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<?php
// This file is part of Moodle - http://moodle.org/
//
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/**
 * Redis based session handler.
 *
 * @package    core
 * @copyright  2015 Russell Smith <mr-russ@smith2001.net>
 * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
 */

namespace core\session;

use RedisException;

defined('MOODLE_INTERNAL') || die();

/**
 * Redis based session handler.
 *
 * The default Redis session handler does not handle locking in 2.2.7, so we have written a php session handler
 * that uses locking.  The places where locking is used was modeled from the memcached code that is used in Moodle
 * https://github.com/php-memcached-dev/php-memcached/blob/master/php_memcached_session.c
 *
 * @package    core
 * @copyright  2016 Russell Smith
 * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
 */
class redis extends handler {
    /**
     * Compressor: none.
     */
    const COMPRESSION_NONE      = 'none';
    /**
     * Compressor: PHP GZip.
     */
    const COMPRESSION_GZIP      = 'gzip';
    /**
     * Compressor: PHP Zstandard.
     */
    const COMPRESSION_ZSTD      = 'zstd';

    /** @var string $host save_path string  */
    protected $host = '';
    /** @var int $port The port to connect to */
    protected $port = 6379;
    /** @var string $auth redis password  */
    protected $auth = '';
    /** @var int $database the Redis database to store sesions in */
    protected $database = 0;
    /** @var array $servers list of servers parsed from save_path */
    protected $prefix = '';
    /** @var int $acquiretimeout how long to wait for session lock in seconds */
    protected $acquiretimeout = 120;
    /** @var int $acquirewarn how long before warning when waiting for a lock in seconds */
    protected $acquirewarn = null;
    /** @var int $lockretry how long to wait between session lock attempts in ms */
    protected $lockretry = 100;
    /** @var int $serializer The serializer to use */
    protected $serializer = \Redis::SERIALIZER_PHP;
    /** @var int $compressor The compressor to use */
    protected $compressor = self::COMPRESSION_NONE;
    /** @var string $lasthash hash of the session data content */
    protected $lasthash = null;

    /**
     * @var int $lockexpire how long to wait in seconds before expiring the lock automatically
     * so that other requests may continue execution, ignored if PECL redis is below version 2.2.0.
     */
    protected $lockexpire;

    /** @var Redis Connection */
    protected $connection = null;

    /** @var array $locks List of currently held locks by this page. */
    protected $locks = array();

    /** @var int $timeout How long sessions live before expiring. */
    protected $timeout;

    /**
     * Create new instance of handler.
     */
    public function __construct() {
        global $CFG;

        if (isset($CFG->session_redis_host)) {
            $this->host = $CFG->session_redis_host;
        }

        if (isset($CFG->session_redis_port)) {
            $this->port = (int)$CFG->session_redis_port;
        }

        if (isset($CFG->session_redis_auth)) {
            $this->auth = $CFG->session_redis_auth;
        }

        if (isset($CFG->session_redis_database)) {
            $this->database = (int)$CFG->session_redis_database;
        }

        if (isset($CFG->session_redis_prefix)) {
            $this->prefix = $CFG->session_redis_prefix;
        }

        if (isset($CFG->session_redis_acquire_lock_timeout)) {
            $this->acquiretimeout = (int)$CFG->session_redis_acquire_lock_timeout;
        }

        if (isset($CFG->session_redis_acquire_lock_warn)) {
            $this->acquirewarn = (int)$CFG->session_redis_acquire_lock_warn;
        }

        if (isset($CFG->session_redis_acquire_lock_retry)) {
            $this->lockretry = (int)$CFG->session_redis_acquire_lock_retry;
        }

        if (!empty($CFG->session_redis_serializer_use_igbinary) && defined('\Redis::SERIALIZER_IGBINARY')) {
            $this->serializer = \Redis::SERIALIZER_IGBINARY; // Set igbinary serializer if phpredis supports it.
        }

