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19.Dd September 17, 2011
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_CAMELLIA_CBC
181CRYPTO_SKIPJACK_CBC
182CRYPTO_ARC4
183CRYPTO_AES_CBC
184CRYPTO_AES_CTR
185CRYPTO_AES_GCM_16
186CRYPTO_AES_GMAC
187CRYPTO_AES_128_GMAC
188CRYPTO_AES_192_GMAC
189CRYPTO_AES_256_GMAC
190CRYPTO_AES_XCBC_MAC_96
191CRYPTO_MD5
192CRYPTO_MD5_HMAC
193CRYPTO_MD5_HMAC_96
194CRYPTO_MD5_KPDK
195CRYPTO_NULL_CBC
196CRYPTO_NULL_HMAC
197CRYPTO_SHA1
198CRYPTO_SHA1_HMAC
199CRYPTO_SHA1_HMAC_96
200CRYPTO_SHA1_KPDK
201CRYPTO_SHA2_256_HMAC
202CRYPTO_SHA2_384_HMAC
203CRYPTO_SHA2_512_HMAC
204CRYPTO_RIPEMD160_HMAC
205CRYPTO_RIPEMD160_HMAC_96
206CRYPTO_DEFLATE_COMP
207CRYPTO_DEFLATE_COMP_NOGROW
208CRYPTO_GZIP_COMP
209.Ed
210.Pp
211.It Fa cri_klen
212Specifies the length of the key in bits, for variable-size key
213algorithms.
214.It Fa cri_rnd
215Specifies the number of rounds to be used with the algorithm, for
216variable-round algorithms.
217.It Fa cri_key
218Contains the key to be used with the algorithm.
219.It Fa cri_iv
220Contains an explicit initialization vector (IV), if it does not prefix
221the data.
222This field is ignored during initialization.
223If no IV is explicitly passed (see below on details), a random IV is used
224by the device driver processing the request.
225.It Fa cri_next
226Contains a pointer to another
227.Fa cryptoini
228structure.
229Multiple such structures may be linked to establish multi-algorithm sessions
230.Pf ( Xr ipsec 4
231is an example consumer of such a feature).
232.El
233.Pp
234The
235.Fa cryptoini
236structure and its contents will not be modified by the framework (or
237the drivers used).
238Subsequent requests for processing that use the
239SID returned will avoid the cost of re-initializing the hardware (in
240essence, SID acts as an index in the session cache of the driver).
241.Pp
242.Fn crypto_freesession
243is called with the SID returned by
244.Fn crypto_newsession
245to disestablish the session.
246.Pp
247.Fn crypto_dispatch
248is called to process a request.
249The various fields in the
250.Fa cryptop
251structure are:
252.Bl -tag -width crp_callback
253.It Fa crp_sid
254Contains the SID.
255.It Fa crp_ilen
256Indicates the total length in bytes of the buffer to be processed.
257.It Fa crp_olen
258On return, contains the length of the result, not including
259.Fa crd_skip .
260For symmetric crypto operations, this will be the same as the input length.
261.It Fa crp_alloctype
262Indicates the type of buffer, as used in the kernel
263.Xr malloc 9
264routine.
265This will be used if the framework needs to allocate a new
266buffer for the result (or for re-formatting the input).
267.It Fa crp_callback
268This routine is invoked upon completion of the request, whether
269successful or not.
270It is invoked through the
271.Fn crypto_done
272routine.
273If the request was not successful, an error code is set in the
274.Fa crp_etype
275field.
276It is the responsibility of the callback routine to set the appropriate
277.Xr spl 9
278level.
279.It Fa crp_etype
280Contains the error type, if any errors were encountered, or zero if
281the request was successfully processed.
282If the
283.Er EAGAIN
284error code is returned, the SID has changed (and has been recorded in the
285.Fa crp_sid
286field).
287The consumer should record the new SID and use it in all subsequent requests.
288In this case, the request may be re-submitted immediately.
289This mechanism is used by the framework to perform
290session migration (move a session from one driver to another, because
291of availability, performance, or other considerations).
292.Pp
293Note that this field only makes sense when examined by
294the callback routine specified in
295.Fa crp_callback .
