[perf] Optimize enclave with async I/O, parallel decryption, and HashMap (#259)

* [perf] Optimize enclave with async I/O, parallel decryption, and HashMap

- Switch from BTreeMap to HashMap for O(1) field lookups
- Add rayon for parallel HPKE field decryption across multiple cores
- Convert to async I/O using tokio and tokio-vsock for concurrent
  client handling (spawn task per connection)
- Add async protocol functions (send_message_async, recv_message_async)
- Pre-allocate HashMap with capacity hints to reduce allocations
- Use Mutex for thread-safe error collection during parallel decryption

Performance impact:
- Field decryption scales with CPU cores for multi-field requests
- Concurrent request handling eliminates head-of-line blocking
- HashMap provides constant-time field access vs O(log n) for BTreeMap

The code maintains no-panic guarantees with proper error handling
throughout all new code paths.

* [chore] Remove unused tokio features (net, sync)

Minimize tokio dependency surface area by removing features not used:
- net: tokio-vsock provides its own vsock networking
- sync: No tokio sync primitives used in the codebase

Retained features:
- rt-multi-thread: Required for async runtime and tokio::spawn
- io-util: Required for AsyncReadExt/AsyncWriteExt traits
- macros: Required for #[tokio::main]

* [perf] Remove async/tokio, keep rayon and HashMap optimizations

Reverts the async/tokio approach in favor of simpler synchronous code:
- Removes tokio and tokio-vsock dependencies
- Uses std::thread for concurrent client handling
- Keeps rayon for parallel field decryption
- Keeps HashMap for O(1) lookups
- Reduces external dependency surface area

The enclave typically handles a single parent connection at a time,
making async overhead unnecessary. Rayon still provides parallelization
for CPU-bound field decryption operations.

* [security] Address security review findings

Critical fixes:
- Add connection limiting (MAX_CONCURRENT_CONNECTIONS=32) to prevent DoS
- Create SecureHpkePrivateKey wrapper with ZeroizeOnDrop for key material
- Remove expect() calls in functions.rs, use proper error handling

High severity fixes:
- Fix mutex poisoning: log critical error instead of silently ignoring
- Sanitize error messages in logs to prevent sensitive data leakage
- Gate detailed error logging behind debug builds only

The enclave now:
- Limits concurrent connections to prevent resource exhaustion
- Properly zeroizes HPKE private key material on drop
- Never panics in production code paths
- Logs critical conditions (mutex poisoning) for debugging

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Co-authored-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>

Author: jplock

Cargo.lock

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ aws-lc-rs = { version = "=1.15.2", default-features = false }
 cel-interpreter = { version = "=0.10.0", default-features = false, features = ["json", "chrono"] }
 chrono = { version = "=0.4.42", default-features = false, features = ["now"] }
 data-encoding = { version = "=2.9.0", default-features = false, features = ["alloc"] }
+rayon = { version = "=1.10.0", default-features = false }
 serde = { version = "=1.0.228", default-features = false, features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = { version = "=1.0.145", default-features = false }
 rustls = { version = "=0.23.35", default-features = false, features = ["aws_lc_rs", "prefer-post-quantum"] }

enclave/Cargo.toml

@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@
 
 pub const ENCLAVE_PORT: u32 = 5050;
 
+/// Maximum concurrent connections to prevent resource exhaustion DoS attacks.
+/// Each connection spawns a thread (~8KB stack minimum), so this limits memory usage.
+/// With 32 connections and 10MB max message size, worst case is ~320MB memory.
+pub const MAX_CONCURRENT_CONNECTIONS: usize = 32;
+
 /// Maximum allowed message size (10 MB) to prevent memory exhaustion DoS attacks
 pub const MAX_MESSAGE_SIZE: u64 = 10 * 1024 * 1024;
 

enclave/src/constants.rs

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT-0
 
-use std::collections::BTreeMap;
+use std::collections::HashMap;
 
 use anyhow::{Result, anyhow, bail};
 use cel_interpreter::Value as celValue;
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ use crate::constants::MAX_EXPRESSION_LENGTH;
 use crate::functions;
 
 pub fn execute_expressions(
-    fields: &BTreeMap<String, Value>,
-    expressions: &BTreeMap<String, String>,
-) -> Result<BTreeMap<String, Value>> {
+    fields: &HashMap<String, Value>,
+    expressions: &HashMap<String, String>,
+) -> Result<HashMap<String, Value>> {
     if expressions.is_empty() {
         return Ok(fields.clone());
     }
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ pub fn execute_expressions(
     context.add_function("date", functions::date);
     context.add_function("age", functions::age);
 
