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  • Bug fixes for general core bugs in 3.10.x will end 8 November 2021 (12 months).
  • Bug fixes for security issues in 3.10.x will end 9 May 2022 (18 months).
  • PHP version: minimum PHP 7.2.0 Note: minimum PHP version has increased since Moodle 3.8. PHP 7.3.x and 7.4.x are supported too.

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   1  <?php
   2  // This file is part of Moodle - http://moodle.org/
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  16  
  17  /**
  18   * Redis based session handler.
  19   *
  20   * @package    core
  21   * @copyright  2015 Russell Smith <mr-russ@smith2001.net>
  22   * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
  23   */
  24  
  25  namespace core\session;
  26  
  27  use RedisException;
  28  
  29  defined('MOODLE_INTERNAL') || die();
  30  
  31  /**
  32   * Redis based session handler.
  33   *
  34   * The default Redis session handler does not handle locking in 2.2.7, so we have written a php session handler
  35   * that uses locking.  The places where locking is used was modeled from the memcached code that is used in Moodle
  36   * https://github.com/php-memcached-dev/php-memcached/blob/master/php_memcached_session.c
  37   *
  38   * @package    core
  39   * @copyright  2016 Russell Smith
  40   * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
  41   */
  42  class redis extends handler {
  43      /** @var string $host save_path string  */
  44      protected $host = '';
  45      /** @var int $port The port to connect to */
  46      protected $port = 6379;
  47      /** @var string $auth redis password  */
  48      protected $auth = '';
  49      /** @var int $database the Redis database to store sesions in */
  50      protected $database = 0;
  51      /** @var array $servers list of servers parsed from save_path */
  52      protected $prefix = '';
  53      /** @var int $acquiretimeout how long to wait for session lock in seconds */
  54      protected $acquiretimeout = 120;
  55      /** @var int $lockretry how long to wait between session lock attempts in ms */
  56      protected $lockretry = 100;
  57      /** @var int $serializer The serializer to use */
  58      protected $serializer = \Redis::SERIALIZER_PHP;
  59      /** @var string $lasthash hash of the session data content */
  60      protected $lasthash = null;
  61  
  62      /**
  63       * @var int $lockexpire how long to wait in seconds before expiring the lock automatically
  64       * so that other requests may continue execution, ignored if PECL redis is below version 2.2.0.
  65       */
  66      protected $lockexpire;
  67  
  68      /** @var Redis Connection */
  69      protected $connection = null;
  70  
  71      /** @var array $locks List of currently held locks by this page. */
  72      protected $locks = array();
  73  
  74      /** @var int $timeout How long sessions live before expiring. */
  75      protected $timeout;
  76  
  77      /**
  78       * Create new instance of handler.
  79       */
  80      public function __construct() {
  81          global $CFG;
  82  
  83          if (isset($CFG->session_redis_host)) {
  84              $this->host = $CFG->session_redis_host;
  85          }
  86  
  87          if (isset($CFG->session_redis_port)) {
  88              $this->port = (int)$CFG->session_redis_port;
  89          }
  90  
  91          if (isset($CFG->session_redis_auth)) {
  92              $this->auth = $CFG->session_redis_auth;
  93          }
  94  
  95          if (isset($CFG->session_redis_database)) {
  96              $this->database = (int)$CFG->session_redis_database;
  97          }
  98  
  99          if (isset($CFG->session_redis_prefix)) {
 100              $this->prefix = $CFG->session_redis_prefix;
 101          }
 102  
 103          if (isset($CFG->session_redis_acquire_lock_timeout)) {
 104              $this->acquiretimeout = (int)$CFG->session_redis_acquire_lock_timeout;
 105          }
 106  
 107          if (isset($CFG->session_redis_acquire_lock_retry)) {
 108              $this->lockretry = (int)$CFG->session_redis_acquire_lock_retry;
 109          }
 110  
 111          if (!empty($CFG->session_redis_serializer_use_igbinary) && defined('\Redis::SERIALIZER_IGBINARY')) {
 112              $this->serializer = \Redis::SERIALIZER_IGBINARY; // Set igbinary serializer if phpredis supports it.
 113          }
 114  
 115          // The following configures the session lifetime in redis to allow some
 116          // wriggle room in the user noticing they've been booted off and
 117          // letting them log back in before they lose their session entirely.