296Errors are returned to the invoker of
297.Fn crypto_process
298only when enough information is not present to call the callback
299routine (i.e., if the pointer passed is
300.Dv NULL
301or if no callback routine was specified).
302.It Fa crp_flags
303Is a bitmask of flags associated with this request.
304Currently defined flags are:
305.Bl -tag -width CRYPTO_F_IMBUF
306.It Dv CRYPTO_F_IMBUF
307The buffer pointed to by
308.Fa crp_buf
309is an mbuf chain.
310.El
311.Pp
312.It Fa crp_buf
313Points to the input buffer.
314On return (when the callback is invoked),
315it contains the result of the request.
316The input buffer may be an mbuf
317chain or a contiguous buffer (of a type identified by
318.Fa crp_alloctype ) ,
319depending on
320.Fa crp_flags .
321.It Fa crp_opaque
322This is passed through the crypto framework untouched and is
323intended for the invoking application's use.
324.It Fa crp_desc
325This is a linked list of descriptors.
326Each descriptor provides
327information about what type of cryptographic operation should be done
328on the input buffer.
329The various fields are:
330.Bl -tag -width ".Fa crd_inject"
331.It Fa crd_skip
332The offset in the input buffer where processing should start.
333.It Fa crd_len
334How many bytes, after
335.Fa crd_skip ,
336should be processed.
337.It Fa crd_inject
338Offset from the beginning of the buffer to insert any results.
339For encryption algorithms, this is where the initialization vector
340(IV) will be inserted when encrypting or where it can be found when
341decrypting (subject to
342.Fa crd_flags ) .
343For MAC algorithms, this is where the result of the keyed hash will be
344inserted.
345.It Fa crd_flags
346For adjusting general operation from userland,
347the following flags are defined:
348.Bl -tag -width CRD_F_IV_EXPLICIT
349.It Dv CRD_F_ENCRYPT
350For encryption algorithms, this bit is set when encryption is required
351(when not set, decryption is performed).
352.It Dv CRD_F_IV_PRESENT
353For encryption algorithms, this bit is set when the IV already
354precedes the data, so the
355.Fa crd_inject
356value will be ignored and no IV will be written in the buffer.
357Otherwise, the IV used to encrypt the packet will be written
358at the location pointed to by
359.Fa crd_inject .
360Some applications that do special
361.Dq IV cooking ,
362such as the half-IV mode in
363.Xr ipsec 4 ,
364can use this flag to indicate that the IV should not be written on the packet.
365This flag is typically used in conjunction with the
366.Dv CRD_F_IV_EXPLICIT
367flag.
368.It Dv CRD_F_IV_EXPLICIT
369For encryption algorithms, this bit is set when the IV is explicitly
370provided by the consumer in the
371.Fa crd_iv
372fields.
373Otherwise, for encryption operations the IV is provided for by
374the driver used to perform the operation, whereas for decryption
375operations it is pointed to by the
376.Fa crd_inject
377field.
378This flag is typically used when the IV is calculated
379.Dq on the fly
380by the consumer, and does not precede the data (some
381.Xr ipsec 4
382configurations, and the encrypted swap are two such examples).
383.It Dv CRD_F_COMP
384For compression algorithms, this bit is set when compression is required (when
385not set, decompression is performed).
386.El
387.It Fa CRD_INI
388This
389.Fa cryptoini
390structure will not be modified by the framework or the device drivers.
391Since this information accompanies every cryptographic
392operation request, drivers may re-initialize state on-demand
393(typically an expensive operation).
394Furthermore, the cryptographic
395framework may re-route requests as a result of full queues or hardware
396failure, as described above.
397.It Fa crd_next
398Point to the next descriptor.
399Linked operations are useful in protocols such as
400.Xr ipsec 4 ,
401where multiple cryptographic transforms may be applied on the same
402block of data.
403.El
404.El
405.Pp
406.Fn crypto_getreq
407allocates a
408.Fa cryptop
409structure with a linked list of as many
410.Fa cryptodesc
411structures as were specified in the argument passed to it.
412.Pp
413.Fn crypto_freereq
414deallocates a structure
415.Fa cryptop
416and any
417.Fa cryptodesc
418structures linked to it.
