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diff --git a/doc/crypto/X509_new.pod b/doc/crypto/X509_new.pod index 8e2ac988c0..d6c365fc49 100644 --- a/doc/crypto/X509_new.pod +++ b/doc/crypto/X509_new.pod @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ =head1 NAME -X509_new, X509_free - X509 certificate ASN1 allocation functions +X509_new, X509_free, X509_up_ref - X509 certificate ASN1 allocation functions =head1 SYNOPSIS @@ -10,16 +10,26 @@ X509_new, X509_free - X509 certificate ASN1 allocation functions X509 *X509_new(void); void X509_free(X509 *a); + void X509_up_ref(X509 *a); =head1 DESCRIPTION The X509 ASN1 allocation routines, allocate and free an X509 structure, which represents an X509 certificate. -X509_new() allocates and initializes a X509 structure. +X509_new() allocates and initializes a X509 structure with reference count +B<1>. -X509_free() frees up the B<X509> structure B<a>. -If B<a> is NULL nothing is done. +X509_free() decrements the reference count of B<X509> structure B<a> and +frees it up if the reference count is zero. If B<a> is NULL nothing is done. + +X509_up_ref() increments the reference count of B<a>. + +=head1 NOTES + +The function X509_up_ref() if useful if a certificate structure is being +used by several different operations each of which will free it up after +use: this avoids the need to duplicate the entire certificate structure. =head1 RETURN VALUES @@ -27,7 +37,7 @@ If the allocation fails, X509_new() returns B<NULL> and sets an error code that can be obtained by L<ERR_get_error(3)>. Otherwise it returns a pointer to the newly allocated structure. -X509_free() returns no value. +X509_free() and X509_up_ref() do not return a value. =head1 SEE ALSO |