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20.Dd November 6, 2017
21.Dt CRYPTO 9
22.Os
23.Sh NAME
24.Nm crypto
25.Nd API for cryptographic services in the kernel
26.Sh SYNOPSIS
27.In opencrypto/cryptodev.h
28.Ft int32_t
29.Fn crypto_get_driverid device_t int
30.Ft int
31.Fn crypto_register uint32_t int uint16_t uint32_t "int \*[lp]*\*[rp]\*[lp]void *, uint32_t *, struct cryptoini *\*[rp]" "int \*[lp]*\*[rp]\*[lp]void *, uint64_t\*[rp]" "int \*[lp]*\*[rp]\*[lp]void *, struct cryptop *\*[rp]" "void *"
32.Ft int
33.Fn crypto_kregister uint32_t int uint32_t "int \*[lp]*\*[rp]\*[lp]void *, struct cryptkop *\*[rp]" "void *"
34.Ft int
35.Fn crypto_unregister uint32_t int
36.Ft int
37.Fn crypto_unregister_all uint32_t
38.Ft void
39.Fn crypto_done "struct cryptop *"
40.Ft void
41.Fn crypto_kdone "struct cryptkop *"
42.Ft int
43.Fn crypto_find_driver "const char *"
44.Ft int
45.Fn crypto_newsession "uint64_t *" "struct cryptoini *" int
46.Ft int
47.Fn crypto_freesession uint64_t
48.Ft int
49.Fn crypto_dispatch "struct cryptop *"
50.Ft int
51.Fn crypto_kdispatch "struct cryptkop *"
52.Ft int
53.Fn crypto_unblock uint32_t int
54.Ft "struct cryptop *"
55.Fn crypto_getreq int
56.Ft void
57.Fn crypto_freereq void
58.Bd -literal
59#define	CRYPTO_SYMQ	0x1
60#define	CRYPTO_ASYMQ	0x2
61
62#define EALG_MAX_BLOCK_LEN      16
63
64struct cryptoini {
65	int                cri_alg;
66	int                cri_klen;
67	int                cri_mlen;
68	caddr_t            cri_key;
69	uint8_t            cri_iv[EALG_MAX_BLOCK_LEN];
70	struct cryptoini  *cri_next;
71};
72
73struct cryptodesc {
74	int                crd_skip;
75	int                crd_len;
76	int                crd_inject;
77	int                crd_flags;
78	struct cryptoini   CRD_INI;
79#define crd_iv          CRD_INI.cri_iv
80#define crd_key         CRD_INI.cri_key
81#define crd_alg         CRD_INI.cri_alg
82#define crd_klen        CRD_INI.cri_klen
83	struct cryptodesc *crd_next;
84};
85
86struct cryptop {
87	TAILQ_ENTRY(cryptop) crp_next;
88	uint64_t           crp_sid;
89	int                crp_ilen;
90	int                crp_olen;
91	int                crp_etype;
92	int                crp_flags;
93	caddr_t            crp_buf;
94	caddr_t            crp_opaque;
95	struct cryptodesc *crp_desc;
96	int              (*crp_callback) (struct cryptop *);
97	caddr_t            crp_mac;
98};
99
100struct crparam {
101        caddr_t         crp_p;
102        u_int           crp_nbits;
103};
104
105#define CRK_MAXPARAM    8
106
107struct cryptkop {
108        TAILQ_ENTRY(cryptkop) krp_next;
109        u_int              krp_op;         /* ie. CRK_MOD_EXP or other */
110        u_int              krp_status;     /* return status */
111        u_short            krp_iparams;    /* # of input parameters */
112        u_short            krp_oparams;    /* # of output parameters */
113        uint32_t           krp_hid;
114        struct crparam     krp_param[CRK_MAXPARAM];
115        int               (*krp_callback)(struct cryptkop *);
116};
117.Ed
118.Sh DESCRIPTION
119.Nm
120is a framework for drivers of cryptographic hardware to register with
121the kernel so
122.Dq consumers
123(other kernel subsystems, and
124users through the
125.Pa /dev/crypto
126device) are able to make use of it.
