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.\" $OpenBSD: crypto.9,v 1.19 2002/07/16 06:31:57 angelos Exp $
-.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
.\" The author of this man page is Angelos D. Keromytis (angelos@cis.upenn.edu)
.\"
@@ -16,6 +15,8 @@
.\" MERCHANTABILITY OF THIS SOFTWARE OR ITS FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR
.\" PURPOSE.
.\"
+.\" $FreeBSD$
+.\"
.Dd October 14, 2002
.Dt CRYPTO 9
.Os
@@ -23,37 +24,36 @@
.Nm crypto
.Nd API for cryptographic services in the kernel
.Sh SYNOPSIS
-.Fd #include <opencrypto/cryptodev.h>
+.In opencrypto/cryptodev.h
.Ft int32_t
-.Fn crypto_get_driverid "u_int8_t"
+.Fn crypto_get_driverid u_int8_t
.Ft int
-.Fn crypto_register "u_int32_t" "int" "u_int16_t" "u_int32_t" "int (*)(void *, u_int32_t *, struct cryptoini *)" "int (*)(void *, u_int64_t)" "int (*)(void *, struct cryptop *)" "void *"
+.Fn crypto_register u_int32_t int u_int16_t u_int32_t "int \*[lp]*\*[rp]\*[lp]void *, u_int32_t *, struct cryptoini *\*[rp]" "int \*[lp]*\*[rp]\*[lp]void *, u_int64_t\*[rp]" "int \*[lp]*\*[rp]\*[lp]void *, struct cryptop *\*[rp]" "void *"
.Ft int
-.Fn crypto_kregister "u_int32_t" "int" "u_int32_t" "int (*)(void *, struct cryptkop *)" "void *"
+.Fn crypto_kregister u_int32_t int u_int32_t "int \*[lp]*\*[rp]\*[lp]void *, struct cryptkop *\*[rp]" "void *"
.Ft int
-.Fn crypto_unregister "u_int32_t" "int"
+.Fn crypto_unregister u_int32_t int
.Ft int
-.Fn crypto_unregister_all "u_int32_t"
+.Fn crypto_unregister_all u_int32_t
.Ft void
.Fn crypto_done "struct cryptop *"
.Ft void
.Fn crypto_kdone "struct cryptkop *"
.Ft int
-.Fn crypto_newsession "u_int64_t *" "struct cryptoini *" "int"
+.Fn crypto_newsession "u_int64_t *" "struct cryptoini *" int
.Ft int
-.Fn crypto_freesession "u_int64_t"
+.Fn crypto_freesession u_int64_t
.Ft int
.Fn crypto_dispatch "struct cryptop *"
.Ft int
.Fn crypto_kdispatch "struct cryptkop *"
.Ft int
-.Fn crypto_unblock "u_int32_t" "int"
-.Ft struct cryptop *
-.Fn crypto_getreq "int"
+.Fn crypto_unblock u_int32_t int
+.Ft "struct cryptop *"
+.Fn crypto_getreq int
.Ft void
-.Fn crypto_freereq "void"
+.Fn crypto_freereq void
.Bd -literal
-
#define CRYPTO_SYMQ 0x1
#define CRYPTO_ASYMQ 0x2
@@ -109,13 +109,12 @@ struct cryptkop {
int (*krp_callback)(struct cryptkop *);
};
.Ed
-.br
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
is a framework for drivers of cryptographic hardware to register with
the kernel so
.Dq consumers
-(other kernel subsystems, and
+(other kernel subsystems, and
users through the
.Pa /dev/crypto
device) are able to make use of it.
@@ -152,7 +151,6 @@ Errors are only returned to the invoking function if not
enough information to call the callback is available (meaning, there
was a fatal error in verifying the arguments).
For session initialization and teardown there is no callback mechanism used.
-.br
.Pp
The
.Fn crypto_newsession
@@ -165,57 +163,57 @@ the driver to establish the session.
The third argument indicates whether a
hardware driver (1) should be used or not (0).
The various fields in the
-.Fa cryptoini
+.Vt cryptoini
structure are:
-.Bl -tag -width foobarmoocow
-.It Fa cri_alg
+.Bl -tag -width ".Va cri_next"
+.It Va cri_alg
Contains an algorithm identifier.
