start_tls: AssertionError if writing is paused

[sorcio]

First found in the CPython port of sslproto (see python/cpython#109051 but disregard the title, it's not platform-specific), and it can be reproduced in uvloop.

Traceback

protocol.resume_writing() failed
protocol: <uvloop.loop.SSLProtocol object at 0x1033910c0>
transport: <TCPTransport closed=False reading=True 0x1098351c0>
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "uvloop/handles/basetransport.pyx", line 96, in uvloop.loop.UVBaseTransport._maybe_resume_protocol
    run_in_context(
  File "uvloop/loop.pyx", line 101, in uvloop.loop.run_in_context
    return context.run(method)
  File "uvloop/sslproto.pyx", line 922, in uvloop.loop.SSLProtocol.resume_writing
    assert self._ssl_writing_paused
AssertionError

Simplest way to reproduce is to increase payload size in test_start_tls_server_1. Send will block and transport will request to pause writing. After start_tls(), the transport will attempt to resume the now-switched protocol, which was not aware it was ever supposed to be paused.

I commented further in the original bug with some notes. The CPython implementation is a bit different (it has a redundant buffering mechanism with a deque which I believe is unnecessary) but the fundamental issue is the same.

Question: what is the motivation for the extra flow control layer in SSLProtocol? It seems it was introduced in uvloop first. I suggested it can be removed and let the original protocol and original transport deal with flow control (which would also fix the bug). But it wouldn't be a good idea to remove it if it's solving a known problem.