+static void network_init_gcrypt (void) /* {{{ */
+{
+ /* http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gcrypt-devel/2003-August/000458.html
+ * Because you can't know in a library whether another library has
+ * already initialized the library */
+ if (gcry_control (GCRYCTL_ANY_INITIALIZATION_P))
+ return;
+
+ /* http://www.gnupg.org/documentation/manuals/gcrypt/Multi_002dThreading.html
+ * To ensure thread-safety, it's important to set GCRYCTL_SET_THREAD_CBS
+ * *before* initalizing Libgcrypt with gcry_check_version(), which itself must
+ * be called before any other gcry_* function. GCRYCTL_ANY_INITIALIZATION_P
+ * above doesn't count, as it doesn't implicitly initalize Libgcrypt.
+ *
+ * tl;dr: keep all these gry_* statements in this exact order please. */
+ gcry_control (GCRYCTL_SET_THREAD_CBS, &gcry_threads_pthread);
+ gcry_check_version (NULL);
+ gcry_control (GCRYCTL_INIT_SECMEM, 32768);
+ gcry_control (GCRYCTL_INITIALIZATION_FINISHED);
+} /* }}} void network_init_gcrypt */
+