threads(3) OpenSSL threads(3)NAME
CRYPTO_set_locking_callback, CRYPTO_set_id_callback,
CRYPTO_num_locks, CRYPTO_set_dynlock_create_callback,
CRYPTO_set_dynlock_lock_callback,
CRYPTO_set_dynlock_destroy_callback,
CRYPTO_get_new_dynlockid, CRYPTO_destroy_dynlockid,
CRYPTO_lock - OpenSSL thread support
SYNOPSIS
#include <openssl/crypto.h>
void CRYPTO_set_locking_callback(void (*locking_function)(int mode,
int n, const char *file, int line));
void CRYPTO_set_id_callback(unsigned long (*id_function)(void));
int CRYPTO_num_locks(void);
/* struct CRYPTO_dynlock_value needs to be defined by the user */
struct CRYPTO_dynlock_value;
void CRYPTO_set_dynlock_create_callback(struct CRYPTO_dynlock_value *
(*dyn_create_function)(char *file, int line));
void CRYPTO_set_dynlock_lock_callback(void (*dyn_lock_function)
(int mode, struct CRYPTO_dynlock_value *l,
const char *file, int line));
void CRYPTO_set_dynlock_destroy_callback(void (*dyn_destroy_function)
(struct CRYPTO_dynlock_value *l, const char *file, int line));
int CRYPTO_get_new_dynlockid(void);
void CRYPTO_destroy_dynlockid(int i);
void CRYPTO_lock(int mode, int n, const char *file, int line);
#define CRYPTO_w_lock(type) \
CRYPTO_lock(CRYPTO_LOCK|CRYPTO_WRITE,type,__FILE__,__LINE__)
#define CRYPTO_w_unlock(type) \
CRYPTO_lock(CRYPTO_UNLOCK|CRYPTO_WRITE,type,__FILE__,__LINE__)
#define CRYPTO_r_lock(type) \
CRYPTO_lock(CRYPTO_LOCK|CRYPTO_READ,type,__FILE__,__LINE__)
#define CRYPTO_r_unlock(type) \
CRYPTO_lock(CRYPTO_UNLOCK|CRYPTO_READ,type,__FILE__,__LINE__)
#define CRYPTO_add(addr,amount,type) \
CRYPTO_add_lock(addr,amount,type,__FILE__,__LINE__)
DESCRIPTION
OpenSSL can safely be used in multi-threaded applications
provided that at least two callback functions are set.
locking_function(int mode, int n, const char *file, int
line) is needed to perform locking on shared data
structures. (Note that OpenSSL uses a number of global
data structures that will be implicitly shared whenever
multiple threads use OpenSSL.) Multi-threaded
applications will crash at random if it is not set.
locking_function() must be able to handle up to
CRYPTO_num_locks() different mutex locks. It sets the n-th
lock if mode & CRYPTO_LOCK, and releases it otherwise.
file and line are the file number of the function setting
the lock. They can be useful for debugging.
id_function(void) is a function that returns a thread ID.
It is not needed on Windows nor on platforms where
getpid() returns a different ID for each thread (most
notably Linux).
Additionally, OpenSSL supports dynamic locks, and
sometimes, some parts of OpenSSL need it for better
performance. To enable this, the following is required:
o Three additional callback function, dyn_create_function,
dyn_lock_function and dyn_destroy_function.
o A structure defined with the data that each lock needs
to handle.
struct CRYPTO_dynlock_value has to be defined to contain
whatever structure is needed to handle locks.
dyn_create_function(const char *file, int line) is needed
to create a lock. Multi-threaded applications might crash
at random if it is not set.
dyn_lock_function(int mode, CRYPTO_dynlock *l, const char
*file, int line) is needed to perform locking off dynamic
lock numbered n. Multi-threaded applications might crash
at random if it is not set.
dyn_destroy_function(CRYPTO_dynlock *l, const char *file,
int line) is needed to destroy the lock l. Multi-threaded
applications might crash at random if it is not set.
CRYPTO_get_new_dynlockid() is used to create locks. It
will call dyn_create_function for the actual creation.
CRYPTO_destroy_dynlockid() is used to destroy locks. It
will call dyn_destroy_function for the actual destruction.
CRYPTO_lock() is used to lock and unlock the locks. mode
is a bitfield describing what should be done with the
lock. n is the number of the lock as returned from
CRYPTO_get_new_dynlockid(). mode can be combined from the
following values. These values are pairwise exclusive,
with undefined behaviour if misused (for example,
CRYPTO_READ and CRYPTO_WRITE should not be used together):
CRYPTO_LOCK 0x01
CRYPTO_UNLOCK 0x02
CRYPTO_READ 0x04
CRYPTO_WRITE 0x08
RETURN VALUESCRYPTO_num_locks() returns the required number of locks.
CRYPTO_get_new_dynlockid() returns the index to the newly
created lock.
The other functions return no values.
NOTE
You can find out if OpenSSL was configured with thread
support:
#define OPENSSL_THREAD_DEFINES
#include <openssl/opensslconf.h>
#if defined(THREADS)
// thread support enabled
#else
// no thread support
#endif
Also, dynamic locks are currently not used internally by
OpenSSL, but may do so in the future.
EXAMPLES
crypto/threads/mttest.c shows examples of the callback
functions on Solaris, Irix and Win32.
HISTORYCRYPTO_set_locking_callback() and CRYPTO_set_id_callback()
are available in all versions of SSLeay and OpenSSL.
CRYPTO_num_locks() was added in OpenSSL 0.9.4. All
functions dealing with dynamic locks were added in OpenSSL
0.9.5b-dev.
SEE ALSOcrypto(3)8/Nov/2001 0.9.6j threads(3)
