#include <openssl/crypto.h> void OPENSSL_fork_prepare(void); void OPENSSL_fork_parent(void); void OPENSSL_fork_child(void);
Platforms without fork(2) will probably not need to use these functions. Platforms with fork(2) but without pthread_atfork(3) will probably need to call them manually, as described in the following paragraph. Platforms such as Linux that have both functions will normally not need to call these functions as the OpenSSL library will do so automatically.
OPENSSL_init_crypto(3) will register these functions with the appropriate handler, when the OPENSSL_INIT_ATFORK flag is used. For other applications, these functions can be called directly. They should be used according to the calling sequence described by the pthread_atfork(3) documentation, which is summarized here. OPENSSL_fork_prepare() should be called before a fork() is done. After the fork() returns, the parent process should call OPENSSL_fork_parent() and the child process should call OPENSSL_fork_child().
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