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1*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery=pod
2*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery
3*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery=head1 NAME
4*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery
5*b077aed3SPierre ProncherySSL_CTX_set_async_callback,
6*b077aed3SPierre ProncherySSL_CTX_set_async_callback_arg,
7*b077aed3SPierre ProncherySSL_set_async_callback,
8*b077aed3SPierre ProncherySSL_set_async_callback_arg,
9*b077aed3SPierre ProncherySSL_get_async_status,
10*b077aed3SPierre ProncherySSL_async_callback_fn
11*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery- manage asynchronous operations
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13*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery=head1 SYNOPSIS
14*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery
15*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery=for openssl multiple includes
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17*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery #include <openssl/ssl.h>
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19*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery typedef int (*SSL_async_callback_fn)(SSL *s, void *arg);
20*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery int SSL_CTX_set_async_callback(SSL_CTX *ctx, SSL_async_callback_fn callback);
21*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery int SSL_CTX_set_async_callback_arg(SSL_CTX *ctx, void *arg);
22*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery int SSL_set_async_callback(SSL *s, SSL_async_callback_fn callback);
23*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery int SSL_set_async_callback_arg(SSL *s, void *arg);
24*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery int SSL_get_async_status(SSL *s, int *status);
25*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery
26*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery=head1 DESCRIPTION
27*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery
28*b077aed3SPierre ProncherySSL_CTX_set_async_callback() sets an asynchronous callback function. All B<SSL>
29*b077aed3SPierre Proncheryobjects generated based on this B<SSL_CTX> will get this callback. If an engine
30*b077aed3SPierre Proncherysupports the callback mechanism, it will be automatically called if
31*b077aed3SPierre ProncheryB<SSL_MODE_ASYNC> has been set and an asynchronous capable engine completes a
32*b077aed3SPierre Proncherycryptography operation to notify the application to resume the paused work flow.
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34*b077aed3SPierre ProncherySSL_CTX_set_async_callback_arg() sets the callback argument.
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36*b077aed3SPierre ProncherySSL_set_async_callback() allows an application to set a callback in an
37*b077aed3SPierre Proncheryasynchronous B<SSL> object, so that when an engine completes a cryptography
38*b077aed3SPierre Proncheryoperation, the callback will be called to notify the application to resume the
39*b077aed3SPierre Proncherypaused work flow.
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41*b077aed3SPierre ProncherySSL_set_async_callback_arg() sets an argument for the B<SSL> object when the
42*b077aed3SPierre Proncheryabove callback is called.
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44*b077aed3SPierre ProncherySSL_get_async_status() returns the engine status. This function facilitates the
45*b077aed3SPierre Proncherycommunication from the engine to the application. During an SSL session,
46*b077aed3SPierre Proncherycryptographic operations are dispatched to an engine. The engine status is very
47*b077aed3SPierre Proncheryuseful for an application to know if the operation has been successfully
48*b077aed3SPierre Proncherydispatched. If the engine does not support this additional callback method,
49*b077aed3SPierre ProncheryB<ASYNC_STATUS_UNSUPPORTED> will be returned. See ASYNC_WAIT_CTX_set_status()
50*b077aed3SPierre Proncheryfor a description of all of the status values.
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52*b077aed3SPierre ProncheryAn example of the above functions would be the following:
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54*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery=over 4
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56*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery=item 1.
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58*b077aed3SPierre ProncheryApplication sets the async callback and callback data on an SSL connection
59*b077aed3SPierre Proncheryby calling SSL_set_async_callback().
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61*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery=item 2.
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63*b077aed3SPierre ProncheryApplication sets B<SSL_MODE_ASYNC> and makes an asynchronous SSL call
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65*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery=item 3.
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67*b077aed3SPierre ProncheryOpenSSL submits the asynchronous request to the engine. If a retry occurs at
68*b077aed3SPierre Proncherythis point then the status within the B<ASYNC_WAIT_CTX> would be set and the
69*b077aed3SPierre Proncheryasync callback function would be called (goto Step 7).
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71*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery=item 4.
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73*b077aed3SPierre ProncheryThe OpenSSL engine pauses the current job and returns, so that the
74*b077aed3SPierre Proncheryapplication can continue processing other connections.
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76*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery=item 5.
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78*b077aed3SPierre ProncheryAt a future point in time (probably via a polling mechanism or via an
79*b077aed3SPierre Proncheryinterrupt) the engine will become aware that the asynchronous request has
80*b077aed3SPierre Proncheryfinished processing.
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82*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery=item 6.
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84*b077aed3SPierre ProncheryThe engine will call the application's callback passing the callback data as
85*b077aed3SPierre Proncherya parameter.
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87*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery=item 7.
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89*b077aed3SPierre ProncheryThe callback function should then run. Note: it is a requirement that the
90*b077aed3SPierre Proncherycallback function is small and nonblocking as it will be run in the context of
91*b077aed3SPierre Proncherya polling mechanism or an interrupt.
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93*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery=item 8.
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95*b077aed3SPierre ProncheryIt is the application's responsibility via the callback function to schedule
96*b077aed3SPierre Proncheryrecalling the OpenSSL asynchronous function and to continue processing.
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98*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery=item 9.
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100*b077aed3SPierre ProncheryThe callback function has the option to check the status returned via
101*b077aed3SPierre ProncherySSL_get_async_status() to determine whether a retry happened instead of the
102*b077aed3SPierre Proncheryrequest being submitted, allowing different processing if required.
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104*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery=back
105*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery
106*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery=head1 RETURN VALUES
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108*b077aed3SPierre ProncherySSL_CTX_set_async_callback(), SSL_set_async_callback(),
109*b077aed3SPierre ProncherySSL_CTX_set_async_callback_arg(), SSL_CTX_set_async_callback_arg() and
110*b077aed3SPierre ProncherySSL_get_async_status() return 1 on success or 0 on error.
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112*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery=head1 SEE ALSO
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114*b077aed3SPierre ProncheryL<ssl(7)>
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116*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery=head1 HISTORY
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118*b077aed3SPierre ProncherySSL_CTX_set_async_callback(), SSL_CTX_set_async_callback_arg(),
119*b077aed3SPierre ProncherySSL_set_async_callback(), SSL_set_async_callback_arg() and
120*b077aed3SPierre ProncherySSL_get_async_status() were first added to OpenSSL 3.0.
121*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery
122*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery=head1 COPYRIGHT
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124*b077aed3SPierre ProncheryCopyright 2019-2021 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
125*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery
126*b077aed3SPierre ProncheryLicensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License").  You may not use
127*b077aed3SPierre Proncherythis file except in compliance with the License.  You can obtain a copy
128*b077aed3SPierre Proncheryin the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
129*b077aed3SPierre ProncheryL<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.
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