Build Update for openssl/openssl ------------------------------------- Build: #4378 Status: Errored
Duration: 6 hours, 56 minutes, and 13 seconds Commit: c796e02 (master) Author: Matt Caswell Message: Document the issue with threads and dlopen() If using threads and OpenSSL is loaded via dlopen(), and subsequently closed again via dlclose() *before* the threads are destroyed, then OpenSSL will not free up the per thread resources. We need to document this restriction, and provide some guidance on what to do about it. I did some testing and discovered/verified a few of things (at least this is the behaviour on Linux): - Using OpenSSL via dlopen in a mutli-threaded app does leak memory if threads are destroyed after dlcose() is called. - In a single threaded environment, or if threads are destroyed prior to dlclose() being called, then no memory is leaked - Using the RTLD_NODELETE flag to dlopen solves the above problem - Interestingly the OpenSSL atexit() handler gets called when dlclose() is called rather than at application exit (I was worred that it might crash if there was an atexit() handler for a function that has been unloaded) - RTLD_NODELETE is a non-standard flag - but it does seem to be fairly widely supported. As far as I could determine (via google), at least Linux, Solaris, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, HP-UX all seem to support it. I also tested on Windows (using LoadLibrary instead of dlopen and FreeLibrary instead of dlclose) and experienced similar behaviour, except that (AFAIK) there is no equivalent of RTLD_NODELETE on Windows. GitHub Issue #653 Reviewed-by: Richard Levitte <[email protected]> View the changeset: https://github.com/openssl/openssl/compare/bb9ad09e8ec9...c796e0215209 View the full build log and details: https://travis-ci.org/openssl/openssl/builds/135859911 -- You can configure recipients for build notifications in your .travis.yml file. See https://docs.travis-ci.com/user/notifications
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