127Drivers register with the framework the algorithms they support,
128and provide entry points (functions) the framework may call to
129establish, use, and tear down sessions.
130Sessions are used to cache cryptographic information in a particular driver
131(or associated hardware), so initialization is not needed with every request.
132Consumers of cryptographic services pass a set of
133descriptors that instruct the framework (and the drivers registered
134with it) of the operations that should be applied on the data (more
135than one cryptographic operation can be requested).
136.Pp
137Keying operations are supported as well.
138Unlike the symmetric operators described above,
139these sessionless commands perform mathematical operations using
140input and output parameters.
141.Pp
142Since the consumers may not be associated with a process, drivers may
143not
144.Xr sleep 9 .
145The same holds for the framework.
146Thus, a callback mechanism is used
147to notify a consumer that a request has been completed (the
148callback is specified by the consumer on a per-request basis).
149The callback is invoked by the framework whether the request was
150successfully completed or not.
151An error indication is provided in the latter case.
152A specific error code,
153.Er EAGAIN ,
154is used to indicate that a session number has changed and that the
155request may be re-submitted immediately with the new session number.
156Errors are only returned to the invoking function if not
157enough information to call the callback is available (meaning, there
158was a fatal error in verifying the arguments).
159For session initialization and teardown there is no callback mechanism used.
160.Pp
161The
162.Fn crypto_find_driver
163function may be called to return the specific id of the provided name.
164If the specified driver could not be found, the returned id is -1.
165.Pp
166The
167.Fn crypto_newsession
168routine is called by consumers of cryptographic services (such as the
169.Xr ipsec 4
170stack) that wish to establish a new session with the framework.
171The second argument contains all the necessary information for
172the driver to establish the session.
173The third argument is either a specific driver id, or one or both
174of
175.Dv CRYPTOCAP_F_HARDWARE ,
176to select hardware devices,
177or
178.Dv CRYPTOCAP_F_SOFTWARE ,
179to select software devices.
180If both are specified, a hardware device will be returned
181before a software device will be.
182On success, the value pointed to by the first argument will be the
183Session IDentifier (SID).
184The various fields in the
185.Vt cryptoini
186structure are:
187.Bl -tag -width ".Va cri_next"
188.It Va cri_alg
189Contains an algorithm identifier.
190Currently supported algorithms are:
191.Pp
192.Bl -tag -width ".Dv CRYPTO_RIPEMD160_HMAC" -compact
193.It Dv CRYPTO_AES_128_NIST_GMAC
194.It Dv CRYPTO_AES_192_NIST_GMAC
195.It Dv CRYPTO_AES_256_NIST_GMAC
196.It Dv CRYPTO_AES_CBC
197.It Dv CRYPTO_AES_ICM
198.It Dv CRYPTO_AES_NIST_GCM_16
199.It Dv CRYPTO_AES_NIST_GMAC
200.It Dv CRYPTO_AES_XTS
201.It Dv CRYPTO_ARC4
202.It Dv CRYPTO_BLF_CBC
203.It Dv CRYPTO_CAMELLIA_CBC
204.It Dv CRYPTO_CAST_CBC
205.It Dv CRYPTO_DEFLATE_COMP
206.It Dv CRYPTO_DES_CBC
207.It Dv CRYPTO_3DES_CBC
208.It Dv CRYPTO_MD5
209.It Dv CRYPTO_MD5_HMAC
210.It Dv CRYPTO_MD5_KPDK
211.It Dv CRYPTO_NULL_HMAC
212.It Dv CRYPTO_NULL_CBC
213.It Dv CRYPTO_RIPEMD160_HMAC
214.It Dv CRYPTO_SHA1
215.It Dv CRYPTO_SHA1_HMAC
216.It Dv CRYPTO_SHA1_KPDK
217.It Dv CRYPTO_SHA2_256_HMAC
218.It Dv CRYPTO_SHA2_384_HMAC
219.It Dv CRYPTO_SHA2_512_HMAC
220.It Dv CRYPTO_SKIPJACK_CBC
221.El
222.It Va cri_klen
223Specifies the length of the key in bits, for variable-size key
224algorithms.
225.It Va cri_mlen
226Specifies how many bytes from the calculated hash should be copied back.
