in size over time they are harmless.
These internal tables can be freed up when an application closes using various
-functions. Currently these include: EVP_cleanup(), ERR_remove_state(),
-ERR_free_strings(), ENGINE_cleanup(), CONF_modules_unload() and
-CRYPTO_cleanup_all_ex_data().
+functions. Currently these include following:
+
+Thread-local cleanup functions:
+
+ ERR_remove_state()
+
+Application-global cleanup functions that are aware of usage (and therefore
+thread-safe):
+
+ ENGINE_cleanup() and CONF_modules_unload()
+
+"Brutal" (thread-unsafe) Application-global cleanup functions:
+
+ ERR_free_strings(), EVP_cleanup() and CRYPTO_cleanup_all_ex_data().
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