Add atexit configuration option to using atexit() in libcrypto at build-time.

This fixes an issue with a mix of atexit() usage in DLL and statically linked
libcrypto that came out in the test suite on NonStop, which has slightly
different DLL unload processing semantics compared to Linux. The change
allows a build configuration to select whether to register OPENSSL_cleanup()
with atexit() or not, so avoid situations where atexit() registration causes
SIGSEGV.

INSTALL.md and CHANGES.md have been modified to include and describe this
option.

The no-atexit option has been added to .github/workflows/run-checker-daily.yml.

Fixes: #23135

Signed-of-by: Randall S. Becker <randall.becker@nexbridge.ca>

Reviewed-by: Matt Caswell <matt@openssl.org>
Reviewed-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@openssl.org>
Reviewed-by: Todd Short <todd.short@me.com>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/23394)

.github/workflows/run-checker-daily.yml

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ jobs:
           no-asan,
           no-asm,
           no-async,
+          no-atexit,
           no-autoalginit,
           no-autoerrinit,
           no-autoload-config,

CHANGES.md

@@ -87,6 +87,13 @@ OpenSSL 3.3
 
    *Hugo Landau*
 
+ * New atexit configuration switch, which controls whether the OPENSSL_cleanup
+   is registered when libcrypto is unloaded. This is turned off on NonStop
+   configurations because of loader differences on that platform compared to
+   Linux.
+
+   *Randall S. Becker*
+
 OpenSSL 3.2
 -----------
 

Configurations/50-nonstop.conf

@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
         shared_extension => ".so",
         ex_libs          => add('-lrld'),
         enable           => ['egd'],
+	# Not currently inherited
+        disable          => ['atexit'],
         dso_scheme       => 'DLFCN',
         sys_id           => 'TANDEM',
     },
@@ -178,7 +180,7 @@
                               'nonstop-archenv-x86_64-oss',
                               'nonstop-ilp32',
                               'nonstop-efloat-x86_64' ],
-        disable          => ['threads'],
+        disable          => ['threads','atexit'],
     },
     'nonstop-nsx_put' => {
         inherit_from     => [ 'nonstop-common',
@@ -188,6 +190,7 @@
                               'nonstop-model-put' ],
         multilib         => '-put',
         multibin         => '-put',
+        disable          => ['atexit'],
     },
     'nonstop-nsx_64' => {
         inherit_from     => [ 'nonstop-common',
@@ -196,7 +199,7 @@
                               'nonstop-efloat-x86_64' ],
         multilib         => '64',
         multibin         => '64',
-        disable          => ['threads'],
+        disable          => ['threads','atexit'],
     },
     'nonstop-nsx_64_put' => {
         inherit_from     => [ 'nonstop-common',
@@ -206,18 +209,19 @@
                               'nonstop-model-put' ],
         multilib         => '64-put',
         multibin         => '64-put',
+        disable          => ['atexit'],
     },
     'nonstop-nsx_g' => {
         inherit_from     => [ 'nonstop-common',
                               'nonstop-archenv-x86_64-guardian',
                               'nonstop-ilp32', 'nonstop-nfloat-x86_64' ],
-        disable          => ['threads'],
+        disable          => ['threads','atexit'],
     },
     'nonstop-nsx_g_tandem' => {
         inherit_from     => [ 'nonstop-common',
                               'nonstop-archenv-x86_64-guardian',
                               'nonstop-ilp32', 'nonstop-tfloat-x86_64' ],
-        disable          => ['threads'],
+        disable          => ['threads','atexit'],
     },
     'nonstop-nsv' => {
         inherit_from     => [ 'nonstop-nsx' ],
@@ -227,7 +231,7 @@
                               'nonstop-archenv-itanium-oss',
                               'nonstop-ilp32',
                               'nonstop-efloat-itanium' ],
-        disable          => ['threads'],
+        disable          => ['threads','atexit'],
     },
     'nonstop-nse_put' => {
         inherit_from     => [ 'nonstop-common',
@@ -237,6 +241,7 @@
                               'nonstop-model-put' ],
         multilib         => '-put',
         multibin         => '-put',
+        disable          => ['atexit'],
     },
     'nonstop-nse_64' => {
         inherit_from     => [ 'nonstop-common',
@@ -245,7 +250,7 @@
                               'nonstop-efloat-itanium' ],
         multilib         => '64',
         multibin         => '64',
-        disable          => ['threads'],
+        disable          => ['threads','atexit'],
     },
     'nonstop-nse_64_put' => {
         inherit_from     => [ 'nonstop-common',
@@ -255,17 +260,18 @@
                               'nonstop-model-put' ],
         multilib         => '64-put',
         multibin         => '64-put',
+        disable          => ['atexit'],
     },
     'nonstop-nse_g' => {
         inherit_from     => [ 'nonstop-common',
                               'nonstop-archenv-itanium-guardian',
                               'nonstop-ilp32', 'nonstop-nfloat-itanium' ],
-        disable          => ['threads'],
+        disable          => ['threads','atexit'],
     },
 