-    let mut transformed: BTreeMap<String, Value> = BTreeMap::new();
+    let mut transformed: HashMap<String, Value> =
+        HashMap::with_capacity(fields.len() + expressions.len());
 
     for (field, decrypted_value) in fields {
         context
@@ -92,7 +93,7 @@ pub fn execute_expressions(
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
     use proptest::prelude::*;
-    use std::collections::BTreeMap;
+    use std::collections::HashMap;
 
     // **Feature: enclave-improvements, Property 5: Expression failure fallback**
     // **Validates: Requirements 8.2**
@@ -111,9 +112,9 @@ mod tests {
     /// Simulates the fallback behavior from main.rs:
     /// When execute_expressions returns Err, return the original fields unchanged.
     fn execute_with_fallback(
-        fields: &BTreeMap<String, Value>,
-        expressions: &BTreeMap<String, String>,
-    ) -> BTreeMap<String, Value> {
+        fields: &HashMap<String, Value>,
+        expressions: &HashMap<String, String>,
+    ) -> HashMap<String, Value> {
         match execute_expressions(fields, expressions) {
             Ok(result) => result,
             Err(_) => fields.clone(),
@@ -133,7 +134,7 @@ mod tests {
             invalid_expr_type in 0usize..3
         ) {
             // Create original fields
-            let mut fields: BTreeMap<String, Value> = BTreeMap::new();
+            let mut fields: HashMap<String, Value> = HashMap::new();
             fields.insert(field_name.clone(), Value::String(field_value.clone()));
 
             // Create an invalid expression that will fail to execute gracefully
@@ -144,7 +145,7 @@ mod tests {
                 _ => "undefined_var.to_uppercase()".to_string(),
             };
 
-            let mut expressions: BTreeMap<String, String> = BTreeMap::new();
+            let mut expressions: HashMap<String, String> = HashMap::new();
             expressions.insert("result".to_string(), invalid_expression);
 
             // Execute with fallback (simulating main.rs behavior)
@@ -173,7 +174,7 @@ mod tests {
             use std::hash::{Hash, Hasher};
 
             // Generate deterministic field names and values based on seed
-            let mut fields: BTreeMap<String, Value> = BTreeMap::new();
+            let mut fields: HashMap<String, Value> = HashMap::new();
             for i in 0..num_fields {
                 let mut hasher = DefaultHasher::new();
                 (field_seed, i).hash(&mut hasher);
@@ -184,7 +185,7 @@ mod tests {
             }
 
             // Create an expression that references an undefined variable
-            let mut expressions: BTreeMap<String, String> = BTreeMap::new();
+            let mut expressions: HashMap<String, String> = HashMap::new();
             expressions.insert("computed".to_string(), "undefined_var.to_uppercase()".to_string());
 
             // Execute with fallback
@@ -212,10 +213,10 @@ mod tests {
             field_name in "[a-z][a-z0-9_]{0,10}",
             field_value in "[a-zA-Z0-9 ]{1,20}"
         ) {
-            let mut fields: BTreeMap<String, Value> = BTreeMap::new();
+            let mut fields: HashMap<String, Value> = HashMap::new();
             fields.insert(field_name.clone(), Value::String(field_value.clone()));
 
-            let expressions: BTreeMap<String, String> = BTreeMap::new();
+            let expressions: HashMap<String, String> = HashMap::new();
 
             let result = execute_expressions(&fields, &expressions).unwrap();
 
@@ -233,11 +234,11 @@ mod tests {
             // Generate lowercase string to test to_uppercase
             field_value in "[a-z]{1,10}"
         ) {
-            let mut fields: BTreeMap<String, Value> = BTreeMap::new();
+            let mut fields: HashMap<String, Value> = HashMap::new();
             fields.insert(field_name.clone(), Value::String(field_value.clone()));
 
