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19.Dd January 1, 2010
20.Dt OPENCRYPTO 9
21.Os
22.Sh NAME
23.Nm opencrypto ,
24.Nm crypto_get_driverid ,
25.Nm crypto_register ,
26.Nm crypto_kregister ,
27.Nm crypto_unregister ,
28.Nm crypto_done ,
29.Nm crypto_kdone ,
30.Nm crypto_newsession ,
31.Nm crypto_freesession ,
32.Nm crypto_dispatch ,
33.Nm crypto_kdispatch ,
34.Nm crypto_getreq ,
35.Nm crypto_freereq
36.Nd API for cryptographic services in the kernel
37.Sh SYNOPSIS
38.In opencrypto/cryptodev.h
39.Ft int32_t
40.Fn crypto_get_driverid "u_int32_t"
41.Ft int
42.Fn crypto_register "u_int32_t" "int" "u_int16_t" "u_int32_t" "int (*)(void *, u_int32_t *, struct cryptoini *)" "int (*)(void *, u_int32_t *)" "int (*)(u_int64_t)" "int (*)(struct cryptop *)" "void *"
43.Ft int
44.Fn crypto_kregister "u_int32_t" "int" "u_int32_t" "int (*)(void *, struct cryptkop *, int)" "void *"
45.Ft int
46.Fn crypto_unregister "u_int32_t" "int"
47.Ft void
48.Fn crypto_done "struct cryptop *"
49.Ft void
50.Fn crypto_kdone "struct cryptkop *"
51.Ft int
52.Fn crypto_newsession "u_int64_t *" "struct cryptoini *" "int"
53.Ft int
54.Fn crypto_freesession "u_int64_t"
55.Ft int
56.Fn crypto_dispatch "struct cryptop *"
57.Ft int
58.Fn crypto_kdispatch "struct cryptkop *"
59.Ft struct cryptop *
60.Fn crypto_getreq "int"
61.Ft void
62.Fn crypto_freereq "struct cryptop *"
63.Bd -literal
64
65#define EALG_MAX_BLOCK_LEN      16
66
67struct cryptoini {
68	int                cri_alg;
69	int                cri_klen;
70	int                cri_rnd;
71	void            *cri_key;
72	u_int8_t           cri_iv[EALG_MAX_BLOCK_LEN];
73	struct cryptoini  *cri_next;
74};
75
76struct cryptodesc {
77	int                crd_skip;
78	int                crd_len;
79	int                crd_inject;
80	int                crd_flags;
81	struct cryptoini   CRD_INI;
82	struct cryptodesc *crd_next;
83};
84
85struct cryptop {
86	TAILQ_ENTRY(cryptop) crp_next;
87	u_int64_t          crp_sid;
88	int                crp_ilen;
89	int                crp_olen;
90	int                crp_etype;
91	int                crp_flags;
92	void            *crp_buf;
93	void            *crp_opaque;
94	struct cryptodesc *crp_desc;
95	int              (*crp_callback)(struct cryptop *);
96	void            *crp_mac;
97};
98
99struct crparam {
100        void         *crp_p;
101        u_int           crp_nbits;
102};
103
104#define CRK_MAXPARAM    8
105
106struct cryptkop {
107	TAILQ_ENTRY(cryptkop) krp_next;
108        u_int              krp_op;         /* i.e. CRK_MOD_EXP or other */
109        u_int              krp_status;     /* return status */
110        u_short            krp_iparams;    /* # of input parameters */
111        u_short            krp_oparams;    /* # of output parameters */
112	u_int32_t	   krp_hid;
113        struct crparam     krp_param[CRK_MAXPARAM];	  /* kvm */
114        int               (*krp_callback)(struct cryptkop *);
115};
116.Ed
117.Sh DESCRIPTION
118.Nm
119is a framework for drivers of cryptographic hardware to register with
120the kernel so
121.Dq consumers
122(other kernel subsystems, and eventually
123users through an appropriate device) are able to make use of it.
124Drivers register with the framework the algorithms they support,
125and provide entry points (functions) the framework may call to
126establish, use, and tear down sessions.
127Sessions are used to cache cryptographic information in a particular driver
128(or associated hardware), so initialization is not needed with every request.
129Consumers of cryptographic services pass a set of
130descriptors that instruct the framework (and the drivers registered
131with it) of the operations that should be applied on the data (more
132than one cryptographic operation can be requested).
