Update the SSL_set_session() documentation

Update the SSL_set_session() documentation to reflect the fact that old
bad sessions are removed from the cache if necessary.

Reviewed-by: Rich Salz <rsalz@openssl.org>

diff --git a/doc/ssl/SSL_set_session.pod b/doc/ssl/SSL_set_session.pod
index 0a8a208a970bee9c971ec24658a565ee4f48a577..1de533f4c5bd9dca4eaebe8d9561a34cd5dfb9ff 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/ssl/SSL_set_session.pod
+++ b/doc/ssl/SSL_set_session.pod
@@ -21,7 +21,11 @@ with the L<SSL_session_reused(3)> call.
 
 If there is already a session set inside B<ssl> (because it was set with
 SSL_set_session() before or because the same B<ssl> was already used for
 
 If there is already a session set inside B<ssl> (because it was set with
 SSL_set_session() before or because the same B<ssl> was already used for

-a connection), SSL_SESSION_free() will be called for that session.
+a connection), SSL_SESSION_free() will be called for that session. If that old
+session is still B<open>, it is considered bad and will be removed from the
+session cache (if used). A session is considered open, if L<SSL_shutdown(3)> was
+not called for the connection (or at least L<SSL_set_shutdown(3)> was used to
+set the SSL_SENT_SHUTDOWN state).

 
 =head1 NOTES
 
 
 =head1 NOTES