Improve SSL performance by avoiding SSLWantReadError exception and using much faster checks whenever possible

uvloop/sslproto.pxd

@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ cdef class SSLProtocol:
         object _sslobj
         object _sslobj_read
         object _sslobj_write
+        object _sslobj_pending
         object _incoming
         object _incoming_write
         object _outgoing

uvloop/sslproto.pyx

@@ -480,6 +480,7 @@ cdef class SSLProtocol:
                 server_hostname=self._server_hostname)
             self._sslobj_read = self._sslobj.read
             self._sslobj_write = self._sslobj.write
+            self._sslobj_pending = self._sslobj.pending
         except Exception as ex:
             self._on_handshake_complete(ex)
         else:
@@ -719,48 +720,91 @@ cdef class SSLProtocol:
 
     cdef _do_read__buffered(self):
         cdef:
-            Py_buffer pybuf
-            bint pybuf_inited = False
-            size_t wants, offset = 0
-            int count = 1
-            object buf
+            Py_ssize_t total_pending = (<Py_ssize_t>self._incoming.pending
+                                        + <Py_ssize_t>self._sslobj_pending())
+            # Ask for a little extra in case when decrypted data is bigger
+            # than original
+            object app_buffer = self._app_protocol_get_buffer(
+                total_pending + 256)
+            Py_ssize_t app_buffer_size = len(app_buffer)
+
+        if app_buffer_size == 0:
+            return
 
-        buf = self._app_protocol_get_buffer(self._get_read_buffer_size())
-        wants = len(buf)
+        cdef:
+            Py_ssize_t last_bytes_read = -1
+            Py_ssize_t total_bytes_read = 0
+            Py_buffer pybuf
+            bint pybuf_initialized = False
 
         try:
-            count = self._sslobj_read(wants, buf)
-
-            if count > 0:
-                offset = count
-                if offset < wants:
-                    PyObject_GetBuffer(buf, &pybuf, PyBUF_WRITABLE)
-                    pybuf_inited = True
-                while offset < wants:
-                    buf = PyMemoryView_FromMemory(
-                        (<char*>pybuf.buf) + offset,
-                        wants - offset,
+            # SSLObject.read may not return all available data in one go.
+            # We have to keep calling read until it throw SSLWantReadError.
+            # However, throwing SSLWantReadError is very expensive even in
+            # the master trunk of cpython.
+            # See https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/123954
+
+            # One way to reduce reliance on SSLWantReadError is to check
+            # self._incoming.pending > 0 and SSLObject.pending() > 0.
+            # SSLObject.read may still throw SSLWantReadError even when
+            # self._incoming.pending > 0 and SSLObject.pending() == 0,
+            # but this should happen relatively rarely, only when ssl frame
+            # is partially received.
+
+            # This optimization works really well especially for peers
+            # exchanging small messages and wanting to have minimal latency.
+
+            # self._incoming.pending means how much data hasn't
+            # been processed by ssl yet (read: "still encrypted"). The final
+            # unencrypted data size maybe different.
+
+            # self._sslobj.pending() means how much data has been already
+            # decrypted and can be directly read with SSLObject.read.
+
+            # Run test_create_server_ssl_over_ssl to reproduce different cases
+            # for this method.
+            while total_pending > 0:
+                if total_bytes_read > 0:
+                    if not pybuf_initialized:
+                        PyObject_GetBuffer(app_buffer, &pybuf, PyBUF_WRITABLE)
+                        pybuf_initialized = True
+
+                    app_buffer = PyMemoryView_FromMemory(
+                        (<char*>pybuf.buf) + total_bytes_read,
+                        app_buffer_size - total_bytes_read,
                         PyBUF_WRITE)
-                    count = self._sslobj_read(wants - offset, buf)
-                    if count > 0:
-                        offset += count
-                    else:
-                        break
-                else:
+
+                last_bytes_read = <Py_ssize_t>self._sslobj_read(
+                    app_buffer_size - total_bytes_read, app_buffer)
+                total_bytes_read += last_bytes_read
+
+                if last_bytes_read == 0:
+                    break
+
+                # User buffer may not fit all available data.
+                if total_bytes_read == app_buffer_size:
                     self._loop._call_soon_handle(
                         new_MethodHandle(self._loop,
                                          "SSLProtocol._do_read",
-                                         <method_t>self._do_read,
+                                         <method_t> self._do_read,
                                          None,  # current context is good
                                          self))
+                    break
+
+                total_pending = (<Py_ssize_t>self._incoming.pending +
+                                 <Py_ssize_t>self._sslobj_pending())
         except ssl_SSLAgainErrors as exc:
             pass
         finally:
-            if pybuf_inited:
+            if pybuf_initialized:
                 PyBuffer_Release(&pybuf)
-        if offset > 0:
-            self._app_protocol_buffer_updated(offset)
-        if not count:
+
+        if total_bytes_read > 0:
+            self._app_protocol_buffer_updated(total_bytes_read)
+
+        # SSLObject.read() may return 0 instead of throwing SSLWantReadError
+        # This indicates that we reached EOF
+        if last_bytes_read == 0:
             # close_notify
             self._call_eof_received()
             self._start_shutdown()
@@ -772,7 +816,8 @@ cdef class SSLProtocol:
             bint zero = True, one = False
 
         try:
-            while True:
+            while (<Py_ssize_t>self._incoming.pending > 0 or
+                   <Py_ssize_t>self._sslobj_pending() > 0):
                 chunk = self._sslobj_read(SSL_READ_MAX_SIZE)
                 if not chunk:
                     break