133.Pp
134Keying operations are supported as well.
135Unlike the symmetric operators described above,
136these sessionless commands perform mathematical operations using
137input and output parameters.
138.Pp
139Since the consumers may not be associated with a process, drivers may
140not use condition variables:
141.Xr condvar 9 .
142The same holds for the framework.
143Thus, a callback mechanism is used
144to notify a consumer that a request has been completed (the
145callback is specified by the consumer on an per-request basis).
146The callback is invoked by the framework whether the request was
147successfully completed or not.
148An error indication is provided in the latter case.
149A specific error code,
150.Er EAGAIN ,
151is used to indicate that a session number has changed and that the
152request may be re-submitted immediately with the new session number.
153Errors are only returned to the invoking function if not
154enough information to call the callback is available (meaning, there
155was a fatal error in verifying the arguments).
156No callback mechanism is used for session initialization and teardown.
157.Pp
158The
159.Fn crypto_newsession
160routine is called by consumers of cryptographic services (such as the
161.Xr ipsec 4
162stack) that wish to establish a new session with the framework.
163On success, the first argument will contain the Session Identifier (SID).
164The second argument contains all the necessary information for
165the driver to establish the session.
166The third argument indicates whether a
167hardware driver should be used (1) or not (0).
168The various fields in the
169.Fa cryptoini
170structure are:
171.Bl -tag -width foobarmoocow
172.It Fa cri_alg
173Contains an algorithm identifier.
174Currently supported algorithms are:
175.Bd -literal
176CRYPTO_DES_CBC
177CRYPTO_3DES_CBC
178CRYPTO_BLF_CBC
179CRYPTO_CAST_CBC
180CRYPTO_SKIPJACK_CBC
181CRYPTO_MD5_HMAC
182CRYPTO_SHA1_HMAC
183CRYPTO_RIPEMD160_HMAC
184CRYPTO_MD5_KPDK
185CRYPTO_SHA1_KPDK
186CRYPTO_AES_CBC
187CRYPTO_ARC4
188CRYPTO_MD5
189CRYPTO_SHA1
190.Ed
191.Pp
192.It Fa cri_klen
193Specifies the length of the key in bits, for variable-size key
194algorithms.
195.It Fa cri_rnd
196Specifies the number of rounds to be used with the algorithm, for
197variable-round algorithms.
198.It Fa cri_key
199Contains the key to be used with the algorithm.
200.It Fa cri_iv
201Contains an explicit initialization vector (IV), if it does not prefix
202the data.
203This field is ignored during initialization.
204If no IV is explicitly passed (see below on details), a random IV is used
205by the device driver processing the request.
206.It Fa cri_next
207Contains a pointer to another
208.Fa cryptoini
209structure.
210Multiple such structures may be linked to establish multi-algorithm sessions
211.Pf ( Xr ipsec 4
212is an example consumer of such a feature).
213.El
214.Pp
215The
216.Fa cryptoini
217structure and its contents will not be modified by the framework (or
218the drivers used).
219Subsequent requests for processing that use the
220SID returned will avoid the cost of re-initializing the hardware (in
221essence, SID acts as an index in the session cache of the driver).
222.Pp
223.Fn crypto_freesession
224is called with the SID returned by
225.Fn crypto_newsession
226to disestablish the session.
227.Pp
228.Fn crypto_dispatch
229is called to process a request.
230The various fields in the
231.Fa cryptop
232structure are:
233.Bl -tag -width crp_callback
234.It Fa crp_sid
235Contains the SID.
236.It Fa crp_ilen
237Indicates the total length in bytes of the buffer to be processed.
238.It Fa crp_olen
239On return, contains the length of the result, not including
240.Fa crd_skip .
241For symmetric crypto operations, this will be the same as the input length.
242.It Fa crp_alloctype
243Indicates the type of buffer, as used in the kernel
244.Xr malloc 9
245routine.
246This will be used if the framework needs to allocate a new
247buffer for the result (or for re-formatting the input).
248.It Fa crp_callback
249This routine is invoked upon completion of the request, whether
250successful or not.
251It is invoked through the
252.Fn crypto_done
253routine.
254If the request was not successful, an error code is set in the
255.Fa crp_etype
256field.
257It is the responsibility of the callback routine to set the appropriate
258.Xr spl 9
259level.
