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diff --git a/doc/man3/OPENSSL_malloc.pod b/doc/man3/OPENSSL_malloc.pod index 99a76e000d..7dc6468f0e 100644 --- a/doc/man3/OPENSSL_malloc.pod +++ b/doc/man3/OPENSSL_malloc.pod @@ -149,12 +149,12 @@ other allocations (until the program exits or crashes) have a 25% chance of failing. If the variable B<OPENSSL_MALLOC_FD> is parsed as a positive integer, then -it is taken as an open file descriptor, and a record of all allocations is -written to that descriptor. If an allocation will fail, and the platform -supports it, then a backtrace will be written to the descriptor. This can -be useful because a malloc may fail but not be checked, and problems will -only occur later. The following example in classic shell syntax shows how -to use this (will not work on all platforms): +it is taken as an open file descriptor. This is used in conjunction with +B<OPENSSL_MALLOC_FAILURES> described above. For every allocation it will log +details about how many allocations there have been so far, what percentage +chance there is for this allocation failing, and whether it has actually failed. +The following example in classic shell syntax shows how to use this (will not +work on all platforms): OPENSSL_MALLOC_FAILURES='200;@10' export OPENSSL_MALLOC_FAILURES @@ -179,10 +179,11 @@ CRYPTO_set_mem_functions() returns 1 on success or 0 on failure (almost always because allocations have already happened). CRYPTO_mem_leaks(), CRYPTO_mem_leaks_fp(), CRYPTO_mem_leaks_cb(), -CRYPTO_set_mem_debug(), and CRYPTO_mem_ctrl() are deprecated and return -1. +CRYPTO_set_mem_debug(), and CRYPTO_mem_ctrl() are deprecated and are no-ops that +always return -1. OPENSSL_mem_debug_push(), OPENSSL_mem_debug_pop(), CRYPTO_mem_debug_push(), and CRYPTO_mem_debug_pop() -are deprecated and return 0. +are deprecated and are no-ops that always return 0. =head1 HISTORY |