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Diffstat (limited to 'doc/crypto/buffer.pod')
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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/doc/crypto/buffer.pod b/doc/crypto/buffer.pod index 9d6de53e8e..52c5c841eb 100644 --- a/doc/crypto/buffer.pod +++ b/doc/crypto/buffer.pod @@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ standard C library equivalents size_t BUF_strlcat(char *dst, const char *src, size_t size); + size_t BUF_strnlen(const char *str, size_t maxlen); + =head1 DESCRIPTION The buffer library handles simple character arrays. Buffers are used for @@ -42,11 +44,11 @@ BUF_MEM_grow() changes the size of an already existing buffer to B<len>. Any data already in the buffer is preserved if it increases in size. -BUF_strdup(), BUF_strndup(), BUF_memdup(), BUF_strlcpy() and -BUF_strlcat() are equivalents of the standard C library functions. The -dup() functions use OPENSSL_malloc() underneath and so should be used -in preference to the standard library for memory leak checking or -replacing the malloc() function. +BUF_strdup(), BUF_strndup(), BUF_memdup(), BUF_strlcpy(), +BUF_strlcat() and BUF_strnlen are equivalents of the standard C +library functions. The dup() functions use OPENSSL_malloc() underneath +and so should be used in preference to the standard library for memory +leak checking or replacing the malloc() function. Memory allocated from these functions should be freed up using the OPENSSL_free() function. |