260.It Fa crp_etype
261Contains the error type, if any errors were encountered, or zero if
262the request was successfully processed.
263If the
264.Er EAGAIN
265error code is returned, the SID has changed (and has been recorded in the
266.Fa crp_sid
267field).
268The consumer should record the new SID and use it in all subsequent requests.
269In this case, the request may be re-submitted immediately.
270This mechanism is used by the framework to perform
271session migration (move a session from one driver to another, because
272of availability, performance, or other considerations).
273.Pp
274Note that this field only makes sense when examined by
275the callback routine specified in
276.Fa crp_callback .
277Errors are returned to the invoker of
278.Fn crypto_process
279only when enough information is not present to call the callback
280routine (i.e., if the pointer passed is
281.Dv NULL
282or if no callback routine was specified).
283.It Fa crp_flags
284Is a bitmask of flags associated with this request.
285Currently defined flags are:
286.Bl -tag -width CRYPTO_F_IMBUF
287.It Dv CRYPTO_F_IMBUF
288The buffer pointed to by
289.Fa crp_buf
290is an mbuf chain.
291.El
292.Pp
293.It Fa crp_buf
294Points to the input buffer.
295On return (when the callback is invoked),
296it contains the result of the request.
297The input buffer may be an mbuf
298chain or a contiguous buffer (of a type identified by
299.Fa crp_alloctype ) ,
300depending on
301.Fa crp_flags .
302.It Fa crp_opaque
303This is passed through the crypto framework untouched and is
304intended for the invoking application's use.
305.It Fa crp_desc
306This is a linked list of descriptors.
307Each descriptor provides
308information about what type of cryptographic operation should be done
309on the input buffer.
310The various fields are:
311.Bl -tag -width ".Fa crd_inject"
312.It Fa crd_skip
313The offset in the input buffer where processing should start.
314.It Fa crd_len
315How many bytes, after
316.Fa crd_skip ,
317should be processed.
318.It Fa crd_inject
319Offset from the beginning of the buffer to insert any results.
320For encryption algorithms, this is where the initialization vector
321(IV) will be inserted when encrypting or where it can be found when
322decrypting (subject to
323.Fa crd_flags ) .
324For MAC algorithms, this is where the result of the keyed hash will be
325inserted.
326.It Fa crd_flags
327For adjusting general operation from userland,
328the following flags are defined:
329.Bl -tag -width CRD_F_IV_EXPLICIT
330.It Dv CRD_F_ENCRYPT
331For encryption algorithms, this bit is set when encryption is required
332(when not set, decryption is performed).
333.It Dv CRD_F_IV_PRESENT
334For encryption algorithms, this bit is set when the IV already
335precedes the data, so the
336.Fa crd_inject
337value will be ignored and no IV will be written in the buffer.
338Otherwise, the IV used to encrypt the packet will be written
339at the location pointed to by
340.Fa crd_inject .
341The IV length is assumed to be equal to the blocksize of the
342encryption algorithm.
343Some applications that do special
344.Dq IV cooking ,
345such as the half-IV mode in
346.Xr ipsec 4 ,
347can use this flag to indicate that the IV should not be written on the packet.
348This flag is typically used in conjunction with the
349.Dv CRD_F_IV_EXPLICIT
350flag.
351.It Dv CRD_F_IV_EXPLICIT
352For encryption algorithms, this bit is set when the IV is explicitly
353provided by the consumer in the
354.Fa crd_iv
355fields.
356Otherwise, for encryption operations the IV is provided for by
357the driver used to perform the operation, whereas for decryption
358operations it is pointed to by the
359.Fa crd_inject
360field.
361This flag is typically used when the IV is calculated
362.Dq on the fly
363by the consumer, and does not precede the data (some
364.Xr ipsec 4
365configurations, and the encrypted swap are two such examples).
366.It Dv CRD_F_COMP
367For compression algorithms, this bit is set when compression is required (when
368not set, decompression is performed).
369.El
370.It Fa CRD_INI
371This
372.Fa cryptoini
373structure will not be modified by the framework or the device drivers.
374Since this information accompanies every cryptographic
375operation request, drivers may re-initialize state on-demand
376(typically an expensive operation).
377Furthermore, the cryptographic
378framework may re-route requests as a result of full queues or hardware
379failure, as described above.
380.It Fa crd_next
381Point to the next descriptor.
