Remove 'Inner' type to avoid double Arc-ing

examples/demo.rs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use std::{sync::Arc, time::Duration};
+use std::time::Duration;
 
 use actix_web::{web, App, HttpServer};
 
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ async fn index() -> &'static str {
 
 #[actix_web::main]
 async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
-    let initial_key = read_key().await?;
+    let initial_key = read_key().await?.unwrap();
 
     let (tx, rx) = rustls_resolver::channel::<32>(initial_key);
 
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
     let server_config = rustls::ServerConfig::builder()
         .with_safe_defaults()
         .with_no_client_auth()
-        .with_cert_resolver(Arc::new(rx));
+        .with_cert_resolver(rx);
 
     HttpServer::new(|| App::new().route("/", web::get().to(index)))
         .bind_rustls_021("0.0.0.0:8443", server_config)?

src/lib.rs

@@ -9,27 +9,33 @@ use std::{
 use rand::{seq::SliceRandom, thread_rng};
 use rustls::sign::CertifiedKey;
 
+/// Create a new resolver channel. The Sender can update the key, and the Receiver can be
+/// registered with a rustls server
+///
+/// the SHARDS const generic controlls the size of the channel. A larger channel will reduce
+/// contention, leading to faster reads but more writes per call to `update`.
 pub fn channel<const SHARDS: usize>(
     initial: CertifiedKey,
-) -> (ChannelSender<SHARDS>, ChannelResolver<SHARDS>) {
-    let inner = Arc::new(Inner::<SHARDS>::new(initial));
+) -> (ChannelSender<SHARDS>, Arc<ChannelResolver<SHARDS>>) {
+    let resolver = Arc::new(ChannelResolver::<SHARDS>::new(initial));
 
     (
         ChannelSender {
-            inner: Arc::clone(&inner),
+            inner: Arc::clone(&resolver),
         },
-        ChannelResolver { inner },
+        resolver,
     )
 }
 
+/// The Send half of the channel. This is used for updating the server with new keys
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct ChannelSender<const SHARDS: usize> {
-    inner: Arc<Inner<SHARDS>>,
+    inner: Arc<ChannelResolver<SHARDS>>,
 }
 
-#[derive(Clone)]
+// The Receive half of the channel. This is registerd with rustls to provide the server with keys
 pub struct ChannelResolver<const SHARDS: usize> {
-    inner: Arc<Inner<SHARDS>>,
+    locks: [Shard; SHARDS],
 }
 
 struct Shard {
@@ -51,6 +57,8 @@ impl Shard {
 
     fn update(&self, key: CertifiedKey) {
         let mut guard = self.lock.write().unwrap();
+        // update generation while lock is held - ensures any "after" accesses to generation queue
+        // at the read-lock for a new key
         self.generation.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Release);
         *guard = Arc::new(key);
     }
@@ -61,6 +69,7 @@ impl Shard {
         let key = LOCAL_KEY.with(|local_key| {
             local_key.get().and_then(|refcell| {
                 let borrowed = refcell.borrow();
+                // if TLS generation is the same, we can safely return TLS key
                 if borrowed.0 == generation {
                     Some(Arc::clone(&borrowed.1))
                 } else {
@@ -72,6 +81,7 @@ impl Shard {
         if let Some(key) = key {
             key
         } else {
+            // slow path, take a read lock and update TLS with new key
             let key = Arc::clone(&self.lock.read().unwrap());
 
             LOCAL_KEY.with(|local_key| {
@@ -86,11 +96,14 @@ impl Shard {
     }
 }
 
-struct Inner<const SHARDS: usize> {
-    locks: [Shard; SHARDS],
+impl<const SHARDS: usize> ChannelSender<SHARDS> {
+    /// Update the key in the channel
+    pub fn update(&self, key: CertifiedKey) {
+        self.inner.update(key);
+    }
 }
 
-impl<const SHARDS: usize> Inner<SHARDS> {
+impl<const SHARDS: usize> ChannelResolver<SHARDS> {
     fn new(key: CertifiedKey) -> Self {
         Self {
             locks: [(); SHARDS].map(|()| Shard::new(key.clone())),
@@ -103,20 +116,11 @@ impl<const SHARDS: usize> Inner<SHARDS> {
         }
     }
 
-    fn read(&self) -> Arc<CertifiedKey> {
-        self.locks.choose(&mut thread_rng()).unwrap().read()
-    }
-}
-
-impl<const SHARDS: usize> ChannelSender<SHARDS> {
-    pub fn update(&self, key: CertifiedKey) {
-        self.inner.update(key);
-    }
-}
-
-impl<const SHARDS: usize> ChannelResolver<SHARDS> {
+    // exposed for benching
+    #[doc(hidden)]
     pub fn read(&self) -> Arc<CertifiedKey> {
-        self.inner.read()
+        // choose random shard to reduce contention. unwrap since slice is always non-empty
+        self.locks.choose(&mut thread_rng()).unwrap().read()
     }
 }