 118          $updatefreq = empty($CFG->session_update_timemodified_frequency) ? 20 : $CFG->session_update_timemodified_frequency;
 119          $this->timeout = $CFG->sessiontimeout + $updatefreq + MINSECS;
 120  
 121          $this->lockexpire = $CFG->sessiontimeout;
 122          if (isset($CFG->session_redis_lock_expire)) {
 123              $this->lockexpire = (int)$CFG->session_redis_lock_expire;
 124          }
 125      }
 126  
 127      /**
 128       * Start the session.
 129       *
 130       * @return bool success
 131       */
 132      public function start() {
 133          $result = parent::start();
 134  
 135          return $result;
 136      }
 137  
 138      /**
 139       * Init session handler.
 140       */
 141      public function init() {
 142          if (!extension_loaded('redis')) {
 143              throw new exception('sessionhandlerproblem', 'error', '', null, 'redis extension is not loaded');
 144          }
 145  
 146          if (empty($this->host)) {
 147              throw new exception('sessionhandlerproblem', 'error', '', null,
 148                      '$CFG->session_redis_host must be specified in config.php');
 149          }
 150  
 151          // The session handler requires a version of Redis with the SETEX command (at least 2.0).
 152          $version = phpversion('Redis');
 153          if (!$version or version_compare($version, '2.0') <= 0) {
 154              throw new exception('sessionhandlerproblem', 'error', '', null, 'redis extension version must be at least 2.0');
 155          }
 156  
 157          $this->connection = new \Redis();
 158  
 159          $result = session_set_save_handler(array($this, 'handler_open'),
 160              array($this, 'handler_close'),
 161              array($this, 'handler_read'),
 162              array($this, 'handler_write'),
 163              array($this, 'handler_destroy'),
 164              array($this, 'handler_gc'));
 165          if (!$result) {
 166              throw new exception('redissessionhandlerproblem', 'error');
 167          }
 168  
 169          // MDL-59866: Add retries for connections (up to 5 times) to make sure it goes through.
 170          $counter = 1;
 171          $maxnumberofretries = 5;
 172  
 173          while ($counter <= $maxnumberofretries) {
 174  
 175              try {
 176  
 177                  $delay = rand(100000, 500000);
 178  
 179                  // One second timeout was chosen as it is long for connection, but short enough for a user to be patient.
 180                  if (!$this->connection->connect($this->host, $this->port, 1, null, $delay)) {
 181                      throw new RedisException('Unable to connect to host.');
 182                  }
 183  
 184                  if ($this->auth !== '') {
 185                      if (!$this->connection->auth($this->auth)) {
 186                          throw new RedisException('Unable to authenticate.');
 187                      }
 188                  }
 189  
 190                  if (!$this->connection->setOption(\Redis::OPT_SERIALIZER, $this->serializer)) {
 191                      throw new RedisException('Unable to set Redis PHP Serializer option.');
 192                  }
 193  
 194                  if ($this->prefix !== '') {
 195                      // Use custom prefix on sessions.
 196                      if (!$this->connection->setOption(\Redis::OPT_PREFIX, $this->prefix)) {
 197                          throw new RedisException('Unable to set Redis Prefix option.');
 198                      }
 199                  }
 200                  if ($this->database !== 0) {
 201                      if (!$this->connection->select($this->database)) {
 202                          throw new RedisException('Unable to select Redis database '.$this->database.'.');
 203                      }
 204                  }
 205                  $this->connection->ping();
 206                  return true;
 207              } catch (RedisException $e) {
 208                  $logstring = "Failed to connect (try {$counter} out of {$maxnumberofretries}) to redis ";
 209                  $logstring .= "at {$this->host}:{$this->port}, error returned was: {$e->getMessage()}";
 210  
 211                  debugging($logstring);
 212              }
 213  
 214              $counter++;
 215  
 216              // Introduce a random sleep between 100ms and 500ms.
 217              usleep(rand(100000, 500000));
 218          }
 219  
 220          // We have exhausted our retries, time to give up.
 221          if (isset($logstring)) {
 222              throw new RedisException($logstring);
 223          }
 224      }
 225  
 226      /**
 227       * Update our session search path to include session name when opened.
 228       *
 229       * @param string $savepath  unused session save path. (ignored)
 230       * @param string $sessionname Session name for this session. (ignored)
 231       * @return bool true always as we will succeed.
