From: Harsh Jain Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 00/19] simplify crypto wait for async op Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2017 16:53:23 +0530 Message-ID: References: <1503584350-7831-1-git-send-email-gilad@benyossef.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Cc: Herbert Xu , "David S. Miller" , Jonathan Corbet , David Howells , Tom Lendacky , Gary Hook , Boris Brezillon , Arnaud Ebalard , Matthias Brugger , Alasdair Kergon , Mike Snitzer , device-mapper development , Shaohua Li , Steve French , "Theodore Y. Ts'o" , Jaegeuk Kim , Mimi Zohar , Dmitry Kasatkin , James Morris , "Serge E. Hallyn To: Gilad Ben-Yossef Return-path: In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-doc-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-crypto.vger.kernel.org On Sun, Sep 3, 2017 at 11:47 AM, Gilad Ben-Yossef wrote: > On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 3:31 PM, Harsh Jain wrote: >> HI Gilad, >> >> I think we need an update in ESP also. Now EBUSY return means driver >> has accepted, Packet should not be dropped in >> >> esp_output_tail() function. > > Good catch. You are right and the same holds true for ah_output() in ah4.c. > > But I do wonder, the code there now treats -EBUSY as a special case > and returns NET_XMIT_DROP > but if an AEAD or AHASH transformation return some other error, like > -ENOMEM or -EINVAL shouldn't > we return NET_XMIT_DROP in that case too? I think we should not, XMIT_DROP implies drop current packet only, later on when device is recovered from busy state, Upper layer protocol(TCP) will re-transmit the packet. It helps in flow control. > > Any ideas? > > Gilad > >> >> >> On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 7:48 PM, Gilad Ben-Yossef wrote: >>> Many users of kernel async. crypto services have a pattern of >>> starting an async. crypto op and than using a completion >>> to wait for it to end. >>> >>> This patch set simplifies this common use case in two ways: >>> >>> First, by separating the return codes of the case where a >>> request is queued to a backlog due to the provider being >>> busy (-EBUSY) from the case the request has failed due >>> to the provider being busy and backlogging is not enabled >>> (-EAGAIN). >>> >>> Next, this change is than built on to create a generic API >>> to wait for a async. crypto operation to complete. >>> >>> The end result is a smaller code base and an API that is >>> easier to use and more difficult to get wrong. >>> >>> The patch set was boot tested on x86_64 and arm64 which >>> at the very least tests the crypto users via testmgr and >>> tcrypt but I do note that I do not have access to some >>> of the HW whose drivers are modified nor do I claim I was >>> able to test all of the corner cases. >>> >>> The patch set is based upon linux-next release tagged >>> next-20170824. >>> >>> Changes from v6: >>> - Fix brown paper bag compile error on marvell/cesa >>> code. >>> >>> Changes from v5: >>> - Remove redundant new line as spotted by Jonathan >>> Cameron. >>> - Reworded dm-verity change commit message to better >>> clarify potential issue averted by change as >>> pointed out by Mikulas Patocka. >>> >>> Changes from v4: >>> - Rebase on top of latest algif changes from Stephan >>> Mueller. >>> - Fix typo in ccp patch title. >>> >>> Changes from v3: >>> - Instead of changing the return code to indicate >>> backlog queueing, change the return code to indicate >>> transient busy state, as suggested by Herbert Xu. >>> >>> Changes from v2: >>> - Patch title changed from "introduce crypto wait for >>> async op" to better reflect the current state. >>> - Rebase on top of latest linux-next. >>> - Add a new return code of -EIOCBQUEUED for backlog >>> queueing, as suggested by Herbert Xu. >>> - Transform more users to the new API. >>> - Update the drbg change to account for new init as >>> indicated by Stephan Muller. >>> >>> Changes from v1: >>> - Address review comments from Eric Biggers. >>> - Separated out bug fixes of existing code and rebase >>> on top of that patch set. >>> - Rename 'ecr' to 'wait' in fscrypto code. >>> - Split patch introducing the new API from the change >>> moving over the algif code which it originated from >>> to the new API. >>> - Inline crypto_wait_req(). >>> - Some code indentation fixes. >>> >>> Gilad Ben-Yossef (19): >>> crypto: change transient busy return code to -EAGAIN >>> crypto: ccp: use -EAGAIN for transient busy indication >>> crypto: remove redundant backlog checks on EBUSY >>> crypto: marvell/cesa: remove redundant backlog checks on EBUSY >>> crypto: introduce crypto wait for async op >>> crypto: move algif to generic async completion >>> crypto: move pub key to generic async completion >>> crypto: move drbg to generic async completion >>> crypto: move gcm to generic async completion >>> crypto: move testmgr to generic async completion >>> fscrypt: move to generic async completion >>> dm: move dm-verity to generic async completion >>> cifs: move to generic async completion >>> ima: move to generic async completion >>> crypto: tcrypt: move to generic async completion >>> crypto: talitos: move to generic async completion >>> crypto: qce: move to generic async completion >>> crypto: mediatek: move to generic async completion >>> crypto: adapt api sample to use async. op wait >>> >>> Documentation/crypto/api-samples.rst | 52 ++------- >>> crypto/af_alg.c | 27 ----- >>> crypto/ahash.c | 12 +-- >>> crypto/algapi.c | 6 +- >>> crypto/algif_aead.c | 8 +- >>> crypto/algif_hash.c | 50 +++++---- >>> crypto/algif_skcipher.c | 9 +- >>> crypto/api.c | 13 +++ >>> crypto/asymmetric_keys/public_key.c | 28 +---- >>> crypto/cryptd.c | 4 +- >>> crypto/cts.c | 6 +- >>> crypto/drbg.c | 36 ++----- >>> crypto/gcm.c | 32 ++---- >>> crypto/lrw.c | 8 +- >>> crypto/rsa-pkcs1pad.c | 16 +-- >>> crypto/tcrypt.c | 84 +++++---------- >>> crypto/testmgr.c | 204 ++++++++++++----------------------- >>> crypto/xts.c | 8 +- >>> drivers/crypto/ccp/ccp-crypto-main.c | 8 +- >>> drivers/crypto/ccp/ccp-dev.c | 7 +- >>> drivers/crypto/marvell/cesa.c | 3 +- >>> drivers/crypto/marvell/cesa.h | 2 +- >>> drivers/crypto/mediatek/mtk-aes.c | 31 +----- >>> drivers/crypto/qce/sha.c | 30 +----- >>> drivers/crypto/talitos.c | 38 +------ >>> drivers/md/dm-verity-target.c | 81 ++++---------- >>> drivers/md/dm-verity.h | 5 - >>> fs/cifs/smb2ops.c | 30 +----- >>> fs/crypto/crypto.c | 28 +---- >>> fs/crypto/fname.c | 36 ++----- >>> fs/crypto/fscrypt_private.h | 10 -- >>> fs/crypto/keyinfo.c | 21 +--- >>> include/crypto/drbg.h | 3 +- >>> include/crypto/if_alg.h | 15 +-- >>> include/linux/crypto.h | 40 +++++++ >>> security/integrity/ima/ima_crypto.c | 56 +++------- >>> 36 files changed, 310 insertions(+), 737 deletions(-) >>> >>> -- >>> 2.1.4 >>> > > > > -- > Gilad Ben-Yossef > Chief Coffee Drinker > > "If you take a class in large-scale robotics, can you end up in a > situation where the homework eats your dog?" > -- Jean-Baptiste Queru