New set of unit tests for the timing module, instead of just running
the selftest function.
The selftest function sometimes fails on a heavily loaded
machine (such as a typical continuous integration system). Because of
the all-in-one nature of the test and because the exact load pattern
can be hard to reproduce, it is difficult to diagnose failures of CI
runs with selftest. The new tests are more separated and I strove to
point out potential failure modes in comments.
* mbedtls_timing_hardclock: not tested. This function gives so few
guarantees that there isn't much to test, and it is hard to test
reliably because clock cycles don't easily relate to time in any
remotely portable way. This function isn't used in the library
anyway, it's only there for benchmark programs.
* mbedtls_timing_get_timer: tested by setting a timer and verifying
that it reaches its target, and by verifying that a timer started
later than another always has a smaller elapsed time.
* mbedtls_set_alarm: tested by setting an alarm, busy-waiting for it
and measuring the elapsed time with a timer.
* mbedtls_timing_set_delay, mbedtls_timing_get_delay: tested by
setting a delay object and watching it go through its two delay
values, using a timer to check that the delays are passed at the
expected time.
The tests pass under light to moderate load, but some of them can be
defeated with sufficiently heavy load. This is unavoidable since the
test process to be effectively suspended for any length of time,
making us think that a timer has gone on for too long.
Print some not-very-nice-looking but helpful diagnosis information if
the timing selftest fails. Since the failures tend to be due to heavy
system load that's hard to reproduce, this information is necessary to
understand what's going on.
mbedtls_timing_get_timer with reset=1 is called both to initialize a
timer object and to reset an already-initialized object. In an
initial call, the content of the data structure is indeterminate, so
the code should not read from it. This could crash if signed overflows
trap, for example.
As a consequence, on reset, we can't return the previously elapsed
time as was previously done on Windows. Return 0 as was done on Unix.
The POSIX/Unix implementation of mbedtls_set_alarm did not set the
mbedtls_timing_alarmed flag when called with 0, which was inconsistent
with what the documentation implied and with the Windows behavior.
* restricted/pr/397:
Don't split error code description across multiple lines
Register new error code in error.h
Move deprecation to separate section in ChangeLog
Extend scope of ERR_RSA_UNSUPPORTED_OPERATION error code
Adapt RSA test suite
Adapt ChangeLog
Deprecate usage of RSA primitives with wrong key type
Port wait_server_start from ssl-opt.sh to compat.sh, instead of just
using "sleep 1". This solves the problem that on a heavily loaded
machine, sleep 1 is sometimes not enough (we had CI failures because
of this). This is also faster on a lightly-loaded machine (execution
time reduced from ~8min to ~6min on my machine).
In wait_server_start, fork less. When lsof is present, call it on the
expected process. This saves a few percent of execution time on a
lightly loaded machine. Also, sleep for a short duration rather than
using a tight loop.
Fix missing definition of mbedtls_zeroize when MBEDTLS_FS_IO is
disabled in the configuration.
Introduced by e7707228b4
Merge remote-tracking branch 'upstream-public/pr/1062' into development
* development: (30 commits)
update README file (#1144)
Fix typo in asn1.h
Improve leap year test names in x509parse.data
Correctly handle leap year in x509_date_is_valid()
Renegotiation: Add tests for SigAlg ext parsing
Parse Signature Algorithm ext when renegotiating
Minor style fix
config.pl get: be better behaved
config.pl get: don't rewrite config.h; detect write errors
Fixed "config.pl get" for options with no value
Fix typo and bracketing in macro args
Ensure failed test_suite output is sent to stdout
Remove use of GNU sed features from ssl-opt.sh
Fix typos in ssl-opt.sh comments
Add ssl-opt.sh test to check gmt_unix_time is good
Extend ssl-opt.h so that run_test takes function
Always print gmt_unix_time in TLS client
Restored note about using minimum functionality in makefiles
Note in README that GNU make is required
Fix changelog for ssl_server2.c usage fix
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