CRYPTO_THREAD_run_once, CRYPTO_THREAD_lock_new, CRYPTO_THREAD_read_lock,
CRYPTO_THREAD_write_lock, CRYPTO_THREAD_unlock, CRYPTO_THREAD_lock_free,
CRYPTO_atomic_add, CRYPTO_atomic_or, CRYPTO_atomic_load - OpenSSL thread
support
#include <openssl/crypto.h>
CRYPTO_ONCE CRYPTO_ONCE_STATIC_INIT;
int CRYPTO_THREAD_run_once(CRYPTO_ONCE *once, void (*init)(void));
CRYPTO_RWLOCK *CRYPTO_THREAD_lock_new(void);
int CRYPTO_THREAD_read_lock(CRYPTO_RWLOCK *lock);
int CRYPTO_THREAD_write_lock(CRYPTO_RWLOCK *lock);
int CRYPTO_THREAD_unlock(CRYPTO_RWLOCK *lock);
void CRYPTO_THREAD_lock_free(CRYPTO_RWLOCK *lock);
int CRYPTO_atomic_add(int *val, int amount, int *ret, CRYPTO_RWLOCK *lock);
int CRYPTO_atomic_or(uint64_t *val, uint64_t op, uint64_t *ret,
CRYPTO_RWLOCK *lock);
int CRYPTO_atomic_load(uint64_t *val, uint64_t *ret, CRYPTO_RWLOCK *lock);
OpenSSL can be safely used in multi-threaded applications provided that support
for the underlying OS threading API is built-in. Currently, OpenSSL supports
the pthread and Windows APIs. OpenSSL can also be built without any
multi-threading support, for example on platforms that don't provide any
threading support or that provide a threading API that is not yet supported by
OpenSSL.
The following multi-threading function are provided:
- CRYPTO_THREAD_run_once() can be used to perform one-time
initialization. The once argument must be a pointer to a static
object of type CRYPTO_ONCE that was statically initialized to the
value CRYPTO_ONCE_STATIC_INIT. The init argument is a
pointer to a function that performs the desired exactly once
initialization. In particular, this can be used to allocate locks in a
thread-safe manner, which can then be used with the locking functions
below.
- CRYPTO_THREAD_lock_new() allocates, initializes and returns a new
read/write lock.
- CRYPTO_THREAD_read_lock() locks the provided lock for
reading.
- CRYPTO_THREAD_write_lock() locks the provided lock for
writing.
- CRYPTO_THREAD_unlock() unlocks the previously locked
lock.
- CRYPTO_THREAD_lock_free() frees the provided lock.
- CRYPTO_atomic_add() atomically adds amount to *val
and returns the result of the operation in *ret. lock will
be locked, unless atomic operations are supported on the specific
platform. Because of this, if a variable is modified by
CRYPTO_atomic_add() then CRYPTO_atomic_add() must be the
only way that the variable is modified. If atomic operations are not
supported and lock is NULL, then the function will fail.
- CRYPTO_atomic_or() performs an atomic bitwise or of op and
*val and stores the result back in *val. It also returns the
result of the operation in *ret. lock will be locked, unless
atomic operations are supported on the specific platform. Because of this,
if a variable is modified by CRYPTO_atomic_or() or read by
CRYPTO_atomic_load() then CRYPTO_atomic_or() must be the
only way that the variable is modified. If atomic operations are not
supported and lock is NULL, then the function will fail.
- CRYPTO_atomic_load() atomically loads the contents of *val
into *ret. lock will be locked, unless atomic operations are
supported on the specific platform. Because of this, if a variable is
modified by CRYPTO_atomic_or() or read by
CRYPTO_atomic_load() then CRYPTO_atomic_load() must be the
only way that the variable is read. If atomic operations are not supported
and lock is NULL, then the function will fail.
CRYPTO_THREAD_run_once() returns 1 on success, or 0 on error.
CRYPTO_THREAD_lock_new() returns the allocated lock, or
NULL on error.
CRYPTO_THREAD_lock_free() returns no value.
The other functions return 1 on success, or 0 on error.
On Windows platforms the CRYPTO_THREAD_* types and functions in the
<openssl/crypto.h> header are dependent on some of the types
customarily made available by including <windows.h>. The
application developer is likely to require control over when the latter is
included, commonly as one of the first included headers. Therefore, it is
defined as an application developer's responsibility to include
<windows.h> prior to <openssl/crypto.h> where use of
CRYPTO_THREAD_* types and functions is required.
You can find out if OpenSSL was configured with thread support:
#include <openssl/opensslconf.h>
#if defined(OPENSSL_THREADS)
/* thread support enabled */
#else
/* no thread support */
#endif
This example safely initializes and uses a lock.
#ifdef _WIN32
# include <windows.h>
#endif
#include <openssl/crypto.h>
static CRYPTO_ONCE once = CRYPTO_ONCE_STATIC_INIT;
static CRYPTO_RWLOCK *lock;
static void myinit(void)
{
lock = CRYPTO_THREAD_lock_new();
}
static int mylock(void)
{
if (!CRYPTO_THREAD_run_once(&once, void init) || lock == NULL)
return 0;
return CRYPTO_THREAD_write_lock(lock);
}
static int myunlock(void)
{
return CRYPTO_THREAD_unlock(lock);
}
int serialized(void)
{
int ret = 0;
if (mylock()) {
/* Your code here, do not return without releasing the lock! */
ret = ... ;
}
myunlock();
return ret;
}
Finalization of locks is an advanced topic, not covered in this
example. This can only be done at process exit or when a dynamically loaded
library is no longer in use and is unloaded. The simplest solution is to
just "leak" the lock in applications and not repeatedly
load/unload shared libraries that allocate locks.
crypto(7), openssl-threads(7).
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