Currently supported algorithms are:
-.Bd -literal
-CRYPTO_DES_CBC
-CRYPTO_3DES_CBC
-CRYPTO_BLF_CBC
-CRYPTO_CAST_CBC
-CRYPTO_SKIPJACK_CBC
-CRYPTO_MD5_HMAC
-CRYPTO_SHA1_HMAC
-CRYPTO_RIPEMD160_HMAC
-CRYPTO_MD5_KPDK
-CRYPTO_SHA1_KPDK
-CRYPTO_AES_CBC
-CRYPTO_ARC4
-CRYPTO_MD5
-CRYPTO_SHA1
-CRYPTO_SHA2_HMAC
-CRYPTO_NULL_HMAC
-CRYPTO_NULL_CBC
-.Ed
.Pp
-.It Fa cri_klen
+.Bl -tag -width ".Dv CRYPTO_RIPEMD160_HMAC" -compact
+.It Dv CRYPTO_DES_CBC
+.It Dv CRYPTO_3DES_CBC
+.It Dv CRYPTO_BLF_CBC
+.It Dv CRYPTO_CAST_CBC
+.It Dv CRYPTO_SKIPJACK_CBC
+.It Dv CRYPTO_MD5_HMAC
+.It Dv CRYPTO_SHA1_HMAC
+.It Dv CRYPTO_RIPEMD160_HMAC
+.It Dv CRYPTO_MD5_KPDK
+.It Dv CRYPTO_SHA1_KPDK
+.It Dv CRYPTO_AES_CBC
+.It Dv CRYPTO_ARC4
+.It Dv CRYPTO_MD5
+.It Dv CRYPTO_SHA1
+.It Dv CRYPTO_SHA2_HMAC
+.It Dv CRYPTO_NULL_HMAC
+.It Dv CRYPTO_NULL_CBC
+.El
+.It Va cri_klen
Specifies the length of the key in bits, for variable-size key
algorithms.
-.It Fa cri_rnd
+.It Va cri_rnd
Specifies the number of rounds to be used with the algorithm, for
variable-round algorithms.
-.It Fa cri_key
+.It Va cri_key
Contains the key to be used with the algorithm.
-.It Fa cri_iv
+.It Va cri_iv
Contains an explicit initialization vector (IV), if it does not prefix
the data.
This field is ignored during initialization.
If no IV is explicitly passed (see below on details), a random IV is used
by the device driver processing the request.
-.It Fa cri_next
+.It Va cri_next
Contains a pointer to another
-.Fa cryptoini
+.Vt cryptoini
structure.
Multiple such structures may be linked to establish multi-algorithm sessions
-.Pf ( Xr ipsec 4
+.Xr ( ipsec 4
is an example consumer of such a feature).
.El
.Pp
The
-.Fa cryptoini
+.Vt cryptoini
structure and its contents will not be modified by the framework (or
the drivers used).
Subsequent requests for processing that use the
@@ -230,37 +228,37 @@ to disestablish the session.
.Fn crypto_dispatch
is called to process a request.
The various fields in the
-.Fa cryptop
+.Vt cryptop
structure are:
-.Bl -tag -width crp_alloctype
-.It Fa crp_sid
+.Bl -tag -width ".Va crp_callback"
+.It Va crp_sid
Contains the SID.
-.It Fa crp_ilen
+.It Va crp_ilen
Indicates the total length in bytes of the buffer to be processed.
-.It Fa crp_olen
+.It Va crp_olen
On return, contains the total length of the result.
For symmetric crypto operations, this will be the same as the input length.
This will be used if the framework needs to allocate a new
buffer for the result (or for re-formatting the input).
-.It Fa crp_callback
+.It Va crp_callback
This routine is invoked upon completion of the request, whether
successful or not.
It is invoked through the
.Fn crypto_done
routine.
If the request was not successful, an error code is set in the
-.Fa crp_etype
+.Va crp_etype
field.
It is the responsibility of the callback routine to set the appropriate
.Xr spl 9
level.
-.It Fa crp_etype
+.It Va crp_etype
Contains the error type, if any errors were encountered, or zero if
the request was successfully processed.
If the
.Er EAGAIN
error code is returned, the SID has changed (and has been recorded in the
-.Fa crp_sid
+.Va crp_sid
field).
The consumer should record the new SID and use it in all subsequent requests.
In this case, the request may be re-submitted immediately.
@@ -270,73 +268,72 @@ of availability, performance, or other considerations).
.Pp
Note that this field only makes sense when examined by
the callback routine specified in
-.Fa crp_callback .
+.Va crp_callback .
Errors are returned to the invoker of
.Fn crypto_process
only when enough information is not present to call the callback
routine (i.e., if the pointer passed is
.Dv NULL
or if no callback routine was specified).
-.It Fa crp_flags
+.It Va crp_flags
Is a bitmask of flags associated with this request.
Currently defined flags are:
-.Bl -tag -width CRYPTO_F_IMBUF
+.Bl -tag -width ".Dv CRYPTO_F_IMBUF"
.It Dv CRYPTO_F_IMBUF
The buffer pointed to by
-.Fa crp_buf
+.Va crp_buf
is an mbuf chain.