382Linked operations are useful in protocols such as
383.Xr ipsec 4 ,
384where multiple cryptographic transforms may be applied on the same
385block of data.
386.El
387.El
388.Pp
389.Fn crypto_getreq
390allocates a
391.Fa cryptop
392structure with a linked list of as many
393.Fa cryptodesc
394structures as were specified in the argument passed to it.
395.Pp
396.Fn crypto_freereq
397deallocates a structure
398.Fa cryptop
399and any
400.Fa cryptodesc
401structures linked to it.
402Note that it is the responsibility of the
403callback routine to do the necessary cleanups associated with the
404opaque field in the
405.Fa cryptop
406structure.
407.Pp
408.Fn crypto_kdispatch
409is called to perform a keying operation.
410The various fields in the
411.Fa crytokop
412structure are:
413.Bl -tag -width crp_alloctype
414.It Fa krp_op
415Operation code, such as CRK_MOD_EXP.
416.It Fa krp_status
417Return code.
418This errno-style variable indicates whether there were lower level reasons
419for operation failure.
420.It Fa krp_iparams
421Number of input parameters to the specified operation.
422Note that each operation has a (typically hardwired) number of such parameters.
423.It Fa krp_oparams
424Number of output parameters from the specified operation.
425Note that each operation has a (typically hardwired) number of such parameters.
426.It Fa krp_kvp
427An array of kernel memory blocks containing the parameters.
428.It Fa krp_hid
429Identifier specifying which low-level driver is being used.
430.It Fa krp_callback
431Callback called on completion of a keying operation.
432.El
433.Pp
434The following sysctl entries exist to adjust
435the behaviour of the system from userland:
436.Bl -tag -width kern.cryptodevallowsoft
437.It kern.usercrypto
438Allow (1) or forbid (0) userland access to
439.Pa /dev/crypto .
440.It kern.userasymcrypto
441Allow (1) or forbid (0) userland access to
442do asymmetric crypto requests.
443.It kern.cryptodevallowsoft
444Enable/disable access to hardware versus software operations:
445.Bl -tag -width xxx
446.It \*[Lt] 0
447Force userlevel requests to use software operations, always.
448.It = 0
449Use hardware if present, grant userlevel requests for non-accelerated
450operations (handling the latter in software).
451.It \*[Gt] 0
452Allow user requests only for operations which are hardware-accelerated.
453.El
454.El
455.Sh DRIVER-SIDE API
456The
457.Fn crypto_get_driverid ,
458.Fn crypto_register ,
459.Fn crypto_kregister ,
460.Fn crypto_unregister ,
461and
462.Fn crypto_done
463routines are used by drivers that provide support for cryptographic
464primitives to register and unregister with the kernel crypto services
465framework.
466Drivers must first use the
467.Fn crypto_get_driverid
468function to acquire a driver identifier, specifying the
469.Fa flags
470as an argument (normally 0, but software-only drivers should specify
471.Dv CRYPTOCAP_F_SOFTWARE ) .
472For each algorithm the driver supports, it must then call
473.Fn crypto_register .
474The first argument is the driver identifier.
475The second argument is an array of
476.Dv CRYPTO_ALGORITHM_MAX + 1
477elements, indicating which algorithms are supported.
478The last three arguments are pointers to three
479driver-provided functions that the framework may call to establish new
480cryptographic context with the driver, free already established
481context, and ask for a request to be processed (encrypt, decrypt,
482etc.)
483.Fn crypto_unregister
484is called by drivers that wish to withdraw support for an algorithm.
485The two arguments are the driver and algorithm identifiers, respectively.
486Typically, drivers for
487.Xr pcmcia 4
488crypto cards that are being ejected will invoke this routine for all
489algorithms supported by the card.
490If called with
491.Dv CRYPTO_ALGORITHM_ALL ,
492all algorithms registered for a driver will be unregistered in one go
493and the driver will be disabled (no new sessions will be allocated on
494that driver, and any existing sessions will be migrated to other
495drivers).
496The same will be done if all algorithms associated with a driver are
497unregistered one by one.
498.Pp
499The calling convention for the three driver-supplied routines is:
500.Bd -literal
501int (*newsession) (void *, u_int32_t *, struct cryptoini *);
502int (*freesession) (void *, u_int64_t);
503int (*process) (void *, struct cryptop *, int);
504.Ed
505.Pp
506On invocation, the first argument to
507.Fn newsession
508contains the driver identifier obtained via
509.Fn crypto_get_driverid .
