On 03.12.2023 10:57, Simon Horman wrote:
On Fri, Dec 01, 2023 at 05:06:02PM -0800, Vadim Fedorenko wrote:
Add crypto API support to BPF to be able to decrypt or encrypt packets
in TC/XDP BPF programs. Special care should be taken for initialization
part of crypto algo because crypto alloc) doesn't work with preemtion
disabled, it can be run only in sleepable BPF program. Also async crypto
is not supported because of the very same issue - TC/XDP BPF programs
are not sleepable.
Signed-off-by: Vadim Fedorenko <vadfed@xxxxxxxx>
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+/**
+ * bpf_crypto_ctx_create() - Create a mutable BPF crypto context.
+ *
+ * Allocates a crypto context that can be used, acquired, and released by
+ * a BPF program. The crypto context returned by this function must either
+ * be embedded in a map as a kptr, or freed with bpf_crypto_ctx_release().
+ * As crypto API functions use GFP_KERNEL allocations, this function can
+ * only be used in sleepable BPF programs.
+ *
+ * bpf_crypto_ctx_create() allocates memory for crypto context.
+ * It may return NULL if no memory is available.
+ * @type__str: pointer to string representation of crypto type.
+ * @algo__str: pointer to string representation of algorithm.
+ * @pkey: bpf_dynptr which holds cipher key to do crypto.
Hi Vadim,
a minor nit from my side: something about @authsize should go here.
Hi Simon!
Good catch, I'll definitely add description to authsize, thanks!
+ * @err: integer to store error code when NULL is returned
+ */
+__bpf_kfunc struct bpf_crypto_ctx *
+bpf_crypto_ctx_create(const char *type__str, const char *algo__str,
+ const struct bpf_dynptr_kern *pkey,
+ unsigned int authsize, int *err)
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