(3)> was not used to set the
3413d40330SchristosSSL_SENT_SHUTDOWN state, the session will also be removed
3513d40330Schristosfrom the session cache as required by RFC2246.
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3713d40330Schristos=head1 RETURN VALUES
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3913d40330SchristosSSL_free() does not provide diagnostic information.
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4113d40330SchristosL<SSL_new(3)>, L<SSL_clear(3)>,
4213d40330SchristosL<SSL_shutdown(3)>, L<SSL_set_shutdown(3)>,
4313d40330SchristosL<ssl(7)>
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4513d40330Schristos=head1 COPYRIGHT
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4713d40330SchristosCopyright 2000-2016 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
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49*b0d17251SchristosLicensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License").  You may not use
5013d40330Schristosthis file except in compliance with the License.  You can obtain a copy
5113d40330Schristosin the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
5213d40330SchristosL<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.
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