openssl/doc/man3/SSL_get_event_timeout.pod

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=head1 NAME

SSL_get_event_timeout - determine when an SSL object next needs to have events
handled

=head1 SYNOPSIS

 #include <openssl/ssl.h>

 int SSL_get_event_timeout(SSL *s, struct timeval *tv, int *is_infinite);

=head1 DESCRIPTION

SSL_get_event_timeout() determines when the SSL object next needs to perform
internal processing due to the passage of time.

All arguments are required; I<tv> and I<is_infinite> must be non-NULL.

Upon the successful return of SSL_get_event_timeout(), one of the following
cases applies:

=over 4

=item

The SSL object has events which need to be handled immediately; The fields of
I<*tv> are set to 0 and I<*is_infinite> is set to 0.

=item

The SSL object has events which need to be handled after some amount of time
(relative to the time at which SSL_get_event_timeout() was called). I<*tv> is
set to the amount of time after which L<SSL_handle_events(3)> should be called
and I<*is_infinite> is set to 0.

=item

There are currently no timer events which require handling in the future. The
value of I<*tv> is unspecified and I<*is_infinite> is set to 1.

=back

This function is currently applicable only to DTLS and QUIC connection SSL
objects. If it is called on any other kind of SSL object, it always outputs
infinity. This is considered a success condition.

For DTLS, this function can be used instead of the older
L<DTLSv1_get_timeout(3)> function. Note that this function differs from
L<DTLSv1_get_timeout(3)> in that the case where no timeout is active is
considered a success condition.

Note that the value output by a call to SSL_get_event_timeout() may change as a
result of other calls to the SSL object.

Once the timeout expires, L<SSL_handle_events(3)> should be called to handle any
internal processing which is due; for more information, see
L<SSL_handle_events(3)>.

Note that SSL_get_event_timeout() supersedes the older L<DTLSv1_get_timeout(3)>
function for all use cases.

If the call to SSL_get_event_timeout() fails, the values of I<*tv> and
I<*is_infinite> may still be changed and their values become unspecified.

=head1 RETURN VALUES

Returns 1 on success and 0 on failure.

=head1 SEE ALSO

L<SSL_handle_events(3)>, L<DTLSv1_get_timeout(3)>, L<ssl(7)>

=head1 HISTORY

The SSL_get_event_timeout() function was added in OpenSSL 3.2.

=head1 COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2022-2023 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.

Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License").  You may not use
this file except in compliance with the License.  You can obtain a copy
in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
L<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.

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