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18.Dd $Mdocdate: June 9 2008 $
19.Dt CRYPTO 9
20.Os
21.Sh NAME
22.Nm crypto
23.Nd API for cryptographic services in the kernel
24.Sh SYNOPSIS
25.Fd #include <crypto/cryptodev.h>
26.Ft int32_t
27.Fn crypto_get_driverid "u_int8_t"
28.Ft int
29.Fn crypto_register "u_int32_t" "int *" "int (*)(u_int32_t *, struct cryptoini *)" "int (*)(u_int64_t)" "int (*)(struct cryptop *)"
30.Ft int
31.Fn crypto_kregister "u_int32_t" "int *" "int (*)(struct cryptkop *)"
32.Ft int
33.Fn crypto_unregister "u_int32_t" "int"
34.Ft void
35.Fn crypto_done "struct cryptop *"
36.Ft void
37.Fn crypto_kdone "struct cryptkop *"
38.Ft int
39.Fn crypto_newsession "u_int64_t *" "struct cryptoini *" "int"
40.Ft int
41.Fn crypto_freesession "u_int64_t"
42.Ft int
43.Fn crypto_dispatch "struct cryptop *"
44.Ft int
45.Fn crypto_kdispatch "struct cryptkop *"
46.Ft struct cryptop *
47.Fn crypto_getreq "int"
48.Ft void
49.Fn crypto_freereq "struct cryptop *"
50.Bd -literal
51
52#define EALG_MAX_BLOCK_LEN      16
53
54struct cryptoini {
55	int                cri_alg;
56	int                cri_klen;
57	int                cri_rnd;
58	caddr_t            cri_key;
59	u_int8_t           cri_iv[EALG_MAX_BLOCK_LEN];
60	struct cryptoini  *cri_next;
61};
62
63struct cryptodesc {
64	int                crd_skip;
65	int                crd_len;
66	int                crd_inject;
67	int                crd_flags;
68	struct cryptoini   CRD_INI;
69	struct cryptodesc *crd_next;
70};
71
72struct cryptop {
73	u_int64_t          crp_sid;
74	int                crp_ilen;
75	int                crp_olen;
76	int                crp_alloctype;
77	int                crp_etype;
78	int                crp_flags;
79	void              *crp_buf;
80	void              *crp_opaque;
81	struct cryptodesc *crp_desc;
82	int              (*crp_callback)(struct cryptop *);
83	struct cryptop    *crp_next;
84	caddr_t            crp_mac;
85};
86
87struct crparam {
88        caddr_t         crp_p;
89        u_int           crp_nbits;
90};
91
92#define CRK_MAXPARAM    8
93
94struct cryptkop {
95        u_int              krp_op;         /* ie. CRK_MOD_EXP or other */
96        u_int              krp_status;     /* return status */
97        u_short            krp_iparams;    /* # of input parameters */
98        u_short            krp_oparams;    /* # of output parameters */
99	u_int32_t	   krp_hid;
100        struct crparam     krp_param[CRK_MAXPARAM];	  /* kvm */
101        int               (*krp_callback)(struct cryptkop *);
102        struct cryptkop   *krp_next;
103};
104.Ed
105.Sh DESCRIPTION
106.Nm
107is a framework for drivers of cryptographic hardware to register with
108the kernel so
109.Dq consumers
110(other kernel subsystems, and eventually
111users through an appropriate device) are able to make use of it.
112Drivers register with the framework the algorithms they support,
113and provide entry points (functions) the framework may call to
114establish, use, and tear down sessions.
115Sessions are used to cache cryptographic information in a particular driver
116(or associated hardware), so initialization is not needed with every request.
117Consumers of cryptographic services pass a set of
118descriptors that instruct the framework (and the drivers registered
119with it) of the operations that should be applied on the data (more
120than one cryptographic operation can be requested).
121.Pp
122Keying operations are supported as well.
123Unlike the symmetric operators described above,
124these sessionless commands perform mathematical operations using
125input and output parameters.
