[openssl-dev] [openssl-users] Changing malloc/debug stuff

Viktor Dukhovni openssl-users at dukhovni.org
Thu Dec 17 16:53:10 UTC 2015


On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 09:28:28AM +0000, Salz, Rich wrote:

> I want to change the model so that there are three wrappers around
> malloc/realloc/free, and that the only thing you can do is change that
> wrapper.  This is vastly simpler and easier to understand.  I also
> documented it.  A version can be found at
> https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/450
> 
> I've posted about this before.  But I'm asking again if this kind of change will cause problems for anyone.

Does CRYPTO_mem_leaks(bio_err) continue to work after the change?
It is used in the test-suite and is fairly useful for that.

-- 
	Viktor.


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