SSL_get_event_timeout() determines when the SSL object next needs to perform internal processing due to
the passage of time.
All arguments are required; tv and is_infinite must be non-NULL.
Upon the successful return of SSL_get_event_timeout(), one of the following cases applies:
• The SSL object has events which need to be handled immediately; The fields of *tv are set to 0 and
*is_infinite is set to 0.
• The SSL object has events which need to be handled after some amount of time (relative to the time at
which SSL_get_event_timeout() was called). *tv is set to the amount of time after which
SSL_handle_events(3) should be called and *is_infinite is set to 0.
• There are currently no timer events which require handling in the future. The value of *tv is
unspecified and *is_infinite is set to 1.
This function is currently applicable only to DTLS and QUIC connection SSL objects. If it is called on
any other kind of SSL object, it always outputs infinity. This is considered a success condition.
For DTLS, this function can be used instead of the older DTLSv1_get_timeout(3) function. Note that this
function differs from DTLSv1_get_timeout(3) in that the case where no timeout is active is considered a
success condition.
Note that the value output by a call to SSL_get_event_timeout() may change as a result of other calls to
the SSL object.
Once the timeout expires, SSL_handle_events(3) should be called to handle any internal processing which
is due; for more information, see SSL_handle_events(3).
Note that SSL_get_event_timeout() supersedes the older DTLSv1_get_timeout(3) function for all use cases.
If the call to SSL_get_event_timeout() fails, the values of *tv and *is_infinite may still be changed and
their values become unspecified.