ESP8266 Developer Zone The Official ESP8266 Forum 2017-06-19T15:08:43+08:00 https://bbs.espressif.com:443/feed.php?f=7&t=854 2017-06-19T15:08:43+08:00 2017-06-19T15:08:43+08:00 https://bbs.espressif.com:443/viewtopic.php?t=854&p=14113#p14113 <![CDATA[Re: Very high memory usage by SSL/TLS functions]]>
rojer wrote:
by using a different SSL library i was able to get the memory usage to under 10K

Hi,
An you please let me know the SSL library you used with low memory usage?

Statistics: Posted by mvsespressif — Mon Jun 19, 2017 3:08 pm

]]> 2015-08-07T12:33:19+08:00 2015-08-07T12:33:19+08:00 https://bbs.espressif.com:443/viewtopic.php?t=854&p=3076#p3076 <![CDATA[Re: Very high memory usage by SSL/TLS functions]]>
rojer wrote:
by using a different SSL library i was able to get the memory usage to under 10K

Which SSL library did you use?

Statistics: Posted by tve — Fri Aug 07, 2015 12:33 pm

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]]> 2015-08-05T22:59:55+08:00 2015-08-05T22:59:55+08:00 https://bbs.espressif.com:443/viewtopic.php?t=854&p=3059#p3059 <![CDATA[Re: Very high memory usage by SSL/TLS functions]]> Statistics: Posted by rojer — Wed Aug 05, 2015 10:59 pm

]]> 2015-07-29T23:31:23+08:00 2015-07-29T23:31:23+08:00 https://bbs.espressif.com:443/viewtopic.php?t=854&p=2923#p2923 <![CDATA[Very high memory usage by SSL/TLS functions]]>
i'm having trouble using SSL because espconn_secure_connect requires so much RAM.
here is a simple application, that does the bare minimum necessary to fetch https://www.google.com
it has a 10ms timer that prints output of system_get_free_heap_size, and here's what it looks like:


heap free: 41376
wifi event: 3, heap free: 41288 <--- wifi status change callback, parses URL and invokes espconn_gethostbyname
resolving... (hf 38616) <--- immediately before espconn_gethostbyname
ip:192.168.1.84,mask:255.255.255.0,gw:192.168.1.1
heap free: 38520
heap free: 38704
heap free: 38704
heap free: 38704
heap free: 38704
heap free: 38704
heap free: 38704
heap free: 38704
connecting (secure=1, port=443, hf=38664)... <-- immediately before espconn_secure_connect
heap free: 38192
heap free: 38192
heap free: 38192
heap free: 38192
heap free: 38192
heap free: 38192
heap free: 38192
heap free: 38192
heap free: 29000 <--- !!! -10K in one go
heap free: 29000
heap free: 29000
heap free: 29000
client handshake start.
heap free: 30632
heap free: 30632
heap free: 30632
heap free: 30632
heap free: 30632
heap free: 30632
heap free: 30632
heap free: 30528
heap free: 30528
heap free: 30528
heap free: 30528
heap free: 30528
heap free: 30528
heap free: 30528
heap free: 30528
heap free: 30528
heap free: 30528
heap free: 30528
heap free: 30528
heap free: 30528
heap free: 30528
heap free: 30528
heap free: 30528
heap free: 18616 <--- !!!!!!!!! yum, another 12K, thank you very much
heap free: 18616
heap free: 18616
heap free: 18616
heap free: 18616
heap free: 18616
client handshake ok! <-- printed by SDK
sending request... hf=29784 <-- printed from the connect callback (registered with espconn_regist_connectcb)
heap free: 29824 note that 10k is still allocated, while we're awaiting response, maybe for buffers or something. kinda high if you ask me.
heap free: 29824
heap free: 29824
...


so, as you can see, at its peak, the amount of memory needed just for SSL handshake is almost 20K (38 - 18).
this is nowhere near the value set by espconn_secure_set_size, which is 4096 in my case.
i think this sort of memory usage is unreasonable. there's waste there somewhere...

and, for comparison, here's the same request to http://www.google.com - everything else the same, just removed "s" (which invokes espconn_connect now instead of secure_connect, obviously).


heap free: 41376
wifi event: 3, heap free: 41288
resolving... (hf 38616)
ip:192.168.1.84,mask:255.255.255.0,gw:192.168.1.1
heap free: 38400
heap free: 38704
heap free: 38704
heap free: 38704
connecting (secure=0, port=80, hf=38664)...
heap free: 38192
heap free: 38192
heap free: 38192
sending request... hf=38288
heap free: 36696
heap free: 36696
heap free: 36696
heap free: 36696
heap free: 38368
heap free: 38368
heap free: 38368
recv resp 1095...
response: HTTP/1.0 302 Found
Location: http://www.google.ie/?gws_rd=cr&ei=mva4 ... 7ga0z774CQ
...more headers from google.com here...
heap free: 41344

Statistics: Posted by rojer — Wed Jul 29, 2015 11:31 pm

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