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Diffstat (limited to 'deps/openssl/openssl/doc/crypto/threads.pod')
| -rw-r--r-- | deps/openssl/openssl/doc/crypto/threads.pod | 8 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/deps/openssl/openssl/doc/crypto/threads.pod b/deps/openssl/openssl/doc/crypto/threads.pod index dc0e9391dc..30c19b815f 100644 --- a/deps/openssl/openssl/doc/crypto/threads.pod +++ b/deps/openssl/openssl/doc/crypto/threads.pod @@ -63,9 +63,13 @@ CRYPTO_destroy_dynlockid, CRYPTO_lock - OpenSSL thread support =head1 DESCRIPTION -OpenSSL can safely be used in multi-threaded applications provided -that at least two callback functions are set, locking_function and +OpenSSL can generally be used safely in multi-threaded applications provided +that at least two callback functions are set, the locking_function and threadid_func. +Note that OpenSSL is not completely thread-safe, and unfortunately not all +global resources have the necessary locks. +Further, the thread-safety does not extend to things like multiple threads +using the same B<SSL> object at the same time. locking_function(int mode, int n, const char *file, int line) is needed to perform locking on shared data structures. |