SSL_read() returning SSL_ERROR_SYSCALL with errno 11EAGAIN

[Erik Forsberg]

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>>-- Original Message --
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>>On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 03:23:23PM -0700, Erik Forsberg wrote:
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>>> >Is the handshake explicit, or does the application just call
>>> >SSL_read(), with OpenSSL performing the handshake as needed?
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>>> I occasionally (somewhat rarely) see the issue mentioned by the OP.
>>> Ignoring the error, or mapping it and do what WANT_READ/WANT_WRITE
>>> does effectively hides the issue and connection works fine. I predominantly
>>> run on Solaris 11. In my case, I open the socket myself, set non-blocking
>>> mode and associates with an SSL object using SS_set_fd().
>>> The initial handshake is done explicitly.
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>>Recoverable errors should not result in SSL_ERROR_SYSCALL.  This
>>feels like a bug.  I'd like to hear from Matt Caswell on this one.
>>Perhaps someone should open an issue on Github...
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>I will scan my logs later this evening and see if this is still an issue.
>Last time I remember seeing it was quote some long time ago (couple of years)
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ok, I checked my logs (3+ years worth of them) and I have not seen this error in that timeframe.
so it must have been a much older OpenSSL version I used way back when I remember doing this workaround.
Doesnt seem to be needed for me anymore.