=pod =head1 NAME SSL_free - free an allocated SSL structure =head1 SYNOPSIS #include void SSL_free(SSL *ssl); =head1 DESCRIPTION SSL_free() decrements the reference count of B, and removes the SSL structure pointed to by B and frees up the allocated memory if the reference count has reached 0. =head1 NOTES SSL_free() also calls the free()ing procedures for indirectly affected items, if applicable: the buffering BIO, the read and write BIOs, cipher lists specially created for this B, the B. Do not explicitly free these indirectly freed up items before or after calling SSL_free(), as trying to free things twice may lead to program failure. The ssl session has reference counts from two users: the SSL object, for which the reference count is removed by SSL_free() and the internal session cache. If the session is considered bad, because L was not called for the connection and L was not used to set the SSL_SENT_SHUTDOWN state, the session will also be removed from the session cache as required by RFC2246. =head1 RETURN VALUES SSL_free() does not provide diagnostic information. L, L, L, L, L =cut