126.Pp
127Since the consumers may not be associated with a process, drivers may
128not use
129.Xr tsleep 9 .
130The same holds for the framework.
131Thus, a callback mechanism is used
132to notify a consumer that a request has been completed (the
133callback is specified by the consumer on an per-request basis).
134The callback is invoked by the framework whether the request was
135successfully completed or not.
136An error indication is provided in the latter case.
137A specific error code,
138.Er EAGAIN ,
139is used to indicate that a session number has changed and that the
140request may be re-submitted immediately with the new session number.
141Errors are only returned to the invoking function if not
142enough information to call the callback is available (meaning, there
143was a fatal error in verifying the arguments).
144For session initialization and teardown there is no callback mechanism used.
145.Pp
146The
147.Fn crypto_newsession
148routine is called by consumers of cryptographic services (such as the
149.Xr ipsec 4
150stack) that wish to establish a new session with the framework.
151On success, the first argument will contain the Session Identifier (SID).
152The second argument contains all the necessary information for
153the driver to establish the session.
154The third argument indicates whether a
155hardware driver should be used (1) or not (0).
156The various fields in the
157.Fa cryptoini
158structure are:
159.Bl -tag -width foobarmoocow
160.It Fa cri_alg
161Contains an algorithm identifier.
162Currently supported algorithms are:
163.Bd -literal
164CRYPTO_DES_CBC
165CRYPTO_3DES_CBC
166CRYPTO_BLF_CBC
167CRYPTO_CAST_CBC
168CRYPTO_SKIPJACK_CBC
169CRYPTO_MD5_HMAC
170CRYPTO_SHA1_HMAC
171CRYPTO_RIPEMD160_HMAC
172CRYPTO_MD5_KPDK
173CRYPTO_SHA1_KPDK
174CRYPTO_AES_CBC
175CRYPTO_AES_CTR
176CRYPTO_AES_XTS
177CRYPTO_ARC4
178CRYPTO_MD5
179CRYPTO_SHA1
180.Ed
181.Pp
182.It Fa cri_klen
183Specifies the length of the key in bits, for variable-size key
184algorithms.
185.It Fa cri_rnd
186Specifies the number of rounds to be used with the algorithm, for
187variable-round algorithms.
188.It Fa cri_key
189Contains the key to be used with the algorithm.
190.It Fa cri_iv
191Contains an explicit initialization vector (IV), if it does not prefix
192the data.
193This field is ignored during initialization.
194If no IV is explicitly passed (see below on details), a random IV is used
195by the device driver processing the request.
196.Pp
197In the case of the CRYPTO_AES_XTS transform, the IV should be provided
198as a 64-bit block number in host byte order.
199.It Fa cri_next
200Contains a pointer to another
201.Fa cryptoini
202structure.
203Multiple such structures may be linked to establish multi-algorithm sessions
204.Pf ( Xr ipsec 4
205is an example consumer of such a feature).
206.El
207.Pp
208The
209.Fa cryptoini
210structure and its contents will not be modified by the framework (or
211the drivers used).
212Subsequent requests for processing that use the
213SID returned will avoid the cost of re-initializing the hardware (in
214essence, SID acts as an index in the session cache of the driver).
215.Pp
216.Fn crypto_freesession
217is called with the SID returned by
218.Fn crypto_newsession
219to disestablish the session.
220.Pp
221.Fn crypto_dispatch
222is called to process a request.
223The various fields in the
224.Fa cryptop
225structure are:
226.Bl -tag -width crp_alloctype
227.It Fa crp_sid
228Contains the SID.
229.It Fa crp_ilen
230Indicates the total length in bytes of the buffer to be processed.
231.It Fa crp_olen
232On return, contains the length of the result, not including
233.Fa crd_skip .
234For symmetric crypto operations, this will be the same as the input length.
235.It Fa crp_alloctype
236Indicates the type of buffer, as used in the kernel
237.Xr malloc 9
238routine.
