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Update CRYPTO_set_mem_debug() doc

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Reviewed-by: Richard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/1842)
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Rich Salz 2016-11-03 13:16:26 -04:00
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@ -135,8 +135,10 @@ at build-time).
This adds some overhead by keeping a list of all memory allocations, and
removes items from the list when they are free'd.
This is most useful for identifying memory leaks.
CRYPTO_set_mem_debug() turns this tracking on and off. It is normally
called at startup, but can be called at any time.
CRYPTO_set_mem_debug() turns this tracking on and off. In order to have
any effect, is must be called before any of the allocation functions
(e.g., CRYPTO_malloc()) are called, and is therefore normally one of the
first lines of main() in an application.
CRYPTO_mem_ctrl() provides fine-grained control of memory leak tracking.
To enable tracking call CRYPTO_mem_ctrl() with a B<mode> argument of