threads(3)

NAME
CRYPTO_THREADID_set_callback, CRYPTO_THREADID_get_callback, CRYPTO_THREADID_current, CRYPTO_THREADID_cmp, CRYPTO_THREADID_cpy, CRYPTO_THREADID_hash, CRYPTO_set_locking_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>
 /* Don't use this structure directly. */
 typedef struct crypto_threadid_st
         {
         void *ptr;
         unsigned long val;
         } CRYPTO_THREADID;
 /* Only use CRYPTO_THREADID_set_[numeric|pointer]() within callbacks */
 void CRYPTO_THREADID_set_numeric(CRYPTO_THREADID *id, unsigned long val);
 void CRYPTO_THREADID_set_pointer(CRYPTO_THREADID *id, void *ptr);
 int CRYPTO_THREADID_set_callback(void (*threadid_func)(CRYPTO_THREADID *));
 void (*CRYPTO_THREADID_get_callback(void))(CRYPTO_THREADID *);
 void CRYPTO_THREADID_current(CRYPTO_THREADID *id);
 int CRYPTO_THREADID_cmp(const CRYPTO_THREADID *a,
                         const CRYPTO_THREADID *b);
 void CRYPTO_THREADID_cpy(CRYPTO_THREADID *dest,
                          const CRYPTO_THREADID *src);
 unsigned long CRYPTO_THREADID_hash(const CRYPTO_THREADID *id);
 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 and threadid_func.

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.

threadid_func(CRYPTO_THREADID *id) is needed to record the currently-executing thread's identifier into id. The implementation of this callback should not fill in id directly, but should use CRYPTO_THREADID_set_numeric() if thread IDs are numeric, or CRYPTO_THREADID_set_pointer() if they are pointer-based. If the application does not register such a callback using CRYPTO_THREADID_set_callback(), then a default implementation is used - on Windows and BeOS this uses the system's default thread identifying APIs, and on all other platforms it uses the address of errno. The latter is satisfactory for thread-safety if and only if the platform has a thread-local error number facility.

Once threadid_func() is registered, or if the built-in default implementation is to be used;

Additionally, OpenSSL supports dynamic locks, and sometimes, some parts of OpenSSL need it for better performance. To enable this, the following is required:

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 VALUES
CRYPTO_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.

NOTES
You can find out if OpenSSL was configured with thread support:

 #define OPENSSL_THREAD_DEFINES
 #include <openssl/opensslconf.h>
 #if defined(OPENSSL_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.

HISTORY
CRYPTO_set_locking_callback() is 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. CRYPTO_THREADID and associated functions were introduced in OpenSSL 1.0.0 to replace (actually, deprecate) the previous CRYPTO_set_id_callback(), CRYPTO_get_id_callback(), and CRYPTO_thread_id() functions which assumed thread IDs to always be represented by 'unsigned long'.

SEE ALSO
crypto(3)