2270 means entire hash.
228.It Va cri_key
229Contains the key to be used with the algorithm.
230.It Va cri_iv
231Contains an explicit initialization vector (IV), if it does not prefix
232the data.
233This field is ignored during initialization
234.Pq Nm crypto_newsession .
235If no IV is explicitly passed (see below on details), a random IV is used
236by the device driver processing the request.
237.It Va cri_next
238Contains a pointer to another
239.Vt cryptoini
240structure.
241Multiple such structures may be linked to establish multi-algorithm sessions
242.Xr ( ipsec 4
243is an example consumer of such a feature).
244.El
245.Pp
246The
247.Vt cryptoini
248structure and its contents will not be modified by the framework (or
249the drivers used).
250Subsequent requests for processing that use the
251SID returned will avoid the cost of re-initializing the hardware (in
252essence, SID acts as an index in the session cache of the driver).
253.Pp
254.Fn crypto_freesession
255is called with the SID returned by
256.Fn crypto_newsession
257to disestablish the session.
258.Pp
259.Fn crypto_dispatch
260is called to process a request.
261The various fields in the
262.Vt cryptop
263structure are:
264.Bl -tag -width ".Va crp_callback"
265.It Va crp_sid
266Contains the SID.
267.It Va crp_ilen
268Indicates the total length in bytes of the buffer to be processed.
269.It Va crp_olen
270On return, contains the total length of the result.
271For symmetric crypto operations, this will be the same as the input length.
272This will be used if the framework needs to allocate a new
273buffer for the result (or for re-formatting the input).
274.It Va crp_callback
275This routine is invoked upon completion of the request, whether
276successful or not.
277It is invoked through the
278.Fn crypto_done
279routine.
280If the request was not successful, an error code is set in the
281.Va crp_etype
282field.
283It is the responsibility of the callback routine to set the appropriate
284.Xr spl 9
285level.
286.It Va crp_etype
287Contains the error type, if any errors were encountered, or zero if
288the request was successfully processed.
289If the
290.Er EAGAIN
291error code is returned, the SID has changed (and has been recorded in the
292.Va crp_sid
293field).
294The consumer should record the new SID and use it in all subsequent requests.
295In this case, the request may be re-submitted immediately.
296This mechanism is used by the framework to perform
297session migration (move a session from one driver to another, because
298of availability, performance, or other considerations).
299.Pp
300Note that this field only makes sense when examined by
301the callback routine specified in
302.Va crp_callback .
303Errors are returned to the invoker of
304.Fn crypto_process
305only when enough information is not present to call the callback
306routine (i.e., if the pointer passed is
307.Dv NULL
308or if no callback routine was specified).
309.It Va crp_flags
310Is a bitmask of flags associated with this request.
311Currently defined flags are:
312.Bl -tag -width ".Dv CRYPTO_F_CBIFSYNC"
313.It Dv CRYPTO_F_IMBUF
314The buffer pointed to by
315.Va crp_buf
316is an mbuf chain.
317.It Dv CRYPTO_F_IOV
318The buffer pointed to by
319.Va crp_buf
320is an
321.Vt uio
322structure.
323.It Dv CRYPTO_F_BATCH
324Batch operation if possible.
325.It Dv CRYPTO_F_CBIMM
326Do callback immediately instead of doing it from a dedicated kernel thread.
327.It Dv CRYPTO_F_DONE
328Operation completed.
329.It Dv CRYPTO_F_CBIFSYNC
330Do callback immediately if operation is synchronous (that the driver
331specified the
332.Dv CRYPTOCAP_F_SYNC
333flag).
334.It Dv CRYPTO_F_ASYNC
335Try to do the crypto operation in a pool of workers
336if the operation is synchronous (that is, if the driver specified the
337.Dv CRYPTOCAP_F_SYNC
338flag).
339It aims to speed up processing by dispatching crypto operations
340on different processors.
341.It Dv CRYPTO_F_ASYNC_KEEPORDER
342Dispatch callbacks in the same order they are posted.
343Only relevant if the
344.Dv CRYPTO_F_ASYNC
345flag is set and if the operation is synchronous.
