Should all threads call openssl_thread_stop()?

[Dipak B]

On Wed, Jan 17, 2024, 10:23 PM Dipak B <deepak.redmi2 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thank you! Matt
>
> Regards
>
> On Wed, Jan 17, 2024, 1:55 PM Matt Caswell <matt at openssl.org> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On 17/01/2024 08:17, Dipak B wrote:
>> > Dear OSSL community members,
>> >
>> > When using openssl 3.x as statically linked library, should an
>> > application call OPENSSL_Thread_Stop() even inside non-OpenSSL threads?
>> >
>> > In other words if an application is statically linked to openssl,
>> > should it call openssl_Thread_stop() even for threads which are not all
>> > using openssl in any way?
>> >
>> > I did check code for same but could not conclude.
>>
>> If a thread has not used OpenSSL in any way then there is no need to
>> call OPENSSL_thread_stop().
>>
>> Matt
>>
>

Hi Matt and community members,

Should the application which is statically linked to OpenSSL 3.x, call
OpenSSL_Thread_Stop() for a thread that uses only crypto functionality from
OpenSSL but not ssl ?

Please excuse my ignorance. Could not make out the details in usage of TLS.

Regards.

>
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