NAME

SSL_free − Free an allocated SSL structure

SYNOPSIS

#include <openssl/ssl.h>
void SSL_free(
        SSL ∗ssl );

DESCRIPTION

The SSL_free() function decrements the reference count of ssl, and removes the SSL structure pointed to by ssl and frees up the allocated memory if the the reference count has reached 0. 

NOTES

The SSL_free() function also calls the freeing procedures for indirectly affected items, if applicable: the buffering BIO, the read and write BIOs, cipher lists specially created for this ssl, the SSL_SESSION. Do not explicitly free these indirectly freed up items before or after calling the SSL_free() function.  Trying to free things twice may lead to program failure. 

The ssl session has reference counts from two users: the SSL object, for which the reference count is removed by the SSL_free() function and the internal session cache. If the session is considered bad, because the SSL_shutdown() function was not called for the connection and the SSL_set_shutdown() function was not used to set the SSL_SENT_SHUTDOWN state. The session will also be removed from the session cache as required by RFC2246. 

RETURN VALUES

The SSL_free() function does not provide diagnostic information. 

SEE ALSO

Functions: SSL_new(3), SSL_clear(3), SSL_shutdown(3), SSL_set_shutdown(3), ssl(3)