        // The following configures the session lifetime in redis to allow some
        // wriggle room in the user noticing they've been booted off and
        // letting them log back in before they lose their session entirely.
        $updatefreq = empty($CFG->session_update_timemodified_frequency) ? 20 : $CFG->session_update_timemodified_frequency;
        $this->timeout = $CFG->sessiontimeout + $updatefreq + MINSECS;

< $this->lockexpire = $CFG->sessiontimeout;
> // This sets the Redis session lock expiry time to whatever is lower, either > // the PHP execution time `max_execution_time`, if the value was defined in > // the `php.ini` or the globally configured `sessiontimeout`. Setting it to > // the lower of the two will not make things worse it if the execution timeout > // is longer than the session timeout. > // For the PHP execution time, once the PHP execution time is over, we can be sure > // that the lock is no longer actively held so that the lock can expire safely. > // Although at `lib/classes/php_time_limit.php::raise(int)`, Moodle can > // progressively increase the maximum PHP execution time, this is limited to the > // `max_execution_time` value defined in the `php.ini`. > // For the session timeout, we assume it is safe to consider the lock to expire > // once the session itself expires. > // If we unnecessarily hold the lock any longer, it blocks other session requests. > $this->lockexpire = ini_get('max_execution_time'); > if (empty($this->lockexpire) || ($this->lockexpire > (int)$CFG->sessiontimeout)) { > $this->lockexpire = (int)$CFG->sessiontimeout; > }
if (isset($CFG->session_redis_lock_expire)) { $this->lockexpire = (int)$CFG->session_redis_lock_expire; } if (isset($CFG->session_redis_compressor)) { $this->compressor = $CFG->session_redis_compressor; } } /** * Start the session. * * @return bool success */ public function start() { $result = parent::start(); return $result; } /** * Init session handler. */ public function init() { if (!extension_loaded('redis')) { throw new exception('sessionhandlerproblem', 'error', '', null, 'redis extension is not loaded'); } if (empty($this->host)) { throw new exception('sessionhandlerproblem', 'error', '', null, '$CFG->session_redis_host must be specified in config.php'); } // The session handler requires a version of Redis with the SETEX command (at least 2.0). $version = phpversion('Redis'); if (!$version or version_compare($version, '2.0') <= 0) { throw new exception('sessionhandlerproblem', 'error', '', null, 'redis extension version must be at least 2.0'); } $this->connection = new \Redis(); $result = session_set_save_handler(array($this, 'handler_open'), array($this, 'handler_close'), array($this, 'handler_read'), array($this, 'handler_write'), array($this, 'handler_destroy'), array($this, 'handler_gc')); if (!$result) { throw new exception('redissessionhandlerproblem', 'error'); } // MDL-59866: Add retries for connections (up to 5 times) to make sure it goes through. $counter = 1; $maxnumberofretries = 5; while ($counter <= $maxnumberofretries) { try { $delay = rand(100, 500); // One second timeout was chosen as it is long for connection, but short enough for a user to be patient. if (!$this->connection->connect($this->host, $this->port, 1, null, $delay)) { throw new RedisException('Unable to connect to host.'); } if ($this->auth !== '') { if (!$this->connection->auth($this->auth)) { throw new RedisException('Unable to authenticate.'); } } if (!$this->connection->setOption(\Redis::OPT_SERIALIZER, $this->serializer)) { throw new RedisException('Unable to set Redis PHP Serializer option.'); } if ($this->prefix !== '') { // Use custom prefix on sessions. if (!$this->connection->setOption(\Redis::OPT_PREFIX, $this->prefix)) { throw new RedisException('Unable to set Redis Prefix option.'); } } if ($this->database !== 0) { if (!$this->connection->select($this->database)) { throw new RedisException('Unable to select Redis database '.$this->database.'.'); } } return true; } catch (RedisException $e) { $logstring = "Failed to connect (try {$counter} out of {$maxnumberofretries}) to redis "; $logstring .