1BIO_should_retry(3)                 OpenSSL                BIO_should_retry(3)
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NAME

6       BIO_should_retry, BIO_should_read, BIO_should_write,
7       BIO_should_io_special, BIO_retry_type, BIO_should_retry,
8       BIO_get_retry_BIO, BIO_get_retry_reason - BIO retry functions
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SYNOPSIS

11        #include <openssl/bio.h>
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13        #define BIO_should_read(a)             ((a)->flags & BIO_FLAGS_READ)
14        #define BIO_should_write(a)            ((a)->flags & BIO_FLAGS_WRITE)
15        #define BIO_should_io_special(a)       ((a)->flags & BIO_FLAGS_IO_SPECIAL)
16        #define BIO_retry_type(a)              ((a)->flags & BIO_FLAGS_RWS)
17        #define BIO_should_retry(a)            ((a)->flags & BIO_FLAGS_SHOULD_RETRY)
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19        #define BIO_FLAGS_READ         0x01
20        #define BIO_FLAGS_WRITE        0x02
21        #define BIO_FLAGS_IO_SPECIAL   0x04
22        #define BIO_FLAGS_RWS (BIO_FLAGS_READ|BIO_FLAGS_WRITE|BIO_FLAGS_IO_SPECIAL)
23        #define BIO_FLAGS_SHOULD_RETRY 0x08
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25        BIO *  BIO_get_retry_BIO(BIO *bio, int *reason);
26        int    BIO_get_retry_reason(BIO *bio);
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DESCRIPTION

29       These functions determine why a BIO is not able to read or write data.
30       They will typically be called after a failed BIO_read() or BIO_write()
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33       BIO_should_retry() is true if the call that produced this condition
34       should then be retried at a later time.
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36       If BIO_should_retry() is false then the cause is an error condition.
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38       BIO_should_read() is true if the cause of the condition is that a BIO
39       needs to read data.
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41       BIO_should_write() is true if the cause of the condition is that a BIO
42       needs to read data.
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44       BIO_should_io_special() is true if some "special" condition, that is a
45       reason other than reading or writing is the cause of the condition.
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47       BIO_retry_type() returns a mask of the cause of a retry condition
48       consisting of the values BIO_FLAGS_READ, BIO_FLAGS_WRITE,
49       BIO_FLAGS_IO_SPECIAL though current BIO types will only set one of
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52       BIO_get_retry_BIO() determines the precise reason for the special
53       condition, it returns the BIO that caused this condition and if reason
54       is not NULL it contains the reason code. The meaning of the reason code
55       and the action that should be taken depends on the type of BIO that
56       resulted in this condition.
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58       BIO_get_retry_reason() returns the reason for a special condition if
59       passed the relevant BIO, for example as returned by
60       BIO_get_retry_BIO().
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NOTES

63       If BIO_should_retry() returns false then the precise "error condition"
64       depends on the BIO type that caused it and the return code of the BIO
65       operation. For example if a call to BIO_read() on a socket BIO returns
66       0 and BIO_should_retry() is false then the cause will be that the
67       connection closed. A similar condition on a file BIO will mean that it
68       has reached EOF. Some BIO types may place additional information on the
69       error queue. For more details see the individual BIO type manual pages.
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71       If the underlying I/O structure is in a blocking mode almost all
72       current BIO types will not request a retry, because the underlying I/O
73       calls will not. If the application knows that the BIO type will never
74       signal a retry then it need not call BIO_should_retry() after a failed
75       BIO I/O call. This is typically done with file BIOs.
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77       SSL BIOs are the only current exception to this rule: they can request
78       a retry even if the underlying I/O structure is blocking, if a
79       handshake occurs during a call to BIO_read(). An application can retry
80       the failed call immediately or avoid this situation by setting
81       SSL_MODE_AUTO_RETRY on the underlying SSL structure.
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83       While an application may retry a failed non blocking call immediately
84       this is likely to be very inefficient because the call will fail
85       repeatedly until data can be processed or is available. An application
86       will normally wait until the necessary condition is satisfied. How this
87       is done depends on the underlying I/O structure.
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89       For example if the cause is ultimately a socket and BIO_should_read()
90       is true then a call to select() may be made to wait until data is
91       available and then retry the BIO operation. By combining the retry
92       conditions of several non blocking BIOs in a single select() call it is
93       possible to service several BIOs in a single thread, though the
94       performance may be poor if SSL BIOs are present because long delays can
95       occur during the initial handshake process.
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97       It is possible for a BIO to block indefinitely if the underlying I/O
98       structure cannot process or return any data. This depends on the
99       behaviour of the platforms I/O functions. This is often not desirable:
100       one solution is to use non blocking I/O and use a timeout on the
101       select() (or equivalent) call.
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BUGS

104       The OpenSSL ASN1 functions cannot gracefully deal with non blocking
105       I/O: that is they cannot retry after a partial read or write. This is
106       usually worked around by only passing the relevant data to ASN1
107       functions when the entire structure can be read or written.
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SEE ALSO

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