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51 .Dd $Mdocdate: December 6 2016 $
52 .Dt SSL_SESSION_FREE 3
56 .Nd free an allocated SSL_SESSION structure
60 .Fn SSL_SESSION_free "SSL_SESSION *session"
63 decrements the reference count of
67 structure pointed to by
69 and frees up the allocated memory, if the reference count has reached 0.
74 pointer, no action occurs.
77 objects are allocated when a TLS/SSL handshake operation is successfully
79 Depending on the settings, see
80 .Xr SSL_CTX_set_session_cache_mode 3 ,
83 objects are internally referenced by the
85 and linked into its session cache.
87 objects may be using the
89 object; as a session may be reused, several
91 objects may be using one
93 object at the same time.
94 It is therefore crucial to keep the reference count (usage information) correct
97 object that is still used, as this may lead to program failures due to dangling
99 These failures may also appear delayed, e.g., when an
101 object is completely freed as the reference count incorrectly becomes 0, but it
102 is still referenced in the internal session cache and the cache list is
104 .Xr SSL_CTX_flush_sessions 3
108 must only be called for
110 objects, for which the reference count was explicitly incremented (e.g., by
112 .Xr SSL_get1_session 3 ;
114 .Xr SSL_get_session 3 )
117 object was generated outside a TLS handshake operation, e.g., by using
118 .Xr d2i_SSL_SESSION 3 .
119 It must not be called on other
121 objects, as this would cause incorrect reference counts and therefore program
124 .Xr d2i_SSL_SESSION 3 ,
125 .Xr SSL_CTX_flush_sessions 3 ,
126 .Xr SSL_CTX_set_session_cache_mode 3 ,
127 .Xr SSL_get_session 3 ,
128 .Xr SSL_SESSION_new 3