[erlang-bugs] Erlang R12B3 inet_ssl_dist does not work with ssl-3.9

Kenji Rikitake kenji.rikitake@REDACTED
Sun Aug 24 06:03:00 CEST 2008


I have been trying many times to start Erlang SSL distribution on R12B3
with ssl-3.9, which hasn't been successful.  
I'm running Erlang VM on FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE.

*** Problems:

* 0. ssl-3.9 manual Chapter 5 does not represent the latest
  implementation.

* 1. In creating start_ssl.boot as described in ssl-3.9 manual section
5.2, two warnings remain:

content of the start_ssl.rel file:
-- begin --
{release, {"OTP  APN 181 01","R12B"}, {erts, "5.6.3"},
 [{kernel,"2.12.3"},
  {stdlib,"1.15.3"},
  {ssl,"3.9"}]}.
-- end --

after invoking erl (with no option):
-- begin --
Erlang (BEAM) emulator version 5.6.3 [source] [smp:2] [async-threads:0]
[hipe] [kernel-poll:false]

Eshell V5.6.3  (abort with ^G)
1> systools:make_script("start_ssl",[]).
*WARNING* ssl: Source code not found: ssl_pkix_oid.erl
*WARNING* ssl: Source code not found: 'OTP-PKIX'.erl
ok
2>
-- end --

To suppress the warning messages, creating symbolic links worked:

(cd $ERLANG_TOP/lib/ssl-3.9/src;
 ln -s ../pkix/OTP-PKIX.erl;
 ln -s ../pkix/ssk_pkix_old.erl;)

* 2. Even after the boot script is built, ssl_server is not registered,
which is supposed to be, as described in ssl manual Section 5.2.

-- start --
erl -boot /my/directory/start_ssl
Erlang (BEAM) emulator version 5.6.3 [source] [smp:2] [async-threads:0]
[hipe] [kernel-poll:false]

Eshell V5.6.3  (abort with ^G)
1> whereis(ssl_server).
undefined
2> c:regs().

** Registered procs on node nonode@REDACTED **
Name                  Pid          Initial Call                      Reds Msgs
application_controlle <0.5.0>      erlang:apply/2                     710    0
code_server           <0.19.0>     erlang:apply/2                   80684    0
erl_prim_loader       <0.2.0>      erlang:apply/2                   67923    0
error_logger          <0.4.0>      gen_event:init_it/6                286    0
file_server_2         <0.18.0>     file_server:init/1               17399    0
global_group          <0.17.0>     global_group:init/1                 78    0
global_name_server    <0.11.0>     global:init/1                       67    0
inet_db               <0.15.0>     inet_db:init/1                     165    0
init                  <0.0.0>      otp_ring0:start/2                 3522    0
kernel_safe_sup       <0.26.0>     supervisor:kernel/1                 63    0
kernel_sup            <0.9.0>      supervisor:kernel/1               1319    0
rex                   <0.10.0>     rpc:init/1                          46    0
ssl_broker_sup        <0.32.0>     supervisor:ssl_broker_sup           60    0
ssl_connection_sup    <0.34.0>     supervisor:ssl_connection           60    0
ssl_manager           <0.33.0>     ssl_manager:init/1                  68    0
ssl_sup               <0.31.0>     supervisor:ssl_sup/1               265    0
user                  <0.22.0>     group:server/3                      47    0

** Registered ports on node nonode@REDACTED **
Name                  Id              Command                                 
ok
-- end --

* 3. By reading the source code, I found that ssl_server is no longer
registered in ssl-3.9 (see ssl:ensure_old_ssl_started/0).

So I tested as follows:

erl -boot /my/directory/start_ssl -proto_dist inet_ssl

1: ssl:version()
-> {ok,{"3.9","OpenSSL 0.9.7e-p1 25 Oct 2004",
        "OpenSSL 0.9.7e-p1 25 Oct 2004"}}
2: net_kernel:start([a1])
-> {error,{shutdown,{child,undefined,net_sup_dynamic,
                           {erl_distribution,start_link,[[a1]]},
                           permanent,1000,supervisor,
                           [erl_distribution]}}}


* 4. I added SASL to the boot script (after stdlib and before ssl) to
  report the errors, and found:

-- begin --

Erlang (BEAM) emulator version 5.6.3 [source] [smp:2] [async-threads:0] [hipe] 
[kernel-poll:false]