239This will be used if the framework needs to allocate a new
240buffer for the result (or for re-formatting the input).
241.It Fa crp_callback
242This routine is invoked upon completion of the request, whether
243successful or not.
244It is invoked through the
245.Fn crypto_done
246routine.
247If the request was not successful, an error code is set in the
248.Fa crp_etype
249field.
250It is the responsibility of the callback routine to set the appropriate
251.Xr spl 9
252level.
253.It Fa crp_etype
254Contains the error type, if any errors were encountered, or zero if
255the request was successfully processed.
256If the
257.Er EAGAIN
258error code is returned, the SID has changed (and has been recorded in the
259.Fa crp_sid
260field).
261The consumer should record the new SID and use it in all subsequent requests.
262In this case, the request may be re-submitted immediately.
263This mechanism is used by the framework to perform
264session migration (move a session from one driver to another, because
265of availability, performance, or other considerations).
266.Pp
267Note that this field only makes sense when examined by
268the callback routine specified in
269.Fa crp_callback .
270Errors are returned to the invoker of
271.Fn crypto_process
272only when enough information is not present to call the callback
273routine (i.e., if the pointer passed is
274.Dv NULL
275or if no callback routine was specified).
276.It Fa crp_flags
277Is a bitmask of flags associated with this request.
278Currently defined flags are:
279.Bl -tag -width CRYPTO_F_IMBUF
280.It Dv CRYPTO_F_IMBUF
281The buffer pointed to by
282.Fa crp_buf
283is an mbuf chain.
284.El
285.Pp
286.It Fa crp_buf
287Points to the input buffer.
288On return (when the callback is invoked),
289it contains the result of the request.
290The input buffer may be an mbuf
291chain or a struct uio depending on
292.Fa crp_flags .
293.It Fa crp_opaque
294This is passed through the crypto framework untouched and is
295intended for the invoking application's use.
296.It Fa crp_desc
297This is a linked list of descriptors.
298Each descriptor provides
299information about what type of cryptographic operation should be done
300on the input buffer.
301The various fields are:
302.Bl -tag
303.It Fa crd_skip
304The offset in the input buffer where processing should start.
305.It Fa crd_len
306How many bytes, after
307.Fa Fa crd_skip ,
308should be processed.
309.It Fa crd_inject
310Offset from the beginning of the buffer to insert any results.
311For encryption algorithms, this is where the initialization vector
312(IV) will be inserted when encrypting or where it can be found when
313decrypting (subject to
314.Fa Fa crd_flags ) .
315For MAC algorithms, this is where the result of the keyed hash will be
316inserted.
317.It Fa crd_flags
318The following flags are defined:
319.Bl -tag -width CRD_F_IV_EXPLICIT
320.It Dv CRD_F_ENCRYPT
321For encryption algorithms, this bit is set when encryption is required
322(when not set, decryption is performed).
323.It Dv CRD_F_IV_PRESENT
324For encryption algorithms, this bit is set when the IV already
325precedes the data, so the
326.Fa crd_inject
327value will be ignored and no IV will be written in the buffer.
328Otherwise, the IV used to encrypt the packet will be written
329at the location pointed to by
330.Fa crd_inject .
331The IV length is assumed to be equal to the blocksize of the
332encryption algorithm.
333Some applications that do special
334.Dq IV cooking ,
335such as the half-IV mode in
336.Xr ipsec 4 ,
337can use this flag to indicate that the IV should not be written on the packet.
338This flag is typically used in conjunction with the
339.Dv CRD_F_IV_EXPLICIT
340flag.
341.It Dv CRD_F_IV_EXPLICIT
342For encryption algorithms, this bit is set when the IV is explicitly
343provided by the consumer in the
344.Fa crd_iv
345fields.
346Otherwise, for encryption operations the IV is provided for by
347the driver used to perform the operation, whereas for decryption
348operations it is pointed to by the
349.Fa crd_inject
350field.
