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| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libssl/src/doc/crypto/BUF_MEM_new.pod | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libssl/src/doc/crypto/BUF_MEM_new.pod b/lib/libssl/src/doc/crypto/BUF_MEM_new.pod index a83f46f8968..28057558692 100644 --- a/lib/libssl/src/doc/crypto/BUF_MEM_new.pod +++ b/lib/libssl/src/doc/crypto/BUF_MEM_new.pod @@ -45,10 +45,12 @@ B<len>. Any data already in the buffer is preserved if it increases in size. BUF_strdup() copies a null terminated string into a block of allocated memory -and returns a pointer to the allocated block. +and returns a pointer to the allocated block. Unlike the system strdup() +function, BUF_strdup() will accept a NULL argument and will return NULL in +that case. Its use in new programes is discouraged. The memory allocated from BUF_strdup() should be freed up using the -OPENSSL_free() function. +free() function. =head1 RETURN VALUES |