=pod =head1 NAME SSL_SESSION_new, SSL_SESSION_up_ref, SSL_SESSION_free - create, free and manage SSL_SESSION structures =head1 SYNOPSIS #include SSL_SESSION *SSL_SESSION_new(void); int SSL_SESSION_up_ref(SSL_SESSION *ses); void SSL_SESSION_free(SSL_SESSION *session); =head1 DESCRIPTION SSL_SESSION_new() creates a new SSL_SESSION structure and returns a pointer to it. SSL_SESSION_up_ref() increments the reference count on the given SSL_SESSION structure. SSL_SESSION_free() decrements the reference count of B and removes the B structure pointed to by B and frees up the allocated memory, if the reference count has reached 0. If B is NULL nothing is done. =head1 NOTES SSL_SESSION objects are allocated, when a TLS/SSL handshake operation is successfully completed. Depending on the settings, see L, the SSL_SESSION objects are internally referenced by the SSL_CTX and linked into its session cache. SSL objects may be using the SSL_SESSION object; as a session may be reused, several SSL objects may be using one SSL_SESSION object at the same time. It is therefore crucial to keep the reference count (usage information) correct and not delete a SSL_SESSION object that is still used, as this may lead to program failures due to dangling pointers. These failures may also appear delayed, e.g. when an SSL_SESSION object was completely freed as the reference count incorrectly became 0, but it is still referenced in the internal session cache and the cache list is processed during a L operation. SSL_SESSION_free() must only be called for SSL_SESSION objects, for which the reference count was explicitly incremented (e.g. by calling SSL_get1_session(), see L) or when the SSL_SESSION object was generated outside a TLS handshake operation, e.g. by using L. It must not be called on other SSL_SESSION objects, as this would cause incorrect reference counts and therefore program failures. =head1 RETURN VALUES SSL_SESSION_new returns a pointer to the newly allocated SSL_SESSION structure or NULL on error. SSL_SESSION_up_ref returns 1 on success or 0 on error. =head1 SEE ALSO L, L, L, L, L =head1 COPYRIGHT Copyright 2000-2016 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved. Licensed under the OpenSSL license (the "License"). You may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at L. =cut