510On successfully returning, it should contain a driver-specific session
511identifier.
512The second argument is identical to that of
513.Fn crypto_newsession .
514.Pp
515The
516.Fn freesession
517routine takes as argument the SID (which is the concatenation of the
518driver identifier and the driver-specific session identifier).
519It should clear any context associated with the session (clear hardware
520registers, memory, etc.).
521.Pp
522The
523.Fn process
524routine is invoked with a request to perform crypto processing.
525This routine must not block, but should queue the request and return
526immediately.
527Upon processing the request, the callback routine should be invoked.
528In case of error, the error indication must be placed in the
529.Fa crp_etype
530field of the
531.Fa cryptop
532structure.
533The
534.Fa hint
535argument can be set to
536.Dv CRYPTO_HINT_MORE
537when there will be more request right after this request.
538When the request is completed, or an error is detected, the
539.Fn process
540routine should invoke
541.Fn crypto_done .
542Session migration may be performed, as mentioned previously.
543.Pp
544The
545.Fn kprocess
546routine is invoked with a request to perform crypto key processing.
547This routine must not block, but should queue the request and return
548immediately.
549Upon processing the request, the callback routine should be invoked.
550In case of error, the error indication must be placed in the
551.Fa krp_status
552field of the
553.Fa cryptkop
554structure.
555When the request is completed, or an error is detected, the
556.Fn kprocess
557routine should invoke
558.Fn crypto_kdone .
559.Sh RETURN VALUES
560.Fn crypto_register ,
561.Fn crypto_kregister ,
562.Fn crypto_unregister ,
563.Fn crypto_newsession ,
564and
565.Fn crypto_freesession
566return 0 on success, or an error code on failure.
567.Fn crypto_get_driverid
568returns a non-negative value on error, and \-1 on failure.
569.Fn crypto_getreq
570returns a pointer to a
571.Fa cryptop
572structure and
573.Dv NULL
574on failure.
575.Fn crypto_dispatch
576returns
577.Er EINVAL
578if its argument or the callback function was
579.Dv NULL ,
580and 0 otherwise.
581The callback is provided with an error code in case of failure, in the
582.Fa crp_etype
583field.
584.Sh FILES
585.Bl -tag -width sys/opencrypto/crypto.c
586.It Pa sys/opencrypto/crypto.c
587most of the framework code
588.It Pa sys/crypto
589crypto algorithm implementations
590.El
591.Sh SEE ALSO
592.Xr ipsec 4 ,
593.Xr pcmcia 4 ,
594.Xr condvar 9 ,
595.Xr malloc 9
596.Rs
597.%A "Angelos D. Keromytis"
598.%A "Jason L. Wright"
599.%A "Theo de Raadt"
600.%T "The Design of the OpenBSD Cryptographic Framework"
601.%I "Usenix"
602.%N "2003"
603.%D "June 2003"
604.Re
605.Sh HISTORY
606The cryptographic framework first appeared in
607.Ox 2.7
608and was written by
609.An Angelos D. Keromytis Aq angelos@openbsd.org .
610.Pp
611.An Sam Leffler
612ported the crypto framework to
613.Fx
614and made performance improvements.
615.Pp
616.An Jonathan Stone Aq jonathan@NetBSD.org
617ported the cryptoframe from
618.Fx
619to
620.Nx .
621.Nm opencrypto
622first appeared in
623.Nx 2.0 .
624.Sh BUGS
625The framework currently assumes that all the algorithms in a
626.Fn crypto_newsession
627operation must be available by the same driver.
628If that's not the case, session initialization will fail.
629.Pp
630The framework also needs a mechanism for determining which driver is
631best for a specific set of algorithms associated with a session.
632Some type of benchmarking is in order here.
633.Pp
634Multiple instances of the same algorithm in the same session are not
635supported.
636Note that 3DES is considered one algorithm (and not three
637instances of DES).
638Thus, 3DES and DES could be mixed in the same request.
639.Pp
640A queue for completed operations should be implemented and processed
641at some software
642.Xr spl 9
643level, to avoid overall system latency issues, and potential kernel
644stack exhaustion while processing a callback.
645.Pp
646When SMP time comes, we will support use of a second processor (or
647more) as a crypto device (this is actually AMP, but we need the same
648basic support).
649