 232       */
 233      public function handler_open($savepath, $sessionname) {
 234          return true;
 235      }
 236  
 237      /**
 238       * Close the session completely. We also remove all locks we may have obtained that aren't expired.
 239       *
 240       * @return bool true on success.  false on unable to unlock sessions.
 241       */
 242      public function handler_close() {
 243          $this->lasthash = null;
 244          try {
 245              foreach ($this->locks as $id => $expirytime) {
 246                  if ($expirytime > $this->time()) {
 247                      $this->unlock_session($id);
 248                  }
 249                  unset($this->locks[$id]);
 250              }
 251          } catch (RedisException $e) {
 252              error_log('Failed talking to redis: '.$e->getMessage());
 253              return false;
 254          }
 255  
 256          return true;
 257      }
 258      /**
 259       * Read the session data from storage
 260       *
 261       * @param string $id The session id to read from storage.
 262       * @return string The session data for PHP to process.
 263       *
 264       * @throws RedisException when we are unable to talk to the Redis server.
 265       */
 266      public function handler_read($id) {
 267          try {
 268              if ($this->requires_write_lock()) {
 269                  $this->lock_session($id);
 270              }
 271              $sessiondata = $this->connection->get($id);
 272              if ($sessiondata === false) {
 273                  if ($this->requires_write_lock()) {
 274                      $this->unlock_session($id);
 275                  }
 276                  $this->lasthash = sha1('');
 277                  return '';
 278              }
 279              $this->connection->expire($id, $this->timeout);
 280          } catch (RedisException $e) {
 281              error_log('Failed talking to redis: '.$e->getMessage());
 282              throw $e;
 283          }
 284          $this->lasthash = sha1(base64_encode($sessiondata));
 285          return $sessiondata;
 286      }
 287  
 288      /**
 289       * Write the serialized session data to our session store.
 290       *
 291       * @param string $id session id to write.
 292       * @param string $data session data
 293       * @return bool true on write success, false on failure
 294       */
 295      public function handler_write($id, $data) {
 296  
 297          $hash = sha1(base64_encode($data));
 298  
 299          // If the content has not changed don't bother writing.
 300          if ($hash === $this->lasthash) {
 301              return true;
 302          }
 303  
 304          if (is_null($this->connection)) {
 305              // The session has already been closed, don't attempt another write.
 306              error_log('Tried to write session: '.$id.' before open or after close.');
 307              return false;
 308          }
 309  
 310          // We do not do locking here because memcached doesn't.  Also
 311          // PHP does open, read, destroy, write, close. When a session doesn't exist.
 312          // There can be race conditions on new sessions racing each other but we can
 313          // address that in the future.
 314          try {
 315              $this->connection->setex($id, $this->timeout, $data);
 316          } catch (RedisException $e) {
 317              error_log('Failed talking to redis: '.$e->getMessage());
 318              return false;
 319          }
 320          return true;
 321      }
 322  
 323      /**
 324       * Handle destroying a session.
 325       *
 326       * @param string $id the session id to destroy.
 327       * @return bool true if the session was deleted, false otherwise.
 328       */
 329      public function handler_destroy($id) {
 330          $this->lasthash = null;
 331          try {
 332              $this->connection->del($id);
 333              $this->unlock_session($id);
 334          } catch (RedisException $e) {
 335              error_log('Failed talking to redis: '.$e->getMessage());
 336              return false;
 337          }
 338  
 339          return true;
 340      }
 341  
 342      /**
 343       * Garbage collect sessions.  We don't we any as Redis does it for us.
 344       *
 345       * @param integer $maxlifetime All sessions older than this should be removed.
 346       * @return bool true, as Redis handles expiry for us.
 347       */
 348      public function handler_gc($maxlifetime) {
 349          return true;
 350      }
 351  
 352      /**
 353       * Unlock a session.
 354       *
 355       * @param string $id Session id to be unlocked.
 356       */
 357      protected function unlock_session($id) {
 358          if (isset($this->locks[$id])) {
 359              $this->connection->del($id.".lock");
 360              unset($this->locks[$id]);
 361          }
 362      }
 363  
 364      /**
 365       * Obtain a session lock so we are the only one using it at the moment.
 366       *
 367       * @param string $id The session id to lock.
