5 BIO_s_bio, BIO_make_bio_pair, BIO_destroy_bio_pair, BIO_shutdown_wr,
6 BIO_set_write_buf_size, BIO_get_write_buf_size, BIO_new_bio_pair,
7 BIO_get_write_guarantee, BIO_ctrl_get_write_guarantee, BIO_get_read_request,
8 BIO_ctrl_get_read_request, BIO_ctrl_reset_read_request - BIO pair BIO
12 #include <openssl/bio.h>
14 BIO_METHOD *BIO_s_bio(void);
16 #define BIO_make_bio_pair(b1,b2) (int)BIO_ctrl(b1,BIO_C_MAKE_BIO_PAIR,0,b2)
17 #define BIO_destroy_bio_pair(b) (int)BIO_ctrl(b,BIO_C_DESTROY_BIO_PAIR,0,NULL)
19 #define BIO_shutdown_wr(b) (int)BIO_ctrl(b, BIO_C_SHUTDOWN_WR, 0, NULL)
21 #define BIO_set_write_buf_size(b,size) (int)BIO_ctrl(b,BIO_C_SET_WRITE_BUF_SIZE,size,NULL)
22 #define BIO_get_write_buf_size(b,size) (size_t)BIO_ctrl(b,BIO_C_GET_WRITE_BUF_SIZE,size,NULL)
24 int BIO_new_bio_pair(BIO **bio1, size_t writebuf1, BIO **bio2, size_t writebuf2);
26 #define BIO_get_write_guarantee(b) (int)BIO_ctrl(b,BIO_C_GET_WRITE_GUARANTEE,0,NULL)
27 size_t BIO_ctrl_get_write_guarantee(BIO *b);
29 #define BIO_get_read_request(b) (int)BIO_ctrl(b,BIO_C_GET_READ_REQUEST,0,NULL)
30 size_t BIO_ctrl_get_read_request(BIO *b);
32 int BIO_ctrl_reset_read_request(BIO *b);
36 BIO_s_bio() returns the method for a BIO pair. A BIO pair is a pair of source/sink
37 BIOs where data written to either half of the pair is buffered and can be read from
38 the other half. Both halves must usually by handled by the same application thread
39 since no locking is done on the internal data structures.
41 Since BIO chains typically end in a source/sink BIO it is possible to make this
42 one half of a BIO pair and have all the data processed by the chain under application
45 One typical use of BIO pairs is to place TLS/SSL I/O under application control, this
46 can be used when the application wishes to use a non standard transport for
47 TLS/SSL or the normal socket routines are inappropriate.
49 Calls to BIO_read() will read data from the buffer or request a retry if no
52 Calls to BIO_write() will place data in the buffer or request a retry if the
55 The standard calls BIO_ctrl_pending() and BIO_ctrl_wpending() can be used to
56 determine the amount of pending data in the read or write buffer.
58 BIO_reset() clears any data in the write buffer.
60 BIO_make_bio_pair() joins two separate BIOs into a connected pair.
62 BIO_destroy_pair() destroys the association between two connected BIOs. Freeing
63 up any half of the pair will automatically destroy the association.
65 BIO_shutdown_wr() is used to close down a BIO B<b>. After this call no further
66 writes on BIO B<b> are allowed (they will return an error). Reads on the other
67 half of the pair will return any pending data or EOF when all pending data has
70 BIO_set_write_buf_size() sets the write buffer size of BIO B<b> to B<size>.
71 If the size is not initialized a default value is used. This is currently
72 17K, sufficient for a maximum size TLS record.
74 BIO_get_write_buf_size() returns the size of the write buffer.
76 BIO_new_bio_pair() combines the calls to BIO_new(), BIO_make_bio_pair() and
77 BIO_set_write_buf_size() to create a connected pair of BIOs B<bio1>, B<bio2>
78 with write buffer sizes B<writebuf1> and B<writebuf2>. If either size is
79 zero then the default size is used. BIO_new_bio_pair() does not check whether
80 B<bio1> or B<bio2> do point to some other BIO, the values are overwritten,
81 BIO_free() is not called.
83 BIO_get_write_guarantee() and BIO_ctrl_get_write_guarantee() return the maximum
84 length of data that can be currently written to the BIO. Writes larger than this
85 value will return a value from BIO_write() less than the amount requested or if the
86 buffer is full request a retry. BIO_ctrl_get_write_guarantee() is a function
87 whereas BIO_get_write_guarantee() is a macro.