             // Create expression to uppercase the field
-            let mut expressions: BTreeMap<String, String> = BTreeMap::new();
+            let mut expressions: HashMap<String, String> = HashMap::new();
             expressions.insert(field_name.clone(), format!("{}.to_uppercase()", field_name));
 
             let result = execute_expressions(&fields, &expressions).unwrap();
@@ -253,67 +254,65 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn test_skip_expressions() {
-        let expressions = BTreeMap::new();
+        let expressions = HashMap::new();
 
-        let expected: BTreeMap<String, Value> =
-            BTreeMap::from([("first_name".to_string(), "Bob".into())]);
+        let expected: HashMap<String, Value> =
+            HashMap::from([("first_name".to_string(), "Bob".into())]);
 
         let actual = execute_expressions(&expected, &expressions).unwrap();
         assert_eq!(actual, expected);
     }
 
     #[test]
     fn test_execute_transforms() {
-        let expressions: BTreeMap<String, String> = BTreeMap::from([(
+        let expressions: HashMap<String, String> = HashMap::from([(
             "first_name".to_string(),
             "first_name.to_uppercase()".to_string(),
         )]);
 
-        let fields: BTreeMap<String, Value> =
-            BTreeMap::from([("first_name".to_string(), "Bob".into())]);
+        let fields: HashMap<String, Value> =
+            HashMap::from([("first_name".to_string(), "Bob".into())]);
 
-        let expected: BTreeMap<String, Value> =
-            BTreeMap::from([("first_name".to_string(), "BOB".into())]);
+        let expected: HashMap<String, Value> =
+            HashMap::from([("first_name".to_string(), "BOB".into())]);
 
         let actual = execute_expressions(&fields, &expressions).unwrap();
         assert_eq!(actual, expected);
     }
 
     #[test]
     fn test_base64() {
-        let expressions: BTreeMap<String, String> = BTreeMap::from([(
+        let expressions: HashMap<String, String> = HashMap::from([(
             "first_name".into(),
             "first_name.base64_encode().base64_decode()".into(),
         )]);
 
-        let fields: BTreeMap<String, Value> = BTreeMap::from([("first_name".into(), "Bob".into())]);
+        let fields: HashMap<String, Value> = HashMap::from([("first_name".into(), "Bob".into())]);
 
-        let expected: BTreeMap<String, Value> =
-            BTreeMap::from([("first_name".into(), "Bob".into())]);
+        let expected: HashMap<String, Value> = HashMap::from([("first_name".into(), "Bob".into())]);
 
         let actual = execute_expressions(&fields, &expressions).unwrap();
         assert_eq!(actual, expected);
     }
 
     #[test]
     fn test_hex() {
-        let expressions: BTreeMap<String, String> = BTreeMap::from([(
+        let expressions: HashMap<String, String> = HashMap::from([(
             "first_name".into(),
             "first_name.hex_encode().hex_decode()".into(),
         )]);
 
-        let fields: BTreeMap<String, Value> = BTreeMap::from([("first_name".into(), "Bob".into())]);
+        let fields: HashMap<String, Value> = HashMap::from([("first_name".into(), "Bob".into())]);
 
-        let expected: BTreeMap<String, Value> =
-            BTreeMap::from([("first_name".into(), "Bob".into())]);
+        let expected: HashMap<String, Value> = HashMap::from([("first_name".into(), "Bob".into())]);
 
         let actual = execute_expressions(&fields, &expressions).unwrap();
         assert_eq!(actual, expected);
     }
 
     #[test]
     fn test_functions() {
-        let expressions: BTreeMap<String, String> = BTreeMap::from([
+        let expressions: HashMap<String, String> = HashMap::from([
             ("is_empty".into(), "''.is_empty() == true".into()),
             ("to_lowercase".into(), "'Bob'.to_lowercase()".into()),
             ("to_uppercase".into(), "'Bob'.to_uppercase()".into()),
@@ -327,43 +326,63 @@ mod tests {
             ("date".into(), "date('1979-04-05')".into()),
         ]);
 
