session caching was disabled. The get_session_cb() is passed the
B<ssl> connection, the session id of length B<length> at the memory location
B<data>. With the parameter B<copy> the callback can require the
-SSL engine to increment the reference count of the SSL_SESSION object.
+SSL engine to increment the reference count of the SSL_SESSION object,
+Normally the reference count is not incremented and therefore the
+session must not be explicitly freed with
+L<SSL_SESSION_free(3)|SSL_SESSION_free(3)>.
=head1 SEE ALSO
L<ssl(3)|ssl(3)>, L<d2i_SSL_SESSION(3)|d2i_SSL_SESSION(3)>,
L<SSL_CTX_set_session_cache_mode(3)|SSL_CTX_set_session_cache_mode(3)>,
-L<SSL_CTX_flush_sessions(3)|<SSL_CTX_flush_sessions(3)>
+L<SSL_CTX_flush_sessions(3)|<SSL_CTX_flush_sessions(3)>,
+L<SSL_SESSION_free(3)|SSL_SESSION_free(3)>
=cut