NAME

       OPENSSL_fork_prepare, OPENSSL_fork_parent, OPENSSL_fork_child - OpenSSL fork handlers

SYNOPSIS

        #include <openssl/crypto.h>

        void OPENSSL_fork_prepare(void);
        void OPENSSL_fork_parent(void);
        void OPENSSL_fork_child(void);

DESCRIPTION

       OpenSSL has state that should be reset when a process forks. For example, the entropy pool
       used to generate random numbers (and therefore encryption keys) should not be shared
       across multiple programs.  The OPENSSL_fork_prepare(), OPENSSL_fork_parent(), and
       OPENSSL_fork_child() functions are used to reset this internal state.

       Platforms without fork(2) will probably not need to use these functions.  Platforms with
       fork(2) but without pthreads_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
       pthreads_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().

RETURN VALUES

       OPENSSL_fork_prepare(), OPENSSL_fork_parent() and OPENSSL_fork_child() do not return
       values.

SEE ALSO

       OPENSSL_init_crypto(3)

HISTORY

       These functions were added in OpenSSL 1.1.1.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright 2017-2018 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.

       Licensed under the OpenSSL license (the "License").  You may not use this file except in
       compliance with the License.  You can obtain a copy in the file LICENSE in the source
       distribution or at <https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.