 368       * @return bool true when session was locked, exception otherwise.
 369       * @throws exception When we are unable to obtain a session lock.
 370       */
 371      protected function lock_session($id) {
 372          $lockkey = $id.".lock";
 373  
 374          $haslock = isset($this->locks[$id]) && $this->time() < $this->locks[$id];
 375          $startlocktime = $this->time();
 376  
 377          /* To be able to ensure sessions don't write out of order we must obtain an exclusive lock
 378           * on the session for the entire time it is open.  If another AJAX call, or page is using
 379           * the session then we just wait until it finishes before we can open the session.
 380           */
 381  
 382          // Store the current host, process id and the request URI so it's easy to track who has the lock.
 383          $hostname = gethostname();
 384          if ($hostname === false) {
 385              $hostname = 'UNKNOWN HOST';
 386          }
 387          $pid = getmypid();
 388          if ($pid === false) {
 389              $pid = 'UNKNOWN';
 390          }
 391          $uri = isset($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']) ? $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] : 'unknown uri';
 392  
 393          $whoami = "[pid {$pid}] {$hostname}:$uri";
 394  
 395          while (!$haslock) {
 396  
 397              $haslock = $this->connection->setnx($lockkey, $whoami);
 398  
 399              if ($haslock) {
 400                  $this->locks[$id] = $this->time() + $this->lockexpire;
 401                  $this->connection->expire($lockkey, $this->lockexpire);
 402                  return true;
 403              }
 404  
 405              if ($this->time() > $startlocktime + $this->acquiretimeout) {
 406                  // This is a fatal error, better inform users.
 407                  // It should not happen very often - all pages that need long time to execute
 408                  // should close session immediately after access control checks.
 409                  $whohaslock = $this->connection->get($lockkey);
 410                  // @codingStandardsIgnoreStart
 411                  error_log("Cannot obtain session lock for sid: $id within $this->acquiretimeout seconds. " .
 412                      "It is likely another page ($whohaslock) has a long session lock, or the session lock was never released.");
 413                  // @codingStandardsIgnoreEnd
 414                  throw new exception("Unable to obtain session lock");
 415              }
 416  
 417              if ($this->time() < $startlocktime + 5) {
 418                  // We want a random delay to stagger the polling load. Ideally
 419                  // this delay should be a fraction of the average response
 420                  // time. If it is too small we will poll too much and if it is
 421                  // too large we will waste time waiting for no reason. 100ms is
 422                  // the default starting point.
 423                  $delay = rand($this->lockretry, $this->lockretry * 1.1);
 424              } else {
 425                  // If we don't get a lock within 5 seconds then there must be a
 426                  // very long lived process holding the lock so throttle back to
 427                  // just polling roughly once a second.
 428                  $delay = rand(1000, 1100);
 429              }
 430  
 431              usleep($delay * 1000);
 432          }
 433      }
 434  
 435      /**
 436       * Return the current time.
 437       *
 438       * @return int the current time as a unixtimestamp.
 439       */
 440      protected function time() {
 441          return time();
 442      }
 443  
 444      /**
 445       * Check the backend contains data for this session id.
 446       *
 447       * Note: this is intended to be called from manager::session_exists() only.
 448       *
 449       * @param string $sid
 450       * @return bool true if session found.
 451       */
 452      public function session_exists($sid) {
 453          if (!$this->connection) {
 454              return false;
 455          }
 456  
 457          try {
 458              return !empty($this->connection->exists($sid));
 459          } catch (RedisException $e) {
 460              return false;
 461          }
 462      }
 463  
 464      /**
 465       * Kill all active sessions, the core sessions table is purged afterwards.
 466       */
 467      public function kill_all_sessions() {
 468          global $DB;
 469          if (!$this->connection) {
 470              return;
 471          }
 472  
 473          $rs = $DB->get_recordset('sessions', array(), 'id DESC', 'id, sid');
 474          foreach ($rs as $record) {
 475              $this->handler_destroy($record->sid);
 476          }
 477          $rs->close();
 478      }
 479  
 480      /**
 481       * Kill one session, the session record is removed afterwards.
 482       *
 483       * @param string $sid
 484       */
 485      public function kill_session($sid) {
 486          if (!$this->connection) {
 487              return;
 488          }
 489  
 490          $this->handler_destroy($sid);
 491      }
 492  }