Imported Upstream version 7.44.0

[platform/upstream/curl.git] / docs / libcurl / curl_global_init_mem.3

diff --git a/docs/libcurl/curl_global_init_mem.3 b/docs/libcurl/curl_global_init_mem.3
index 9cddef7..a21e63d 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/libcurl/curl_global_init_mem.3
+++ b/docs/libcurl/curl_global_init_mem.3
@@ -36,9 +36,10 @@ This function works exactly as \fIcurl_global_init(3)\fP with one addition: it
 allows the application to set callbacks to replace the otherwise used internal
 memory functions.
 
-This man page only adds documentation for the callbacks, see the
-\fIcurl_global_init(3)\fP man page for all the rest. When you use this
-function, all callback arguments must be set to valid function pointers.
+When you use this function, all callback arguments must be set to valid
+function pointers. \fBIf you are using libcurl from multiple threads or with
+the threaded resolver (the default in Windows) the callback replacement
+functions must be thread safe.\fP
 
 The prototypes for the given callbacks should match these:
 .IP "void *malloc_callback(size_t size);"
@@ -51,6 +52,9 @@ To replace realloc()
 To replace strdup()
 .IP "void *calloc_callback(size_t nmemb, size_t size);"
 To replace calloc()
+.RE
+This function is otherwise the same as \fIcurl_global_init(3)\fP, please refer
+to that man page for documentation.
 .SH "CAUTION"
 Manipulating these gives considerable powers to the application to severely
 screw things up for libcurl. Take care!