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  135. .IX Title "SSL_HANDLE_EVENTS 3ossl"
  136. .TH SSL_HANDLE_EVENTS 3ossl "2024-09-03" "3.3.2" "OpenSSL"
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  140. .nh
  141. .SH "NAME"
  142. SSL_handle_events \- advance asynchronous state machine and perform network I/O
  143. .SH "SYNOPSIS"
  144. .IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
  145. .Vb 1
  146. \& #include <openssl/ssl.h>
  147. \&
  148. \& int SSL_handle_events(SSL *ssl);
  149. .Ve
  150. .SH "DESCRIPTION"
  151. .IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
  152. \&\fBSSL_handle_events()\fR performs any internal processing which is due on a \s-1SSL\s0 object. The
  153. exact operations performed by \fBSSL_handle_events()\fR vary depending on what kind of protocol
  154. is being used with the given \s-1SSL\s0 object. For example, \fBSSL_handle_events()\fR may handle
  155. timeout events which have become due, or may attempt, to the extent currently
  156. possible, to perform network I/O operations on one of the BIOs underlying the
  157. \&\s-1SSL\s0 object.
  158. .PP
  159. The primary use case for \fBSSL_handle_events()\fR is to allow an application which uses
  160. OpenSSL in nonblocking mode to give OpenSSL an opportunity to handle timer
  161. events, or to respond to the availability of new data to be read from an
  162. underlying \s-1BIO,\s0 or to respond to the opportunity to write pending data to an
  163. underlying \s-1BIO.\s0
  164. .PP
  165. \&\fBSSL_handle_events()\fR can be used only with the following types of \s-1SSL\s0 object:
  166. .IP "\s-1DTLS SSL\s0 objects" 4
  167. .IX Item "DTLS SSL objects"
  168. Using \fBSSL_handle_events()\fR on an \s-1SSL\s0 object being used with a \s-1DTLS\s0 method allows timeout
  169. events to be handled properly. This is equivalent to a call to
  170. \&\fBDTLSv1_handle_timeout\fR\|(3). Since \fBSSL_handle_events()\fR handles a superset of the use
  171. cases of \fBDTLSv1_handle_timeout\fR\|(3), it should be preferred for new
  172. applications which do not require support for OpenSSL 3.1 or older.
  173. .Sp
  174. When using \s-1DTLS,\s0 an application must call \fBSSL_handle_events()\fR as indicated by
  175. calls to \fBSSL_get_event_timeout\fR\|(3); event handling is not performed
  176. automatically by calls to other \s-1SSL\s0 functions such as \fBSSL_read\fR\|(3) or
  177. \&\fBSSL_write\fR\|(3). Note that this is different to \s-1QUIC\s0 which also performs event
  178. handling implicitly; see below.
  179. .IP "\s-1QUIC\s0 connection \s-1SSL\s0 objects" 4
  180. .IX Item "QUIC connection SSL objects"
  181. Using \fBSSL_handle_events()\fR on an \s-1SSL\s0 object which represents a \s-1QUIC\s0 connection allows
  182. timeout events to be handled properly, as well as incoming network data to be
  183. processed, and queued outgoing network data to be written, if the underlying \s-1BIO\s0
  184. has the capacity to accept it.
  185. .Sp
  186. Ordinarily, when an application uses an \s-1SSL\s0 object in blocking mode, it does not
  187. need to call \fBSSL_handle_events()\fR because OpenSSL performs ticking internally on an
  188. automatic basis. However, if an application uses a \s-1QUIC\s0 connection in
  189. nonblocking mode, it must at a minimum ensure that \fBSSL_handle_events()\fR is called
  190. periodically to allow timeout events to be handled. An application can find out
  191. when it next needs to call \fBSSL_handle_events()\fR for this purpose (if at all) by calling
  192. \&\fBSSL_get_event_timeout\fR\|(3).
  193. .Sp
  194. Calling \fBSSL_handle_events()\fR on a \s-1QUIC\s0 connection \s-1SSL\s0 object being used in blocking mode
  195. is not necessary unless no I/O calls (such as \fBSSL_read\fR\|(3) or \fBSSL_write\fR\|(3))
  196. will be made to the object for a substantial period of time. So long as at least
  197. one call to the \s-1SSL\s0 object is blocking, no such call is needed. However,
  198. \&\fBSSL_handle_events()\fR may optionally be used on a \s-1QUIC\s0 connection object if desired.
  199. .Sp
  200. With the thread-assisted mode of operation \fBOSSL_QUIC_client_thread_method\fR\|(3)
  201. it is unnecessary to call \fBSSL_handle_events()\fR as the assist thread handles the \s-1QUIC\s0
  202. connection events.
  203. .PP
  204. Calling \fBSSL_handle_events()\fR on any other kind of \s-1SSL\s0 object is a no-op. This is
  205. considered a success case.
  206. .PP
  207. Note that \fBSSL_handle_events()\fR supersedes the older \fBDTLSv1_handle_timeout\fR\|(3) function
  208. for all use cases.
  209. .SH "RETURN VALUES"
  210. .IX Header "RETURN VALUES"
  211. Returns 1 on success and 0 on failure.
  212. .SH "SEE ALSO"
  213. .IX Header "SEE ALSO"
  214. \&\fBSSL_get_event_timeout\fR\|(3), \fBDTLSv1_handle_timeout\fR\|(3), \fBssl\fR\|(7)
  215. .SH "HISTORY"
  216. .IX Header "HISTORY"
  217. The \fBSSL_handle_events()\fR function was added in OpenSSL 3.2.
  218. .SH "COPYRIGHT"
  219. .IX Header "COPYRIGHT"
  220. Copyright 2023 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
  221. .PP
  222. Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the \*(L"License\*(R"). You may not use
  223. this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy
  224. in the file \s-1LICENSE\s0 in the source distribution or at
  225. <https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.