NAME¶
gnutls_global_init - API function
SYNOPSIS¶
#include <gnutls/gnutls.h>
int gnutls_global_init( void);
ARGUMENTS¶
- void
DESCRIPTION¶
This function performs any required precalculations, detects the supported CPU
capabilities and initializes the underlying cryptographic backend. In order to
free any resources taken by this call you should
gnutls_global_deinit()
when gnutls usage is no longer needed.
This function increments a global counter, so that
gnutls_global_deinit()
only releases resources when it has been called as many times as
gnutls_global_init(). This is useful when GnuTLS is used by more than
one library in an application. This function can be called many times, but
will only do something the first time.
Since GnuTLS 3.3.0 this function is only required in systems that do not support
library constructors and static linking. This function also became thread
safe.
A subsequent call of this function if the initial has failed will return the
same error code.
RETURNS¶
On success,
GNUTLS_E_SUCCESS (0) is returned, otherwise a negative error
code is returned.
REPORTING BUGS¶
Report bugs to <bugs@gnutls.org>.
Home page:
http://www.gnutls.org
COPYRIGHT¶
Copyright © 2001-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc..
Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, are
permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright notice and this
notice are preserved.
SEE ALSO¶
The full documentation for
gnutls is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If
the /usr/share/doc/gnutls/ directory does not contain the HTML form visit
- http://www.gnutls.org/manual/