419Note that it is the responsibility of the
420callback routine to do the necessary cleanups associated with the
421opaque field in the
422.Fa cryptop
423structure.
424.Pp
425.Fn crypto_kdispatch
426is called to perform a keying operation.
427The various fields in the
428.Fa crytokop
429structure are:
430.Bl -tag -width crp_alloctype
431.It Fa krp_op
432Operation code, such as CRK_MOD_EXP.
433.It Fa krp_status
434Return code.
435This errno-style variable indicates whether there were lower level reasons
436for operation failure.
437.It Fa krp_iparams
438Number of input parameters to the specified operation.
439Note that each operation has a (typically hardwired) number of such parameters.
440.It Fa krp_oparams
441Number of output parameters from the specified operation.
442Note that each operation has a (typically hardwired) number of such parameters.
443.It Fa krp_kvp
444An array of kernel memory blocks containing the parameters.
445.It Fa krp_hid
446Identifier specifying which low-level driver is being used.
447.It Fa krp_callback
448Callback called on completion of a keying operation.
449.El
450.Pp
451The following sysctl entries exist to adjust
452the behaviour of the system from userland:
453.Bl -tag -width kern.cryptodevallowsoft
454.It kern.usercrypto
455Allow (1) or forbid (0) userland access to
456.Pa /dev/crypto .
457.It kern.userasymcrypto
458Allow (1) or forbid (0) userland access to
459do asymmetric crypto requests.
460.It kern.cryptodevallowsoft
461Enable/disable access to hardware versus software operations:
462.Bl -tag -width xxx
463.It \*[Lt] 0
464Force userlevel requests to use software operations, always.
465.It = 0
466Use hardware if present, grant userlevel requests for non-accelerated
467operations (handling the latter in software).
468.It \*[Gt] 0
469Allow user requests only for operations which are hardware-accelerated.
470.El
471.El
472.Sh DRIVER-SIDE API
473The
474.Fn crypto_get_driverid ,
475.Fn crypto_register ,
476.Fn crypto_kregister ,
477.Fn crypto_unregister ,
478and
479.Fn crypto_done
480routines are used by drivers that provide support for cryptographic
481primitives to register and unregister with the kernel crypto services
482framework.
483Drivers must first use the
484.Fn crypto_get_driverid
485function to acquire a driver identifier, specifying the
486.Fa flags
487as an argument (normally 0, but software-only drivers should specify
488.Dv CRYPTOCAP_F_SOFTWARE ) .
489For each algorithm the driver supports, it must then call
490.Fn crypto_register .
491The first argument is the driver identifier.
492The second argument is an array of
493.Dv CRYPTO_ALGORITHM_MAX + 1
494elements, indicating which algorithms are supported.
495The last three arguments are pointers to three
496driver-provided functions that the framework may call to establish new
497cryptographic context with the driver, free already established
498context, and ask for a request to be processed (encrypt, decrypt,
499etc.)
500.Fn crypto_unregister
501is called by drivers that wish to withdraw support for an algorithm.
502The two arguments are the driver and algorithm identifiers, respectively.
503Typically, drivers for
504.Xr pcmcia 4
505crypto cards that are being ejected will invoke this routine for all
506algorithms supported by the card.
507If called with
508.Dv CRYPTO_ALGORITHM_ALL ,
509all algorithms registered for a driver will be unregistered in one go
510and the driver will be disabled (no new sessions will be allocated on
511that driver, and any existing sessions will be migrated to other
512drivers).
513The same will be done if all algorithms associated with a driver are
514unregistered one by one.
515.Pp
516The calling convention for the three driver-supplied routines is:
517.Bd -literal
518int (*newsession) (void *, u_int32_t *, struct cryptoini *);
519int (*freesession) (void *, u_int64_t);
520int (*process) (void *, struct cryptop *, int);
521.Ed
522.Pp
523On invocation, the first argument to
524.Fn newsession
525contains the driver identifier obtained via
526.Fn crypto_get_driverid .
527On successfully returning, it should contain a driver-specific session
528identifier.
529The second argument is identical to that of
530.Fn crypto_newsession .