=PROGRESS REPORT==== 24-Aug-2008::11:38:38 ===
          supervisor: {local,sasl_safe_sup}
             started: [{pid,<0.33.0>},
                       {name,alarm_handler},
                       {mfa,{alarm_handler,start_link,[]}},
                       {restart_type,permanent},
                       {shutdown,2000},
                       {child_type,worker}]

=PROGRESS REPORT==== 24-Aug-2008::11:38:38 ===
          supervisor: {local,sasl_safe_sup}
             started: [{pid,<0.34.0>},
                       {name,overload},
                       {mfa,{overload,start_link,[]}},
                       {restart_type,permanent},
                       {shutdown,2000},
                       {child_type,worker}]

=PROGRESS REPORT==== 24-Aug-2008::11:38:38 ===
          supervisor: {local,sasl_sup}
             started: [{pid,<0.32.0>},
                       {name,sasl_safe_sup},
                       {mfa,
                           {supervisor,start_link,
                               [{local,sasl_safe_sup},sasl,safe]}},
                       {restart_type,permanent},
                       {shutdown,infinity},
                       {child_type,supervisor}]

=PROGRESS REPORT==== 24-Aug-2008::11:38:38 ===
          supervisor: {local,sasl_sup}
             started: [{pid,<0.35.0>},
                       {name,release_handler},
                       {mfa,{release_handler,start_link,[]}},
                       {restart_type,permanent},
                       {shutdown,2000},
                       {child_type,worker}]

=PROGRESS REPORT==== 24-Aug-2008::11:38:38 ===
         application: sasl
          started_at: nonode@REDACTED

=PROGRESS REPORT==== 24-Aug-2008::11:38:38 ===
          supervisor: {local,ssl_sup}
             started: [{pid,<0.41.0>},
                       {name,ssl_broker_sup},
                       {mfa,{ssl_broker_sup,start_link,[]}},
                       {restart_type,permanent},
                       {shutdown,2000},
                       {child_type,supervisor}]

=PROGRESS REPORT==== 24-Aug-2008::11:38:38 ===
          supervisor: {local,ssl_sup}
             started: [{pid,<0.42.0>},
                       {name,ssl_manager},
                       {mfa,{ssl_manager,start_link,[]}},
                       {restart_type,permanent},
                       {shutdown,4000},
                       {child_type,worker}]

=PROGRESS REPORT==== 24-Aug-2008::11:38:38 ===
          supervisor: {local,ssl_sup}
             started: [{pid,<0.43.0>},
                       {name,ssl_connection},
                       {mfa,{ssl_connection_sup,start_link,[]}},
                       {restart_type,permanent},
                       {shutdown,4000},
                       {child_type,supervisor}]

=PROGRESS REPORT==== 24-Aug-2008::11:38:38 ===
         application: ssl
          started_at: nonode@REDACTED
Eshell V5.6.3  (abort with ^G)
1> ssl:version().
{ok,{"3.9","OpenSSL 0.9.7e-p1 25 Oct 2004",
     "OpenSSL 0.9.7e-p1 25 Oct 2004"}}

2> 

=PROGRESS REPORT==== 24-Aug-2008::11:38:48 ===
          supervisor: {local,ssl_sup}
             started: [{pid,<0.48.0>},
                       {name,ssl_server},
                       {mfa,{ssl_server,start_link,[]}},
                       {restart_type,permanent},
                       {shutdown,2000},
                       {child_type,worker}]

2> net_kernel:start([a1,shortnames).

=PROGRESS REPORT==== 24-Aug-2008::11:39:07 ===
          supervisor: {local,net_sup}
             started: [{pid,<0.51.0>},
                       {name,ssl_server_prim},
                       {mfa,{ssl_server,start_link_prim,[]}},
                       {restart_type,permanent},
                       {shutdown,2000},
                       {child_type,worker}]

=PROGRESS REPORT==== 24-Aug-2008::11:39:07 ===
          supervisor: {local,net_sup}
             started: [{pid,<0.52.0>},
                       {name,erl_epmd},
                       {mfa,{erl_epmd,start_link,[]}},
                       {restart_type,permanent},
                       {shutdown,2000},
                       {child_type,worker}]

=PROGRESS REPORT==== 24-Aug-2008::11:39:07 ===
          supervisor: {local,net_sup}
             started: [{pid,<0.53.0>},
                       {name,auth},
                       {mfa,{auth,start_link,[]}},
                       {restart_type,permanent},
                       {shutdown,2000},
                       {child_type,worker}]