351This flag is typically used when the IV is calculated
352.Dq on the fly
353by the consumer, and does not precede the data (some
354.Xr ipsec 4
355configurations, and the encrypted swap are two such examples).
356.It Dv CRD_F_COMP
357For compression algorithms, this bit is set when compression is required (when
358not set, decompression is performed).
359.El
360.It Fa CRD_INI
361This
362.Fa cryptoini
363structure will not be modified by the framework or the device drivers.
364Since this information accompanies every cryptographic
365operation request, drivers may re-initialize state on-demand
366(typically an expensive operation).
367Furthermore, the cryptographic
368framework may re-route requests as a result of full queues or hardware
369failure, as described above.
370.It Fa crd_next
371Point to the next descriptor.
372Linked operations are useful in protocols such as
373.Xr ipsec 4 ,
374where multiple cryptographic transforms may be applied on the same
375block of data.
376.El
377.El
378.Pp
379.Fn crypto_getreq
380allocates a
381.Fa cryptop
382structure with a linked list of as many
383.Fa cryptodesc
384structures as were specified in the argument passed to it.
385.Pp
386.Fn crypto_freereq
387deallocates a structure
388.Fa cryptop
389and any
390.Fa cryptodesc
391structures linked to it.
392Note that it is the responsibility of the
393callback routine to do the necessary cleanups associated with the
394opaque field in the
395.Fa cryptop
396structure.
397.Pp
398.Fn crypto_kdispatch
399is called to perform a keying operation.
400The various fields in the
401.Fa cryptkop
402structure are:
403.Bl -tag -width crp_alloctype
404.It Fa krp_op
405Operation code, such as CRK_MOD_EXP.
406.It Fa krp_status
407Return code.
408This errno-style variable indicates whether there were lower level reasons
409for operation failure.
410.It Fa krp_iparams
411Number of input parameters to the specified operation.
412Note that each operation has a (typically hardwired) number of such parameters.
413.It Fa krp_oparams
414Number of output parameters from the specified operation.
415Note that each operation has a (typically hardwired) number of such parameters.
416.It Fa krp_kvp
417An array of kernel memory blocks containing the parameters.
418.It Fa krp_hid
419Identifier specifying which low-level driver is being used.
420.It Fa krp_callback
421Callback called on completion of a keying operation.
422.El
423.Sh DRIVER-SIDE API
424The
425.Fn crypto_get_driverid ,
426.Fn crypto_register ,
427.Fn crypto_kregister ,
428.Fn crypto_unregister ,
429and
430.Fn crypto_done
431routines are used by drivers that provide support for cryptographic
432primitives to register and unregister with the kernel crypto services
433framework.
434Drivers must first use the
435.Fn crypto_get_driverid
436function to acquire a driver identifier, specifying the
437.Fa cc_flags
438as an argument (normally 0, but software-only drivers should specify
439.Dv CRYPTOCAP_F_SOFTWARE ) .
440For each algorithm the driver supports, it must then call
441.Fn crypto_register .
442The first argument is the driver identifier.
443The second argument is an array of
444.Dv CRYPTO_ALGORITHM_MAX + 1
445elements, indicating which algorithms are supported.
446The last three arguments are pointers to three
447driver-provided functions that the framework may call to establish new
448cryptographic context with the driver, free already established
449context, and ask for a request to be processed (encrypt, decrypt, etc.\&)
450.Fn crypto_unregister
451is called by drivers that wish to withdraw support for an algorithm.
452The two arguments are the driver and algorithm identifiers, respectively.
453Typically, drivers for
454.Xr pcmcia 4
455crypto cards that are being ejected will invoke this routine for all
456algorithms supported by the card.
457If called with
458.Dv CRYPTO_ALGORITHM_ALL ,
459all algorithms registered for a driver will be unregistered in one go
460and the driver will be disabled (no new sessions will be allocated on
461that driver, and any existing sessions will be migrated to other
462drivers).
