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SSL_SET_ASYNC_CALLBACK(3ossl) OpenSSL SSL_SET_ASYNC_CALLBACK(3ossl)
NAME
SSL_CTX_set_async_callback, SSL_CTX_set_async_callback_arg,
SSL_set_async_callback, SSL_set_async_callback_arg,
SSL_get_async_status, SSL_async_callback_fn - manage asynchronous
operations
SYNOPSIS
#include <openssl/ssl.h>
typedef int (*SSL_async_callback_fn)(SSL *s, void *arg);
int SSL_CTX_set_async_callback(SSL_CTX *ctx, SSL_async_callback_fn callback);
int SSL_CTX_set_async_callback_arg(SSL_CTX *ctx, void *arg);
int SSL_set_async_callback(SSL *s, SSL_async_callback_fn callback);
int SSL_set_async_callback_arg(SSL *s, void *arg);
int SSL_get_async_status(SSL *s, int *status);
DESCRIPTION
SSL_CTX_set_async_callback() sets an asynchronous callback function.
All SSL objects generated based on this SSL_CTX will get this callback.
If an engine supports the callback mechanism, it will be automatically
called if SSL_MODE_ASYNC has been set and an asynchronous capable
engine completes a cryptography operation to notify the application to
resume the paused work flow.
SSL_CTX_set_async_callback_arg() sets the callback argument.
SSL_set_async_callback() allows an application to set a callback in an
asynchronous SSL object, so that when an engine completes a
cryptography operation, the callback will be called to notify the
application to resume the paused work flow.
SSL_set_async_callback_arg() sets an argument for the SSL object when
the above callback is called.
SSL_get_async_status() returns the engine status. This function
facilitates the communication from the engine to the application.
During an SSL session, cryptographic operations are dispatched to an
engine. The engine status is very useful for an application to know if
the operation has been successfully dispatched. If the engine does not
support this additional callback method, ASYNC_STATUS_UNSUPPORTED will
be returned. See ASYNC_WAIT_CTX_set_status() for a description of all
of the status values.
An example of the above functions would be the following:
1. Application sets the async callback and callback data on an SSL
connection by calling SSL_set_async_callback().
2. Application sets SSL_MODE_ASYNC and makes an asynchronous SSL call
3. OpenSSL submits the asynchronous request to the engine. If a retry
occurs at this point then the status within the ASYNC_WAIT_CTX
would be set and the async callback function would be called (goto
Step 7).
4. The OpenSSL engine pauses the current job and returns, so that the
callback data as a parameter.
7. The callback function should then run. Note: it is a requirement
that the callback function is small and nonblocking as it will be
run in the context of a polling mechanism or an interrupt.
8. It is the application's responsibility via the callback function to
schedule recalling the OpenSSL asynchronous function and to
continue processing.
9. The callback function has the option to check the status returned
via SSL_get_async_status() to determine whether a retry happened
instead of the request being submitted, allowing different
processing if required.
RETURN VALUES
SSL_CTX_set_async_callback(), SSL_set_async_callback(),
SSL_CTX_set_async_callback_arg(), SSL_CTX_set_async_callback_arg() and
SSL_get_async_status() return 1 on success or 0 on error.
SEE ALSO
ssl(7)
HISTORY
SSL_CTX_set_async_callback(), SSL_CTX_set_async_callback_arg(),
SSL_set_async_callback(), SSL_set_async_callback_arg() and
SSL_get_async_status() were first added to OpenSSL 3.0.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2019-2021 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License"). You may not use
this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy
in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.
3.0.11 2023-09-19 SSL_SET_ASYNC_CALLBACK(3ossl)