RE: [RFC 0/2] IB/core: Add ESP Crypto Flow Steering support

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> Subject: [RFC 0/2] IB/core: Add ESP Crypto Flow Steering support
> 
> From: borisp <borisp@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> The purpose of this RFC is to suggest an API for specifying
> ESP crypto offload via flow steering. This API will allow users
> to control the crypto offload functionality offered by new NICs,
> such as Mellanox Innova IPsec.
> 
> Applications can request ESP encryption offload for transmission of
> well-formed plaintext ESP packets, or decryption offload for
> well-fromed ciphertext ESP packets. Packets are encrypted/decrypted
> according to the direction of the flow.
> 
> In order to create an ESP crypto offload specification, the user has
> to add it to a flow with the Security Association selectors.
>

Hey Boris,  

Do you have any applications that utilize this and other flow steering APIs?  It
would be nice to see example usage. 

Steve.


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