= "at {$this->host}:{$this->port}, error returned was: {$e->getMessage()}"; debugging($logstring); } $counter++; // Introduce a random sleep between 100ms and 500ms. usleep(rand(100000, 500000)); } // We have exhausted our retries, time to give up. if (isset($logstring)) { throw new RedisException($logstring); } } /** * Update our session search path to include session name when opened. * * @param string $savepath unused session save path. (ignored) * @param string $sessionname Session name for this session. (ignored) * @return bool true always as we will succeed. */ public function handler_open($savepath, $sessionname) { return true; } /** * Close the session completely. We also remove all locks we may have obtained that aren't expired. * * @return bool true on success. false on unable to unlock sessions. */ public function handler_close() { $this->lasthash = null; try { foreach ($this->locks as $id => $expirytime) { if ($expirytime > $this->time()) { $this->unlock_session($id); } unset($this->locks[$id]); } } catch (RedisException $e) { error_log('Failed talking to redis: '.$e->getMessage()); return false; } return true; } /** * Read the session data from storage * * @param string $id The session id to read from storage. * @return string The session data for PHP to process. * * @throws RedisException when we are unable to talk to the Redis server. */ public function handler_read($id) { try { if ($this->requires_write_lock()) { $this->lock_session($id); } $sessiondata = $this->uncompress($this->connection->get($id)); if ($sessiondata === false) { if ($this->requires_write_lock()) { $this->unlock_session($id); } $this->lasthash = sha1(''); return ''; } $this->connection->expire($id, $this->timeout); } catch (RedisException $e) { error_log('Failed talking to redis: '.$e->getMessage()); throw $e; } $this->lasthash = sha1(base64_encode($sessiondata)); return $sessiondata; } /** * Compresses session data. * * @param mixed $value * @return string */ private function compress($value) { switch ($this->compressor) { case self::COMPRESSION_NONE: return $value; case self::COMPRESSION_GZIP: return gzencode($value); case self::COMPRESSION_ZSTD: return zstd_compress($value); default: debugging("Invalid compressor: {$this->compressor}"); return $value; } } /** * Uncompresses session data. * * @param string $value * @return mixed */ private function uncompress($value) { if ($value === false) { return false; } switch ($this->compressor) { case self::COMPRESSION_NONE: break; case self::COMPRESSION_GZIP: $value = gzdecode($value); break; case self::COMPRESSION_ZSTD: $value = zstd_uncompress($value); break; default: debugging("Invalid compressor: {$this->compressor}"); } return $value; } /** * Write the serialized session data to our session store. * * @param string $id session id to write. * @param string $data session data * @return bool true on write success, false on failure */ public function handler_write($id, $data) { $hash = sha1(base64_encode($data)); // If the content has not changed don't bother writing. if ($hash === $this->lasthash) { return true; } if (is_null($this->connection)) { // The session has already been closed, don't attempt another write. error_log('Tried to write session: '.$id.' before open or after close.'); return false; } // We do not do locking here because memcached doesn't. Also // PHP does open, read, destroy, write, close. When a session doesn't exist. // There can be race conditions on new sessions racing each other but we can // address that in the future. try { $data = $this->compress($data); $this->connection->setex($id, $this->timeout, $data); } catch (RedisException $e) { error_log('Failed talking to redis: '.$e->getMessage()); return false; } return true; } /** * Handle destroying a session. * * @param string $id the session id to destroy. * @return bool true if the session was deleted, false otherwise. */ public function handler_destroy($id) { $this->lasthash = null; try { $this->connection->del($id); $this->unlock_session($id); } catch (RedisException $e) { error_log('Failed talking to redis: '.