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what they have stated their preferences to be before.)

-Kyle H

On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 4:59 PM, Old Wolf <[email protected]> wrote:
> In ssl_ciph.c there is  a static STACK called ssl_comp_methods, and it is
> not possible to free the memory allocated to this stack (as far as I can
> tell).
>
> This isn't a big problem for normal applications as all allocated memory is
> freed when the process shuts down. However, I use OpenSSL in a Windows DLL
> which can be unloaded from a process (via the FreeLibrary system call), and
> when this happens, the memory used by ssl_comp_methods is never freed, so my
> DLL causes a slow leak over time if the host application repeatedly loads
> and unloads it.
>
> I have added a function to ssl_ciph.c which calls
> sk_SSL_COMP_free(ssl_comp_methods), and I call this function from my DLL's
> shutdown routine, and there are no more memory leaks reported by either of
> the leak-checking addons I use.
>
> Should I post my changes?
>
> NB. My shutdown code is currently:
>       ERR_remove_state(0);
>       CONF_modules_unload(1);
>       EVP_cleanup();
>       CRYPTO_cleanup_all_ex_data();
>       ERR_free_strings();
>       SSL_COMP_free(); /* new function */
>
> which is possibly slight overkill, but it works and I could not find
> anywhere clear in the OpenSSL documentation talking about exactly which
> cleanup functions need to be called (or what order to call them in).
>
>
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