346.El
347.It Va crp_buf
348Points to the input buffer.
349On return (when the callback is invoked),
350it contains the result of the request.
351The input buffer may be an mbuf
352chain or a contiguous buffer,
353depending on
354.Va crp_flags .
355.It Va crp_opaque
356This is passed through the crypto framework untouched and is
357intended for the invoking application's use.
358.It Va crp_desc
359This is a linked list of descriptors.
360Each descriptor provides
361information about what type of cryptographic operation should be done
362on the input buffer.
363The various fields are:
364.Bl -tag -width ".Va crd_inject"
365.It Va crd_iv
366When the flag
367.Dv CRD_F_IV_EXPLICIT
368is set, this field contains the IV.
369.It Va crd_key
370When the
371.Dv CRD_F_KEY_EXPLICIT
372flag is set, the
373.Va crd_key
374points to a buffer with encryption or authentication key.
375.It Va crd_alg
376An algorithm to use.
377Must be the same as the one given at newsession time.
378.It Va crd_klen
379The
380.Va crd_key
381key length.
382.It Va crd_skip
383The offset in the input buffer where processing should start.
384.It Va crd_len
385How many bytes, after
386.Va crd_skip ,
387should be processed.
388.It Va crd_inject
389The
390.Va crd_inject
391field specifies an offset in bytes from the beginning of the buffer.
392For encryption algorithms, this may be where the IV will be inserted
393when encrypting or where the IV may be found for
394decryption (subject to
395.Va crd_flags ) .
396For MAC algorithms, this is where the result of the keyed hash will be
397inserted.
398.It Va crd_flags
399The following flags are defined:
400.Bl -tag -width 3n
401.It Dv CRD_F_ENCRYPT
402For encryption algorithms, this bit is set when encryption is required
403(when not set, decryption is performed).
404.It Dv CRD_F_IV_PRESENT
405.\" This flag name has nothing to do w/ it's behavior, fix the name.
406For encryption, if this bit is not set the IV used to encrypt the packet
407will be written at the location pointed to by
408.Va crd_inject .
409The IV length is assumed to be equal to the blocksize of the
410encryption algorithm.
411For encryption, if this bit is set, nothing is done.
412For decryption, this flag has no meaning.
413Applications that do special
414.Dq "IV cooking" ,
415such as the half-IV mode in
416.Xr ipsec 4 ,
417can use this flag to indicate that the IV should not be written on the packet.
418This flag is typically used in conjunction with the
419.Dv CRD_F_IV_EXPLICIT
420flag.
421.It Dv CRD_F_IV_EXPLICIT
422This bit is set when the IV is explicitly
423provided by the consumer in the
424.Va crd_iv
425field.
426Otherwise, for encryption operations the IV is provided for by
427the driver used to perform the operation, whereas for decryption
428operations the offset of the IV is provided by the
429.Va crd_inject
430field.
431This flag is typically used when the IV is calculated
432.Dq "on the fly"
433by the consumer, and does not precede the data (some
434.Xr ipsec 4
435configurations, and the encrypted swap are two such examples).
436.It Dv CRD_F_KEY_EXPLICIT
437For encryption and authentication (MAC) algorithms, this bit is set when the key
438is explicitly provided by the consumer in the
439.Va crd_key
440field for the given operation.
441Otherwise, the key is taken at newsession time from the
442.Va cri_key
443field.
444As calculating the key schedule may take a while, it is recommended that often
445used keys are given their own session.
446.It Dv CRD_F_COMP
447For compression algorithms, this bit is set when compression is required (when
448not set, decompression is performed).
449.El
450.It Va CRD_INI
451This
452.Vt cryptoini
453structure will not be modified by the framework or the device drivers.
454Since this information accompanies every cryptographic
455operation request, drivers may re-initialize state on-demand
456(typically an expensive operation).
457Furthermore, the cryptographic
458framework may re-route requests as a result of full queues or hardware
459failure, as described above.
460.It Va crd_next
461Point to the next descriptor.
462Linked operations are useful in protocols such as
463.Xr ipsec 4 ,
464where multiple cryptographic transforms may be applied on the same
465block of data.
