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[openssl.git] / doc / crypto / threads.pod

diff --git a/doc/crypto/threads.pod b/doc/crypto/threads.pod
index 7fa18aa443c453e32f033046dbc8a9f697fad0b2..afa45cd76cdaea221fae73bce0e09ea89b7c8554 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/crypto/threads.pod
+++ b/doc/crypto/threads.pod
@@ -53,8 +53,10 @@ OpenSSL can safely be used in multi-threaded applications provided
 that at least two callback functions are set.
 
 locking_function(int mode, int n, const char *file, int line) is
-needed to perform locking on shared data stuctures. Multi-threaded
-applications will crash at random if it is not set.
+needed to perform locking on shared data structures. 
+(Note that OpenSSL uses a number of global data structures that
+will be implicitly shared whenever multiple threads use OpenSSL.)
+Multi-threaded applications will crash at random if it is not set.
 
 locking_function() must be able to handle up to CRYPTO_num_locks()
 different mutex locks. It sets the B<n>-th lock if B<mode> &
@@ -89,7 +91,7 @@ dyn_create_function(const char *file, int line) is needed to create a
 lock.  Multi-threaded applications might crash at random if it is not set.
 
 dyn_lock_function(int mode, CRYPTO_dynlock *l, const char *file, int line)
-is needed to perform locking off dynamic lock nunmbered n. Multi-threaded
+is needed to perform locking off dynamic lock numbered n. Multi-threaded
 applications might crash at random if it is not set.
 
 dyn_destroy_function(CRYPTO_dynlock *l, const char *file, int line) is