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scylladb/auth/certificate_authenticator.hh
Andrzej Jackowski 9574513ec1 auth: move passwords::check call to alien thread
Analysis of customer stalls showed that the `detail::hash_with_salt`
function, called from `passwords::check`, often blocks the reactor.
This function internally uses the `crypt_r` function from an external
library to compute password hashes, which is a CPU-intensive operation.

To prevent such reactor stalls, this commit moves the
`passwords::check` call to a dedicated alien thread. This thread is
created at system startup and is shared by all shards.

Within the alien thread, an `std::mutex` synchronizes access between
the thread and the shards. While this could theoretically cause
frequent lock contentions, in practice, even during connection storms,
the number of new connections per second per shard is limited
(typically hundreds per second). Additionally, the
`_conns_cpu_concurrency_semaphore` in `generic_server` ensures that not
too many connections are processed at once.

Fixes scylladb/scylladb#24524
2025-07-15 23:29:13 +02:00

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/*
* Copyright (C) 2022-present ScyllaDB
*
*/
/*
* SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-ScyllaDB-Source-Available-1.0
*/
#pragma once
#include "auth/authenticator.hh"
#include "utils/alien_worker.hh"
#include <boost/regex_fwd.hpp> // IWYU pragma: keep
namespace cql3 {
class query_processor;
} // namespace cql3
namespace service {
class migration_manager;
class raft_group0_client;
}
namespace auth {
extern const std::string_view certificate_authenticator_name;
class certificate_authenticator : public authenticator {
enum class query_source;
std::vector<std::pair<query_source, boost::regex>> _queries;
public:
certificate_authenticator(cql3::query_processor&, ::service::raft_group0_client&, ::service::migration_manager&, utils::alien_worker&);
~certificate_authenticator();
future<> start() override;
future<> stop() override;
std::string_view qualified_java_name() const override;
bool require_authentication() const override;
authentication_option_set supported_options() const override;
authentication_option_set alterable_options() const override;
future<authenticated_user> authenticate(const credentials_map& credentials) const override;
future<std::optional<authenticated_user>> authenticate(session_dn_func) const override;
future<> create(std::string_view role_name, const authentication_options& options, ::service::group0_batch& mc) override;
future<> alter(std::string_view role_name, const authentication_options& options, ::service::group0_batch&) override;
future<> drop(std::string_view role_name, ::service::group0_batch&) override;
future<custom_options> query_custom_options(std::string_view role_name) const override;
const resource_set& protected_resources() const override;
::shared_ptr<sasl_challenge> new_sasl_challenge() const override;
virtual future<> ensure_superuser_is_created() const override {
return make_ready_future<>();
}
private:
};
}