466.El
467.El
468.Pp
469.Fn crypto_getreq
470allocates a
471.Vt cryptop
472structure with a linked list of as many
473.Vt cryptodesc
474structures as were specified in the argument passed to it.
475.Pp
476.Fn crypto_freereq
477deallocates a structure
478.Vt cryptop
479and any
480.Vt cryptodesc
481structures linked to it.
482Note that it is the responsibility of the
483callback routine to do the necessary cleanups associated with the
484opaque field in the
485.Vt cryptop
486structure.
487.Pp
488.Fn crypto_kdispatch
489is called to perform a keying operation.
490The various fields in the
491.Vt cryptkop
492structure are:
493.Bl -tag -width ".Va krp_callback"
494.It Va krp_op
495Operation code, such as
496.Dv CRK_MOD_EXP .
497.It Va krp_status
498Return code.
499This
500.Va errno Ns -style
501variable indicates whether lower level reasons
502for operation failure.
503.It Va krp_iparams
504Number if input parameters to the specified operation.
505Note that each operation has a (typically hardwired) number of such parameters.
506.It Va krp_oparams
507Number if output parameters from the specified operation.
508Note that each operation has a (typically hardwired) number of such parameters.
509.It Va krp_kvp
510An array of kernel memory blocks containing the parameters.
511.It Va krp_hid
512Identifier specifying which low-level driver is being used.
513.It Va krp_callback
514Callback called on completion of a keying operation.
515.El
516.Sh DRIVER-SIDE API
517The
518.Fn crypto_get_driverid ,
519.Fn crypto_register ,
520.Fn crypto_kregister ,
521.Fn crypto_unregister ,
522.Fn crypto_unblock ,
523and
524.Fn crypto_done
525routines are used by drivers that provide support for cryptographic
526primitives to register and unregister with the kernel crypto services
527framework.
528.Pp
529Drivers must first use the
530.Fn crypto_get_driverid
531function to acquire a driver identifier, specifying the
532.Fa flags
533as an argument.
534One of
535.Dv CRYPTOCAP_F_SOFTWARE
536or
537.Dv CRYPTOCAP_F_HARDWARE
538must be specified.
539The
540.Dv CRYPTOCAP_F_SYNC
541may also be specified, and should be specified if the driver does all of
542it's operations synchronously.
543.Pp
544For each algorithm the driver supports, it must then call
545.Fn crypto_register .
546The first two arguments are the driver and algorithm identifiers.
547The next two arguments specify the largest possible operator length (in bits,
548important for public key operations) and flags for this algorithm.
549The last four arguments must be provided in the first call to
550.Fn crypto_register
551and are ignored in all subsequent calls.
552They are pointers to three
553driver-provided functions that the framework may call to establish new
554cryptographic context with the driver, free already established
555context, and ask for a request to be processed (encrypt, decrypt,
556etc.); and an opaque parameter to pass when calling each of these routines.
557.Pp
558.Fn crypto_unregister
559is called by drivers that wish to withdraw support for an algorithm.
560The two arguments are the driver and algorithm identifiers, respectively.
561Typically, drivers for
562PCMCIA
563crypto cards that are being ejected will invoke this routine for all
564algorithms supported by the card.
565.Fn crypto_unregister_all
566will unregister all algorithms registered by a driver
567and the driver will be disabled (no new sessions will be allocated on
568that driver, and any existing sessions will be migrated to other
569drivers).
570The same will be done if all algorithms associated with a driver are
571unregistered one by one.
572After a call to
573.Fn crypto_unregister_all
574there will be no threads in either the newsession or freesession function
575of the driver.
576.Pp
577The calling convention for the three driver-supplied routines are:
578.Pp
579.Bl -item -compact
580.It
581.Ft int
582.Fn \*[lp]*newsession\*[rp] "device_t" "uint32_t *" "struct cryptoini *" ;
583.It
584.Ft int
585.Fn \*[lp]*freesession\*[rp] "device_t" "uint64_t" ;
586.It
587.Ft int
588.Fn \*[lp]*process\*[rp] "device_t" "struct cryptop *" "int" ;
589.It
590.Ft int
591.Fn \*[lp]*kprocess\*[rp] "device_t" "struct cryptkop *" "int" ;
592.El
593.Pp
594On invocation, the first argument to
595all routines is the
596.Fa device_t
597that was provided to
598.Fn crypto_get_driverid .