=INFO REPORT==== 24-Aug-2008::11:39:07 ===
Protocol: "alt_ssl": register error: {normal,
                                      {gen_server,call,
                                       [ssl_server_prim,
                                        {listen,<0.54.0>,{0,0,0,0},0,[],128},
                                        infinity]}}
{error,{shutdown,{child,undefined,net_sup_dynamic,
                        {erl_distribution,start_link,[[a1,shortnames]]},
                        permanent,1000,supervisor,
                        [erl_distribution]}}}
3> 
=CRASH REPORT==== 24-Aug-2008::11:39:07 ===
  crasher:
    pid: <0.54.0>
    registered_name: net_kernel
    exception exit: {error,badarg}
      in function  gen_server:init_it/6
    initial call: gen:init_it(gen_server,<0.50.0>,<0.50.0>,
                              {local,net_kernel},
                              net_kernel,
                              {a1,shortnames,15000},
                              [])
    ancestors: [net_sup,kernel_sup,<0.8.0>]
    messages: []
    links: [<0.50.0>]
    dictionary: [{longnames,false}]
    trap_exit: true
    status: running
    heap_size: 377
    stack_size: 23
    reductions: 269
  neighbours:

=SUPERVISOR REPORT==== 24-Aug-2008::11:39:07 ===
     Supervisor: {local,net_sup}
     Context:    start_error
     Reason:     {'EXIT',nodistribution}
     Offender:   [{pid,undefined},
                  {name,net_kernel},
                  {mfa,{net_kernel,start_link,[[a1,shortnames]]}},
                  {restart_type,permanent},
                  {shutdown,2000},
                  {child_type,worker}]


=SUPERVISOR REPORT==== 24-Aug-2008::11:39:07 ===
     Supervisor: {local,net_sup}
     Context:    shutdown_error
     Reason:     normal
     Offender:   [{pid,<0.51.0>},
                  {name,ssl_server_prim},
                  {mfa,{ssl_server,start_link_prim,[]}},
                  {restart_type,permanent},
                  {shutdown,2000},
                  {child_type,worker}]

3> c:regs().

** Registered procs on node nonode@REDACTED **
Name                  Pid          Initial Call                      Reds Msgs
alarm_handler         <0.33.0>     gen_event:init_it/6                 34    0
application_controlle <0.5.0>      erlang:apply/2                     920    0
code_server           <0.19.0>     erlang:apply/2                   86519    0
erl_prim_loader       <0.2.0>      erlang:apply/2                   76524    0
error_logger          <0.4.0>      gen_event:init_it/6              19948    0
file_server_2         <0.18.0>     file_server:init/1               17537    0
global_group          <0.17.0>     global_group:init/1                 78    0
global_name_server    <0.11.0>     global:init/1                       67    0
inet_db               <0.15.0>     inet_db:init/1                     164    0
init                  <0.0.0>      otp_ring0:start/2                 5008    0
kernel_safe_sup       <0.26.0>     supervisor:kernel/1                 63    0
kernel_sup            <0.9.0>      supervisor:kernel/1               1375    0
overload              <0.34.0>     overload:init/1                     45    0
release_handler       <0.35.0>     release_handler:init/1            1433    0
rex                   <0.10.0>     rpc:init/1                          46    0
sasl_safe_sup         <0.32.0>     supervisor:sasl/1                  200    0
sasl_sup              <0.31.0>     supervisor:sasl/1                  182    0
ssl_broker_sup        <0.41.0>     supervisor:ssl_broker_sup           60    0
ssl_connection_sup    <0.43.0>     supervisor:ssl_connection           60    0
ssl_manager           <0.42.0>     ssl_manager:init/1                  68    0
ssl_server            <0.48.0>     ssl_server:init/1                 1248    0
ssl_sup               <0.40.0>     supervisor:ssl_sup/1               344    0
user                  <0.22.0>     group:server/3                   12320    0

** Registered ports on node nonode@REDACTED **
Name                  Id              Command                                 
ok

-- end --

*** So far I can't find any workaround for this.  I suspect this glitch
    happened when ssl library internal structure has been changed in
    ssl-3.9.

Please let me know how I can start up inet_ssl_dist on R12B3.

Kenji Rikitake




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