     'nonstop-nse_g_tandem' => {
         inherit_from     => [ 'nonstop-common',
                               'nonstop-archenv-itanium-guardian',
                               'nonstop-ilp32', 'nonstop-tfloat-itanium' ],
-        disable          => ['threads'],
+        disable          => ['threads','atexit'],
     },

Configure

@@ -420,6 +420,7 @@ my @disablables = (
     "asan",
     "asm",
     "async",
+    "atexit",
     "autoalginit",
     "autoerrinit",
     "autoload-config",
@@ -596,7 +597,7 @@ our %disabled = ( # "what"         => "comment"
 my @disable_cascades = (
     # "what"            => [ "cascade", ... ]
     "bulk"              => [ "shared", "dso",
-                             "aria", "async", "autoload-config",
+                             "aria", "async", "atexit", "autoload-config",
                              "blake2", "bf", "camellia", "cast", "chacha",
                              "cmac", "cms", "cmp", "comp", "ct",
                              "des", "dgram", "dh", "dsa",

INSTALL.md

@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ issues and other details, please read one of these:
  * [Notes for Windows platforms](NOTES-WINDOWS.md)
  * [Notes for the DOS platform with DJGPP](NOTES-DJGPP.md)
  * [Notes for the OpenVMS platform](NOTES-VMS.md)
+ * [Notes for the HPE NonStop platform](NOTES-NONSTOP.md)
  * [Notes on Perl](NOTES-PERL.md)
  * [Notes on Valgrind](NOTES-VALGRIND.md)
 
@@ -141,7 +142,7 @@ Use the following commands to configure, build and test OpenSSL.
 The testing is optional, but recommended if you intend to install
 OpenSSL for production use.
 
-### Unix / Linux / macOS
+### Unix / Linux / macOS / NonStop
 
     $ ./Configure
     $ make
@@ -198,7 +199,7 @@ the global search path for system libraries.
 Finally, if you plan on using the FIPS module, you need to read the
 [Post-installation Notes](#post-installation-notes) further down.
 
-### Unix / Linux / macOS
+### Unix / Linux / macOS / NonStop
 
 Depending on your distribution, you need to run the following command as
 root user or prepend `sudo` to the command:
@@ -600,6 +601,14 @@ be used even with this option.
 
 Do not build support for async operations.
 
+### no-atexit
+
+Do not use `atexit()` in libcrypto builds.
+
+`atexit()` has varied semantics between platforms and can cause SIGSEGV in some
+circumstances. This options disables the atexit registration of OPENSSL_cleanup.
+By default, NonStop configurations use `no-atexit`.
+
 ### no-autoalginit
 
 Don't automatically load all supported ciphers and digests.

NOTES-NONSTOP.md

@@ -57,7 +57,13 @@ relating to `atexit()` processing when a shared library is unloaded and when
 the program terminates. This limitation applies to all OpenSSL shared library
 components.
 
-A resolution to this situation is under investigation.
+A control has been added as of 3.3.x to disable calls to `atexit()` within the
+`libcrypto` builds (specifically in `crypto/init.c`). This switch can be
+controlled using `disable-atexit` or `enable-atexit`, and is disabled by default
+for NonStop builds. If you need to have `atexit()` functionality, set
+`enabled-atexit` when configuring OpenSSL to enable the `atexit()` call to
+register `OPENSSL_cleanup()` automatically. Preferably, you can explicitly call
+`OPENSSL_cleanup()` from your application.
 
 About Prefix and OpenSSLDir
 ---------------------------

crypto/init.c

@@ -97,17 +97,19 @@ static int win32atexit(void)
 
 DEFINE_RUN_ONCE_STATIC(ossl_init_register_atexit)
 {
-#ifdef OPENSSL_INIT_DEBUG
+#ifndef OPENSSL_NO_ATEXIT
+# ifdef OPENSSL_INIT_DEBUG
     fprintf(stderr, "OPENSSL_INIT: ossl_init_register_atexit()\n");
-#endif
-#ifndef OPENSSL_SYS_UEFI
-# if defined(_WIN32) && !defined(__BORLANDC__)
+# endif
+# ifndef OPENSSL_SYS_UEFI
+#  if defined(_WIN32) && !defined(__BORLANDC__)
     /* We use _onexit() in preference because it gets called on DLL unload */
     if (_onexit(win32atexit) == NULL)
         return 0;
-# else
+#  else
     if (atexit(OPENSSL_cleanup) != 0)
         return 0;
+#  endif
 # endif
 #endif