Need inputs for engine cleanup

[Mahendra SP]

Hi All,
Can you please let me know any inputs on the above query?

Thanks
Mahendra

On Mon, Nov 30, 2020 at 9:19 PM Mahendra SP <mahendra.sp at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> We are using the openssl 1.1.1 version and using the ENGINE implementation
> for some crypto operation. Engine gets loaded dynamically and initialized
> successfully and we are able to use the engine.
> However, we plan to stop using this engine from the application side once
> we are done with it. When we try to stop using the engine, our engine
> references do not get removed.
> We have tried this sequence:
> ENGINE_free();
> ENGINE_finish();
>
> However, ENGINE_remove() seems to remove the engine correctly and we see
> that our engine does not get referred after this remove call.
>
> Can someone please provide a correct way of removing the engine so
> that engine is no longer available for usage ?
>
> Thanks
> Mahendra
>
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