599The second argument to
600.Fn newsession
601contains the driver identifier obtained via
602.Fn crypto_get_driverid .
603On successful return, it should contain a driver-specific session
604identifier.
605The third argument is identical to that of
606.Fn crypto_newsession .
607.Pp
608The
609.Fn freesession
610routine takes as arguments the opaque data value and the SID
611(which is the concatenation of the
612driver identifier and the driver-specific session identifier).
613It should clear any context associated with the session (clear hardware
614registers, memory, etc.).
615.Pp
616The
617.Fn process
618routine is invoked with a request to perform crypto processing.
619This routine must not block or sleep, but should queue the request and return
620immediately or process the request to completion.
621In case of an unrecoverable error, the error indication must be placed in the
622.Va crp_etype
623field of the
624.Vt cryptop
625structure.
626When the request is completed, or an error is detected, the
627.Fn process
628routine must invoke
629.Fn crypto_done .
630Session migration may be performed, as mentioned previously.
631.Pp
632In case of a temporary resource exhaustion, the
633.Fn process
634routine may return
635.Er ERESTART
636in which case the crypto services will requeue the request, mark the driver
637as
638.Dq blocked ,
639and stop submitting requests for processing.
640The driver is then responsible for notifying the crypto services
641when it is again able to process requests through the
642.Fn crypto_unblock
643routine.
644This simple flow control mechanism should only be used for short-lived
645resource exhaustion as it causes operations to be queued in the crypto
646layer.
647Doing so is preferable to returning an error in such cases as
648it can cause network protocols to degrade performance by treating the
649failure much like a lost packet.
650.Pp
651The
652.Fn kprocess
653routine is invoked with a request to perform crypto key processing.
654This routine must not block, but should queue the request and return
655immediately.
656Upon processing the request, the callback routine should be invoked.
657In case of an unrecoverable error, the error indication must be placed in the
658.Va krp_status
659field of the
660.Vt cryptkop
661structure.
662When the request is completed, or an error is detected, the
663.Fn kprocess
664routine should invoked
665.Fn crypto_kdone .
666.Sh RETURN VALUES
667.Fn crypto_register ,
668.Fn crypto_kregister ,
669.Fn crypto_unregister ,
670.Fn crypto_newsession ,
671.Fn crypto_freesession ,
672and
673.Fn crypto_unblock
674return 0 on success, or an error code on failure.
675.Fn crypto_get_driverid
676returns a non-negative value on error, and \-1 on failure.
677.Fn crypto_getreq
678returns a pointer to a
679.Vt cryptop
680structure and
681.Dv NULL
682on failure.
683.Fn crypto_dispatch
684returns
685.Er EINVAL
686if its argument or the callback function was
687.Dv NULL ,
688and 0 otherwise.
689The callback is provided with an error code in case of failure, in the
690.Va crp_etype
691field.
692.Sh FILES
693.Bl -tag -width ".Pa sys/opencrypto/crypto.c"
694.It Pa sys/opencrypto/crypto.c
695most of the framework code
696.El
697.Sh SEE ALSO
698.Xr crypto 4 ,
699.Xr ipsec 4 ,
700.Xr crypto 7 ,
701.Xr malloc 9 ,
702.Xr sleep 9
703.Sh HISTORY
704The cryptographic framework first appeared in
705.Ox 2.7
706and was written by
707.An Angelos D. Keromytis Aq Mt angelos@openbsd.org .
708.Sh BUGS
709The framework currently assumes that all the algorithms in a
710.Fn crypto_newsession
711operation must be available by the same driver.
712If that is not the case, session initialization will fail.
713.Pp
714The framework also needs a mechanism for determining which driver is
715best for a specific set of algorithms associated with a session.
716Some type of benchmarking is in order here.
717.Pp
718Multiple instances of the same algorithm in the same session are not
719supported.
720Note that 3DES is considered one algorithm (and not three
721instances of DES).
722Thus, 3DES and DES could be mixed in the same request.
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