$e->getMessage()); return false; } return true; } /** * Garbage collect sessions. We don't we any as Redis does it for us. * * @param integer $maxlifetime All sessions older than this should be removed. * @return bool true, as Redis handles expiry for us. */ public function handler_gc($maxlifetime) { return true; } /** * Unlock a session. * * @param string $id Session id to be unlocked. */ protected function unlock_session($id) { if (isset($this->locks[$id])) { $this->connection->del($id.".lock"); unset($this->locks[$id]); } } /** * Obtain a session lock so we are the only one using it at the moment. * * @param string $id The session id to lock. * @return bool true when session was locked, exception otherwise. * @throws exception When we are unable to obtain a session lock. */ protected function lock_session($id) { $lockkey = $id.".lock"; $haslock = isset($this->locks[$id]) && $this->time() < $this->locks[$id]; $startlocktime = $this->time(); /* To be able to ensure sessions don't write out of order we must obtain an exclusive lock * on the session for the entire time it is open. If another AJAX call, or page is using * the session then we just wait until it finishes before we can open the session. */ // Store the current host, process id and the request URI so it's easy to track who has the lock. $hostname = gethostname(); if ($hostname === false) { $hostname = 'UNKNOWN HOST'; } $pid = getmypid(); if ($pid === false) { $pid = 'UNKNOWN'; } $uri = isset($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']) ? $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] : 'unknown uri'; $whoami = "[pid {$pid}] {$hostname}:$uri"; $haswarned = false; // Have we logged a lock warning? while (!$haslock) { $haslock = $this->connection->setnx($lockkey, $whoami); if ($haslock) { $this->locks[$id] = $this->time() + $this->lockexpire; $this->connection->expire($lockkey, $this->lockexpire); return true; } if (!empty($this->acquirewarn) && !$haswarned && $this->time() > $startlocktime + $this->acquirewarn) { // This is a warning to better inform users. $whohaslock = $this->connection->get($lockkey); // phpcs:ignore error_log("Warning: Cannot obtain session lock for sid: $id within $this->acquirewarn seconds but will keep trying. " . "It is likely another page ($whohaslock) has a long session lock, or the session lock was never released."); $haswarned = true; } if ($this->time() > $startlocktime + $this->acquiretimeout) { // This is a fatal error, better inform users. // It should not happen very often - all pages that need long time to execute // should close session immediately after access control checks. $whohaslock = $this->connection->get($lockkey); // phpcs:ignore error_log("Error: Cannot obtain session lock for sid: $id within $this->acquiretimeout seconds. " . "It is likely another page ($whohaslock) has a long session lock, or the session lock was never released."); $acquiretimeout = format_time($this->acquiretimeout); $lockexpire = format_time($this->lockexpire); $a = (object)[ 'id' => substr($id, 0, 10), 'acquiretimeout' => $acquiretimeout, 'whohaslock' => $whohaslock, 'lockexpire' => $lockexpire]; throw new exception("sessioncannotobtainlock", 'error', '', $a); } if ($this->time() < $startlocktime + 5) { // We want a random delay to stagger the polling load. Ideally // this delay should be a fraction of the average response // time. If it is too small we will poll too much and if it is // too large we will waste time waiting for no reason. 100ms is // the default starting point. $delay = rand($this->lockretry, (int)($this->lockretry * 1.1)); } else { // If we don't get a lock within 5 seconds then there must be a // very long lived process holding the lock so throttle back to // just polling roughly once a second. $delay = rand(1000, 1100); } usleep($delay * 1000); } } /** * Return the current time. * * @return int the current time as a unixtimestamp. */ protected function time() { return time(); } /** * Check the backend contains data for this session id. * * Note: this is intended to be called from manager::session_exists() only. * * @param string $sid * @return bool true if session found. */ public function session_exists($sid) { if (!$this->connection) { return false; } try { return !empty($this->connection->exists($sid)); } catch (RedisException $e) { return false; } } /** * Kill all active sessions, the core sessions table is purged afterwards. */ public function kill_all_sessions() { global $DB; if (!$this->connection) { return; } $rs = $DB->get_recordset('sessions', array(), 'id DESC', 'id, sid'); foreach ($rs as $record) { $this->handler_destroy($record->sid); } $rs->close(); } /** * Kill one session, the session record is removed afterwards. * * @param string $sid */ public function kill_session($sid) { if (!$this->connection) { return; } $this->handler_destroy($sid); } }