531.Pp
532The
533.Fn freesession
534routine takes as argument the SID (which is the concatenation of the
535driver identifier and the driver-specific session identifier).
536It should clear any context associated with the session (clear hardware
537registers, memory, etc.).
538.Pp
539The
540.Fn process
541routine is invoked with a request to perform crypto processing.
542This routine must not block, but should queue the request and return
543immediately.
544Upon processing the request, the callback routine should be invoked.
545In case of error, the error indication must be placed in the
546.Fa crp_etype
547field of the
548.Fa cryptop
549structure.
550The
551.Fa hint
552argument can be set to
553.Dv CRYPTO_HINT_MORE
554when there will be more request right after this request.
555When the request is completed, or an error is detected, the
556.Fn process
557routine should invoke
558.Fn crypto_done .
559Session migration may be performed, as mentioned previously.
560.Pp
561The
562.Fn kprocess
563routine is invoked with a request to perform crypto key processing.
564This routine must not block, but should queue the request and return
565immediately.
566Upon processing the request, the callback routine should be invoked.
567In case of error, the error indication must be placed in the
568.Fa krp_status
569field of the
570.Fa cryptkop
571structure.
572When the request is completed, or an error is detected, the
573.Fn kprocess
574routine should invoke
575.Fn crypto_kdone .
576.Sh RETURN VALUES
577.Fn crypto_register ,
578.Fn crypto_kregister ,
579.Fn crypto_unregister ,
580.Fn crypto_newsession ,
581and
582.Fn crypto_freesession
583return 0 on success, or an error code on failure.
584.Fn crypto_get_driverid
585returns a non-negative value on error, and \-1 on failure.
586.Fn crypto_getreq
587returns a pointer to a
588.Fa cryptop
589structure and
590.Dv NULL
591on failure.
592.Fn crypto_dispatch
593returns
594.Er EINVAL
595if its argument or the callback function was
596.Dv NULL ,
597and 0 otherwise.
598The callback is provided with an error code in case of failure, in the
599.Fa crp_etype
600field.
601.Sh FILES
602.Bl -tag -width sys/opencrypto/crypto.c
603.It Pa sys/opencrypto/crypto.c
604most of the framework code
605.It Pa sys/crypto
606crypto algorithm implementations
607.El
608.Sh SEE ALSO
609.Xr ipsec 4 ,
610.Xr pcmcia 4 ,
611.Xr condvar 9 ,
612.Xr malloc 9
613.Rs
614.%A "Angelos D. Keromytis"
615.%A "Jason L. Wright"
616.%A "Theo de Raadt"
617.%T "The Design of the OpenBSD Cryptographic Framework"
618.%I "Usenix"
619.%N "2003"
620.%D "June 2003"
621.Re
622.Sh HISTORY
623The cryptographic framework first appeared in
624.Ox 2.7
625and was written by
626.An Angelos D. Keromytis Aq angelos@openbsd.org .
627.Pp
628.An Sam Leffler
629ported the crypto framework to
630.Fx
631and made performance improvements.
632.Pp
633.An Jonathan Stone Aq jonathan@NetBSD.org
634ported the cryptoframe from
635.Fx
636to
637.Nx .
638.Nm opencrypto
639first appeared in
640.Nx 2.0 .
641.Sh BUGS
642The framework currently assumes that all the algorithms in a
643.Fn crypto_newsession
644operation must be available by the same driver.
645If that's not the case, session initialization will fail.
646.Pp
647The framework also needs a mechanism for determining which driver is
648best for a specific set of algorithms associated with a session.
649Some type of benchmarking is in order here.
650.Pp
651Multiple instances of the same algorithm in the same session are not
652supported.
653Note that 3DES is considered one algorithm (and not three
654instances of DES).
655Thus, 3DES and DES could be mixed in the same request.
656.Pp
657A queue for completed operations should be implemented and processed
658at some software
659.Xr spl 9
660level, to avoid overall system latency issues, and potential kernel
661stack exhaustion while processing a callback.
662.Pp
663When SMP time comes, we will support use of a second processor (or
664more) as a crypto device (this is actually AMP, but we need the same
665basic support).
666