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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/crypto/OPENSSL_malloc.pod | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/crypto/OPENSSL_malloc.pod b/doc/crypto/OPENSSL_malloc.pod index 50f09751cf..2104f43108 100644 --- a/doc/crypto/OPENSSL_malloc.pod +++ b/doc/crypto/OPENSSL_malloc.pod @@ -135,8 +135,10 @@ at build-time). This adds some overhead by keeping a list of all memory allocations, and removes items from the list when they are free'd. This is most useful for identifying memory leaks. -CRYPTO_set_mem_debug() turns this tracking on and off. It is normally -called at startup, but can be called at any time. +CRYPTO_set_mem_debug() turns this tracking on and off. In order to have +any effect, is must be called before any of the allocation functions +(e.g., CRYPTO_malloc()) are called, and is therefore normally one of the +first lines of main() in an application. CRYPTO_mem_ctrl() provides fine-grained control of memory leak tracking. To enable tracking call CRYPTO_mem_ctrl() with a B<mode> argument of |