OPENSSL_MALLOC(3)          Library Functions Manual          OPENSSL_MALLOC(3)

NAME
     OPENSSL_malloc, OPENSSL_realloc, OPENSSL_free, OPENSSL_strdup,
     CRYPTO_malloc, CRYPTO_realloc, CRYPTO_free, CRYPTO_strdup - legacy
     OpenSSL memory allocation wrappers

SYNOPSIS
     #include <openssl/crypto.h>

     void *
     OPENSSL_malloc(size_t num);

     void *
     OPENSSL_realloc(void *addr, size_t num);

     void
     OPENSSL_free(void *addr);

     char *
     OPENSSL_strdup(const char *str);

     void *
     CRYPTO_malloc(size_t num, const char *file, int line);

     void *
     CRYPTO_realloc(void *p, size_t num, const char *file, int line);

     void
     CRYPTO_free(void *str, const char *, int);

     char *
     CRYPTO_strdup(const char *p, const char *file, int line);

DESCRIPTION
     Do not use any of the interfaces documented here in new code.  They are
     provided purely for compatibility with legacy application code.

     All 8 of these functions are wrappers around the corresponding standard
     malloc(3), realloc(3), free(3), and strdup(3) functions.

     The four OPENSSL_*() functions are implemented as macros.

RETURN VALUES
     These functions return the same type and value as the corresponding
     standard functions.

SEE ALSO
     crypto(3)

HISTORY
     CRYPTO_malloc(), CRYPTO_realloc(), and CRYPTO_free() first appeared in
     SSLeay 0.6.4 and have been available since OpenBSD 2.4.

     OPENSSL_malloc(), OPENSSL_realloc(), and OPENSSL_free() first appeared in
     OpenSSL 0.9.6 and have been available since OpenBSD 2.9.

     CRYPTO_strdup() and OPENSSL_strdup() first appeared in OpenSSL 0.9.8j and
     have been available since OpenBSD 4.5.

CAVEATS
     If interoperability with other implementations is required, memory
     returned by the library as bare pointers must be freed with
     OPENSSL_free().

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