Method: OpenSSL::Buffering#read_nonblock

Defined in:

lib/openssl/buffering.rb

#read_nonblock(maxlen, buf = nil, exception: true) ⇒ Object

Reads at most maxlen bytes in the non-blocking manner.

When no data can be read without blocking it raises OpenSSL::SSL::SSLError extended by IO::WaitReadable or IO::WaitWritable.

IO::WaitReadable means SSL needs to read internally so read_nonblock should be called again when the underlying IO is readable.

IO::WaitWritable means SSL needs to write internally so read_nonblock should be called again after the underlying IO is writable.

OpenSSL::Buffering#read_nonblock needs two rescue clause as follows:

# emulates blocking read (readpartial).
begin
  result = ssl.read_nonblock(maxlen)
rescue IO::WaitReadable
  IO.select([io])
  retry
rescue IO::WaitWritable
  IO.select(nil, [io])
  retry
end

Note that one reason that read_nonblock writes to the underlying IO is when the peer requests a new TLS/SSL handshake. See openssl the FAQ for more details. www.openssl.org/support/faq.html

By specifying a keyword argument exception to false, you can indicate that read_nonblock should not raise an IO::Wait*able exception, but return the symbol :wait_writable or :wait_readable instead. At EOF, it will return nil instead of raising EOFError.

# File 'lib/openssl/buffering.rb', line 204

def read_nonblock(maxlen, buf=nil, exception: true)
  if maxlen == 0
    if buf
      buf.clear
      return buf
    else
      return ""
    end
  end
  if @rbuffer.empty?
    return sysread_nonblock(maxlen, buf, exception: exception)
  end
  ret = consume_rbuff(maxlen)
  if buf
    buf.replace(ret)
    ret = buf
  end
  ret
end