89 BIO_get_read_request() and BIO_ctrl_get_read_request() return the
90 amount of data requested, or the buffer size if it is less, if the
91 last read attempt at the other half of the BIO pair failed due to an
92 empty buffer. This can be used to determine how much data should be
93 written to the BIO so the next read will succeed: this is most useful
94 in TLS/SSL applications where the amount of data read is usually
95 meaningful rather than just a buffer size. After a successful read
96 this call will return zero. It also will return zero once new data
97 has been written satisfying the read request or part of it.
98 Note that BIO_get_read_request() never returns an amount larger
99 than that returned by BIO_get_write_guarantee().
101 BIO_ctrl_reset_read_request() can also be used to reset the value returned by
102 BIO_get_read_request() to zero.
106 Both halves of a BIO pair should be freed. That is even if one half is implicit
107 freed due to a BIO_free_all() or SSL_free() call the other half needs to be freed.
109 When used in bidirectional applications (such as TLS/SSL) care should be taken to
110 flush any data in the write buffer. This can be done by calling BIO_pending()
111 on the other half of the pair and, if any data is pending, reading it and sending
112 it to the underlying transport. This must be done before any normal processing
113 (such as calling select() ) due to a request and BIO_should_read() being true.
115 To see why this is important consider a case where a request is sent using
116 BIO_write() and a response read with BIO_read(), this can occur during an
117 TLS/SSL handshake for example. BIO_write() will succeed and place data in the write
118 buffer. BIO_read() will initially fail and BIO_should_read() will be true. If
119 the application then waits for data to be available on the underlying transport
120 before flushing the write buffer it will never succeed because the request was
125 BIO_new_bio_pair() returns 1 on success, with the new BIOs available in
126 B<bio1> and B<bio2>, or 0 on failure, with NULL pointers stored into the
127 locations for B<bio1> and B<bio2>. Check the error stack for more information.
129 [XXXXX: More return values need to be added here]
133 The BIO pair can be used to have full control over the network access of an
134 application. The application can call select() on the socket as required
135 without having to go through the SSL-interface.
137 BIO *internal_bio, *network_bio;
139 BIO_new_bio_pair(internal_bio, 0, network_bio, 0);
140 SSL_set_bio(ssl, internal_bio, internal_bio);
144 application | TLS-engine
146 +----------> SSL_operations()
149 | BIO-pair (internal_bio)
150 +----------< BIO-pair (network_bio)
155 SSL_free(ssl); /* implicitly frees internal_bio */
156 BIO_free(network_bio);
159 As the BIO pair will only buffer the data and never directly access the
160 connection, it behaves non-blocking and will return as soon as the write
161 buffer is full or the read buffer is drained. Then the application has to
162 flush the write buffer and/or fill the read buffer.
164 Use the BIO_ctrl_pending(), to find out whether data is buffered in the BIO
165 and must be transfered to the network. Use BIO_ctrl_get_read_request() to
166 find out, how many bytes must be written into the buffer before the
167 SSL_operation() can successfully be continued.
171 As the data is buffered, SSL_operation() may return with a ERROR_SSL_WANT_READ
172 condition, but there is still data in the write buffer. An application must
173 not rely on the error value of SSL_operation() but must assure that the
174 write buffer is always flushed first. Otherwise a deadlock may occur as
175 the peer might be waiting for the data before being able to continue.
179 L<SSL_set_bio(3)|SSL_set_bio(3)>, L<ssl(3)|ssl(3)>, L<bio(3)|bio(3)>,
180 L<BIO_should_retry(3)|BIO_should_retry(3)>, L<BIO_read(3)|BIO_read(3)>