BIO_GET_RPOLL_DESCRIPTOR(3SSL) OpenSSL BIO_GET_RPOLL_DESCRIPTOR(3SSL)
NAME
BIO_get_rpoll_descriptor, BIO_get_wpoll_descriptor - obtain a structure
which can be used to determine when a BIO object can next be read or
written
SYNOPSIS
#include <openssl/bio.h>
typedef struct bio_poll_descriptor_st {
uint32_t type;
union {
int fd;
void *custom;
uintptr_t custom_ui;
} value;
} BIO_POLL_DESCRIPTOR;
int BIO_get_rpoll_descriptor(BIO *b, BIO_POLL_DESCRIPTOR *desc);
int BIO_get_wpoll_descriptor(BIO *b, BIO_POLL_DESCRIPTOR *desc);
DESCRIPTION
BIO_get_rpoll_descriptor() and BIO_get_wpoll_descriptor(), on success,
fill *desc with a poll descriptor. A poll descriptor is a tagged union
structure which represents some kind of OS or non-OS resource which can
be used to synchronise on I/O availability events.
BIO_get_rpoll_descriptor() outputs a descriptor which can be used to
determine when the BIO can (potentially) next be read, and
BIO_get_wpoll_descriptor() outputs a descriptor which can be used to
determine when the BIO can (potentially) next be written.
It is permissible for BIO_get_rpoll_descriptor() and
BIO_get_wpoll_descriptor() to output the same descriptor.
Poll descriptors can represent different kinds of information. A typical
kind of resource which might be represented by a poll descriptor is an
OS file descriptor which can be used with APIs such as select().
The kinds of poll descriptor defined by OpenSSL are:
BIO_POLL_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_NONE
Represents the absence of a valid poll descriptor. It may be used by
BIO_get_rpoll_descriptor() or BIO_get_wpoll_descriptor() to indicate
that the BIO is not pollable for readability or writeability
respectively.
For this type, no field within the value field of the
BIO_POLL_DESCRIPTOR is valid.
BIO_POLL_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_SOCK_FD
The poll descriptor represents an OS socket resource. The field
value.fd in the BIO_POLL_DESCRIPTOR is valid if it is not set to -1.
The resource is whatever kind of handle is used by a given OS to
represent sockets, which may vary by OS. For example, on Windows,
the value is a SOCKET for use with the Winsock API. On POSIX-like
platforms, it is a file descriptor.
Where a poll descriptor of this type is output by
BIO_get_rpoll_descriptor(), it should be polled for readability to
determine when the BIO might next be able to successfully complete a
BIO_read() operation; likewise, where a poll descriptor of this type
is output by BIO_get_wpoll_descriptor(), it should be polled for
writeability to determine when the BIO might next be able to
successfully complete a BIO_write() operation.
BIO_POLL_DESCRIPTOR_CUSTOM_START
Type values beginning with this value (inclusive) are reserved for
application allocation for custom poll descriptor types. Any of the
definitions in the union field value can be used by the application
arbitrarily as opaque values.
Because poll descriptors are a tagged union structure, they can
represent different kinds of information. New types of poll descriptor
may be defined, including by applications, according to their needs.
RETURN VALUES
The functions BIO_get_rpoll_descriptor() and BIO_get_wpoll_descriptor()
return 1 on success and 0 on failure.
These functions are permitted to succeed and initialise *desc with a
poll descriptor of type BIO_POLL_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_NONE to indicate that
the BIO is not pollable for readability or writeability respectively.
SEE ALSO
SSL_handle_events(3), SSL_get_event_timeout(3),
SSL_get_rpoll_descriptor(3), SSL_get_wpoll_descriptor(3), bio(7)
HISTORY
The BIO_get_rpoll_descriptor() and BIO_get_wpoll_descriptor() functions
were added in OpenSSL 3.2.
COPYRIGHT
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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>.
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