CRYPTO_num_locks()

doc/crypto/threads.pod

@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ CRYPTO_set_locking_callback, CRYPTO_set_id_callback - OpenSSL thread support
 
  void CRYPTO_set_id_callback(unsigned long (*id_function)(void));
 
+ int CRYPTO_num_locks(void);
+
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
 OpenSSL can safely be used in multi-threaded applications provided
@@ -22,7 +24,7 @@ locking_function(int mode, int type, const char *file, int line) is
 needed to perform locking on shared data stuctures. Multi-threaded
 applications will crash at random if it is not set.
 
-locking_function() must be able to handle up to B<CRYPTO_NUM_LOCKS>
+locking_function() must be able to handle up to CRYPTO_num_locks()
 different mutex locks. It sets the B<n>th lock if B<mode> &
 B<CRYPTO_LOCK>, and releases it otherwise.
 
@@ -33,6 +35,11 @@ id_function(void) is a function that returns a thread ID. It is not
 needed on Windows nor on platforms where getpid() returns a different
 ID for each thread.
 
+=RETURN VALUES
+
+CRYPTO_num_locks() returns the required number of locks.
+The other functions return no values.
+
 =NOTE
 
 You can find out if OpenSSL was configured with thread support:
@@ -54,6 +61,7 @@ Solaris, Irix and Win32.
 
 CRYPTO_set_locking_callback() and CRYPTO_set_id_callback() are
 available in all versions of SSLeay and OpenSSL.
+CRYPTO_num_locks() was added in OpenSSL 0.9.4.
 
 =head1 SEE ALSO