On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 11:52 AM, Graham Leggett <minf...@sharp.fm> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am currently trying to find out why mod_ssl stops 
> CONN_STATE_WRITE_COMPLETION from working correctly, and have noticed that for 
> no clear reason, mod_ssl flushes the output filters when it receives an EOS 
> bucket:
>
> https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/trunk/modules/ssl/ssl_engine_io.c
>
>         /* If it is a flush or EOS, we need to pass this down.
>          * These types do not require translation by OpenSSL.
>          */
>         if (APR_BUCKET_IS_EOS(bucket) || APR_BUCKET_IS_FLUSH(bucket)) {
>             if (bio_filter_out_flush(filter_ctx->pbioWrite) < 0) {
>                 status = outctx->rc;
>                 break;
>             }
>
> It would seem at the very least in order for any kind of write completion to 
> be possible we would need to stop mod_ssl from trying to flush on EOS. Is 
> there a specific problem that mod_ssl tries to solve by doing this?

If you go back to e.g. r91413 and look at the entire file, it seems
that the EOS used to flush out some data buffered in openssl:


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Eric Covener
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