Commit 2928b29b authored by Bernd Edlinger's avatar Bernd Edlinger
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Document OPENSSL_secure_clear_free

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@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
CRYPTO_secure_malloc_init, CRYPTO_secure_malloc_initialized,
CRYPTO_secure_malloc_done, OPENSSL_secure_malloc, CRYPTO_secure_malloc,
OPENSSL_secure_zalloc, CRYPTO_secure_zalloc, OPENSSL_secure_free,
CRYPTO_secure_free, OPENSSL_secure_actual_size,
CRYPTO_secure_free, OPENSSL_secure_clear_free,
CRYPTO_secure_clear_free, OPENSSL_secure_actual_size,
CRYPTO_secure_used - secure heap storage

=head1 SYNOPSIS
@@ -27,6 +28,9 @@ CRYPTO_secure_used - secure heap storage
 void OPENSSL_secure_free(void* ptr);
 void CRYPTO_secure_free(void *ptr, const char *, int);

 void OPENSSL_secure_clear_free(void* ptr, size_t num);
 void CRYPTO_secure_clear_free(void *ptr, size_t num, const char *, int);

 size_t OPENSSL_secure_actual_size(const void *ptr);

 size_t CRYPTO_secure_used();
@@ -76,6 +80,12 @@ It exists for consistency with OPENSSL_secure_malloc() , and
is a macro that expands to CRYPTO_secure_free() and adds the C<__FILE__>
and C<__LINE__> parameters..

OPENSSL_secure_clear_free() is similar to OPENSSL_secure_free() except
that it has an additional C<num> parameter which is used to clear
the memory if it was not allocated from the secure heap.
If CRYPTO_secure_malloc_init() is not called, this is equivalent to
calling OPENSSL_clear_free().

OPENSSL_secure_actual_size() tells the actual size allocated to the
pointer; implementations may allocate more space than initially
requested, in order to "round up" and reduce secure heap fragmentation.
@@ -101,13 +111,17 @@ CRYPTO_secure_allocated() returns 1 if the pointer is in the secure heap, or 0 i

CRYPTO_secure_malloc_done() returns 1 if the secure memory area is released, or 0 if not.

OPENSSL_secure_free() returns no values.
OPENSSL_secure_free() and OPENSSL_secure_clear_free() return no values.

=head1 SEE ALSO

L<OPENSSL_malloc(3)>,
L<BN_new(3)>

=head1 HISTORY

OPENSSL_secure_clear_free() was added in OpenSSL 1.1.0g.

=head1 COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2015-2016 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.