feat: add async public key support#5473
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Release Summary:
Adds async public key support:
s2n_pkey_verify()can be performed asynchronously through the async offloading callback.Description of changes:
To improve the performance of CPU-expensive operations such as
s2n_pkey_verify(), this PR implements a generic async callback to offload handshake operations that do not require user input. To execute in the async mode, applications should spawn a separate thread to invokes2n_async_offload_op_perform()and return success from the async offloading callback directly.Since this async callback is expected to support more operation types in the future, we added an allow list field for users to explicitly declare the operations they want to offload. This eliminates the risk of breaking existing users when we add support for a new op type later.
Below is an overview of the code changes:
s2n_async_offload_cband relevant data types.s2n_async_offload_op_perform()function to perform the operation and update async status. If this function is invoked inside the offloading callback, it is equivalent to the synchronous use case.s2n_config_set_async_offload_callback()for users to configure their callback and the type of operations they want to execute in async mode. By default, no operation type is async.s2n_pkey_verify()withs2n_async_pkey_verify()to support the async functionality.s2n_pkey_verify()was invoked bys2n_server_key_recv()ands2n_client_cert_verify_recv()in TLS 1.2, as well ass2n_tls13_cert_verify_recv()in TLS 1.3.s2n_async_pkey_verify()to incorporate the re-entry logic based on the value ofasync_offload_op.async_state.Call-outs:
To prevent users from accessing invalid memory accidentally, the
s2n_async_offload_cbobject is allocated on stack (ins2n_connection) rather than on heap. This increased the connection size by ~100 bytes and caused thes2n_connection_size_testto fail in the CI FreeBSD job:I updated
max_connection_sizeto 4360. Open to other suggestions.Testing:
Added a unit test for this feature and confirmed it passed.
By submitting this pull request, I confirm that my contribution is made under the terms of the Apache 2.0 license.