463The same will be done if all algorithms associated with a driver are
464unregistered one by one.
465.Pp
466The calling convention for the three driver-supplied routines is:
467.Bd -literal
468int (*newsession) (u_int32_t *, struct cryptoini *);
469int (*freesession) (u_int64_t);
470int (*process) (struct cryptop *);
471int (*kprocess) (struct cryptkop *);
472.Ed
473.Pp
474On invocation, the first argument to
475.Fn newsession
476contains the driver identifier obtained via
477.Fn crypto_get_driverid .
478On successfully returning, it should contain a driver-specific session
479identifier.
480The second argument is identical to that of
481.Fn crypto_newsession .
482.Pp
483The
484.Fn freesession
485routine takes as argument the SID (which is the concatenation of the
486driver identifier and the driver-specific session identifier).
487It should clear any context associated with the session (clear hardware
488registers, memory, etc.).
489.Pp
490The
491.Fn process
492routine is invoked with a request to perform crypto processing.
493This routine must not block, but should queue the request and return
494immediately.
495Upon processing the request, the callback routine should be invoked.
496In case of error, the error indication must be placed in the
497.Fa crp_etype
498field of the
499.Fa cryptop
500structure.
501When the request is completed, or an error is detected, the
502.Fn process
503routine should invoke
504.Fn crypto_done .
505Session migration may be performed, as mentioned previously.
506.Pp
507The
508.Fn kprocess
509routine is invoked with a request to perform crypto key processing.
510This routine must not block, but should queue the request and return
511immediately.
512Upon processing the request, the callback routine should be invoked.
513In case of error, the error indication must be placed in the
514.Fa krp_status
515field of the
516.Fa cryptkop
517structure.
518When the request is completed, or an error is detected, the
519.Fn kprocess
520routine should invoke
521.Fn crypto_kdone .
522.Sh RETURN VALUES
523.Fn crypto_register ,
524.Fn crypto_kregister ,
525.Fn crypto_unregister ,
526.Fn crypto_newsession ,
527and
528.Fn crypto_freesession
529return 0 on success, or an error code on failure.
530.Fn crypto_get_driverid
531returns a non-negative value on error, and \-1 on failure.
532.Fn crypto_getreq
533returns a pointer to a
534.Fa cryptop
535structure and
536.Dv NULL
537on failure.
538.Fn crypto_dispatch
539returns
540.Er EINVAL
541if its argument or the callback function was
542.Dv NULL ,
543and 0 otherwise.
544The callback is provided with an error code in case of failure, in the
545.Fa crp_etype
546field.
547.Sh FILES
548.Bl -tag -width sys/crypto/crypto.c
549.It Pa sys/crypto/crypto.c
550most of the framework code
551.El
552.Sh SEE ALSO
553.Xr ipsec 4 ,
554.Xr pcmcia 4 ,
555.Xr malloc 9 ,
556.Xr tsleep 9
557.Sh HISTORY
558The cryptographic framework first appeared in
559.Ox 2.7
560and was written by
561.An Angelos D. Keromytis Aq angelos@openbsd.org .
562.Sh BUGS
563The framework currently assumes that all the algorithms in a
564.Fn crypto_newsession
565operation must be available by the same driver.
566If that's not the case, session initialization will fail.
567.Pp
568The framework also needs a mechanism for determining which driver is
569best for a specific set of algorithms associated with a session.
570Some type of benchmarking is in order here.
571.Pp
572Multiple instances of the same algorithm in the same session are not
573supported.
574Note that 3DES is considered one algorithm (and not three
575instances of DES).
576Thus, 3DES and DES could be mixed in the same request.
577.Pp
578A queue for completed operations should be implemented and processed
579at some software
580.Xr spl 9
581level, to avoid overall system latency issues, and potential kernel
582stack exhaustion while processing a callback.
583.Pp
584When SMP time comes, we will support use of a second processor (or
585more) as a crypto device (this is actually AMP, but we need the same
586basic support).
587