-        let fields = BTreeMap::default();
-        let expected: BTreeMap<String, Value> =
-            BTreeMap::from([
-                ("is_empty".into(), true.into()),
-                ("to_lowercase".into(), "bob".into()),
-                ("to_uppercase".into(), "BOB".into()),
-                ("sha256".into(), "cd9fb1e148ccd8442e5aa74904cc73bf6fb54d1d54d333bd596aa9bb4bb4e961".into()),
-                ("sha384".into(), "b7808c5991933fa578a7d41a177b013f2f745a2c4fac90d1e8631a1ce21918dc5fee092a290a6443e47649989ec9871f".into()),
-                ("sha512".into(), "0c3e99453b4ae505617a3c9b6ce73fc3cd13ddc3b2e2237459710a57f8ec6d26d056db144ff7c71b00ed4e4c39716e9e2099c8076e604423dd74554d4db1e649".into()),
-                ("hex_encode".into(), "426f62".into()),
-                ("hex_decode".into(), "Bob".into()),
-                ("base64_encode".into(), "Qm9i".into()),
-                ("base64_decode".into(), "Bob".into()),
-                ("date".into(), "1979-04-05T00:00:00+00:00".into()),
-            ]);
-
+        let fields = HashMap::default();
+        // Note: Using Vec for comparison since HashMap ordering is non-deterministic
         let actual = execute_expressions(&fields, &expressions).unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(actual, expected);
+
+        assert_eq!(actual.get("is_empty"), Some(&Value::Bool(true)));
+        assert_eq!(
+            actual.get("to_lowercase"),
+            Some(&Value::String("bob".into()))
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            actual.get("to_uppercase"),
+            Some(&Value::String("BOB".into()))
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            actual.get("sha256"),
+            Some(&Value::String(
+                "cd9fb1e148ccd8442e5aa74904cc73bf6fb54d1d54d333bd596aa9bb4bb4e961".into()
+            ))
+        );
+        assert_eq!(actual.get("sha384"), Some(&Value::String("b7808c5991933fa578a7d41a177b013f2f745a2c4fac90d1e8631a1ce21918dc5fee092a290a6443e47649989ec9871f".into())));
+        assert_eq!(actual.get("sha512"), Some(&Value::String("0c3e99453b4ae505617a3c9b6ce73fc3cd13ddc3b2e2237459710a57f8ec6d26d056db144ff7c71b00ed4e4c39716e9e2099c8076e604423dd74554d4db1e649".into())));
+        assert_eq!(
+            actual.get("hex_encode"),
+            Some(&Value::String("426f62".into()))
+        );
+        assert_eq!(actual.get("hex_decode"), Some(&Value::String("Bob".into())));
+        assert_eq!(
+            actual.get("base64_encode"),
+            Some(&Value::String("Qm9i".into()))
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            actual.get("base64_decode"),
+            Some(&Value::String("Bob".into()))
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            actual.get("date"),
+            Some(&Value::String("1979-04-05T00:00:00+00:00".into()))
+        );
     }
 
     #[test]
     fn test_complex() {
-        let expressions: BTreeMap<String, String> =
-            BTreeMap::from([("age".into(), "date(birth_date).age()".into())]);
+        let expressions: HashMap<String, String> =
+            HashMap::from([("age".into(), "date(birth_date).age()".into())]);
 
-        let fields: BTreeMap<String, Value> = BTreeMap::from([
+        let fields: HashMap<String, Value> = HashMap::from([
             ("first_name".into(), "Bob".into()),
             ("birth_date".into(), "1979-01-01".into()),
         ]);
 
-        let expected: BTreeMap<String, Value> = BTreeMap::from([
-            ("first_name".into(), "Bob".into()),
-            ("birth_date".into(), "1979-01-01".into()),
-            ("age".into(), 46.into()),
-        ]);
-
         let actual = execute_expressions(&fields, &expressions).unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(actual, expected);
+
+        assert_eq!(actual.get("first_name"), Some(&Value::String("Bob".into())));
+        assert_eq!(
+            actual.get("birth_date"),
+            Some(&Value::String("1979-01-01".into()))
+        );
+        assert_eq!(actual.get("age"), Some(&Value::Number(46.into())));
     }
 }