.El
-.Pp
-.It Fa crp_buf
+.It Va crp_buf
Points to the input buffer.
On return (when the callback is invoked),
it contains the result of the request.
The input buffer may be an mbuf
chain or a contiguous buffer,
depending on
-.Fa crp_flags .
-.It Fa crp_opaque
+.Va crp_flags .
+.It Va crp_opaque
This is passed through the crypto framework untouched and is
intended for the invoking application's use.
-.It Fa crp_desc
+.It Va crp_desc
This is a linked list of descriptors.
Each descriptor provides
information about what type of cryptographic operation should be done
on the input buffer.
The various fields are:
-.Bl -tag -width=crd_inject
-.It Fa crd_skip
+.Bl -tag -width ".Va crd_inject"
+.It Va crd_skip
The offset in the input buffer where processing should start.
-.It Fa crd_len
+.It Va crd_len
How many bytes, after
-.Fa Fa crd_skip ,
+.Va crd_skip ,
should be processed.
-.It Fa crd_inject
+.It Va crd_inject
Offset from the beginning of the buffer to insert any results.
For encryption algorithms, this is where the initialization vector
(IV) will be inserted when encrypting or where it can be found when
decrypting (subject to
-.Fa Fa crd_flags ) .
+.Va crd_flags ) .
For MAC algorithms, this is where the result of the keyed hash will be
inserted.
-.It Fa crd_flags
+.It Va crd_flags
The following flags are defined:
-.Bl -tag -width CRD_F_IV_EXPLICIT
+.Bl -tag -width ".Dv CRD_F_IV_EXPLICIT"
.It Dv CRD_F_ENCRYPT
For encryption algorithms, this bit is set when encryption is required
(when not set, decryption is performed).
.It Dv CRD_F_IV_PRESENT
For encryption algorithms, this bit is set when the IV already
precedes the data, so the
-.Fa crd_inject
+.Va crd_inject
value will be ignored and no IV will be written in the buffer.
Otherwise, the IV used to encrypt the packet will be written
at the location pointed to by
-.Fa crd_inject .
+.Va crd_inject .
The IV length is assumed to be equal to the blocksize of the
encryption algorithm.
Some applications that do special
-.Dq IV cooking ,
+.Dq "IV cooking" ,
such as the half-IV mode in
.Xr ipsec 4 ,
can use this flag to indicate that the IV should not be written on the packet.
@@ -346,15 +343,15 @@ flag.
.It Dv CRD_F_IV_EXPLICIT
For encryption algorithms, this bit is set when the IV is explicitly
provided by the consumer in the
-.Fa crd_iv
+.Va cri_iv
fields.
Otherwise, for encryption operations the IV is provided for by
the driver used to perform the operation, whereas for decryption
operations it is pointed to by the
-.Fa crd_inject
+.Va crd_inject
field.
This flag is typically used when the IV is calculated
-.Dq on the fly
+.Dq "on the fly"
by the consumer, and does not precede the data (some
.Xr ipsec 4
configurations, and the encrypted swap are two such examples).
@@ -362,9 +359,9 @@ configurations, and the encrypted swap are two such examples).
For compression algorithms, this bit is set when compression is required (when
not set, decompression is performed).
.El
-.It Fa CRD_INI
+.It Va CRD_INI
This
-.Fa cryptoini
+.Vt cryptoini
structure will not be modified by the framework or the device drivers.
Since this information accompanies every cryptographic
operation request, drivers may re-initialize state on-demand
@@ -372,7 +369,7 @@ operation request, drivers may re-initialize state on-demand
Furthermore, the cryptographic
framework may re-route requests as a result of full queues or hardware
failure, as described above.
-.It Fa crd_next
+.It Va crd_next
Point to the next descriptor.
Linked operations are useful in protocols such as
.Xr ipsec 4 ,
@@ -383,47 +380,50 @@ block of data.
.Pp
.Fn crypto_getreq
allocates a
-.Fa cryptop
+.Vt cryptop
structure with a linked list of as many
-.Fa cryptodesc
+.Vt cryptodesc
structures as were specified in the argument passed to it.
.Pp
.Fn crypto_freereq
deallocates a structure
-.Fa cryptop
+.Vt cryptop
and any
-.Fa cryptodesc
+.Vt cryptodesc
structures linked to it.
Note that it is the responsibility of the
callback routine to do the necessary cleanups associated with the
opaque field in the
-.Fa cryptop
+.Vt cryptop
structure.
.Pp
.Fn crypto_kdispatch
is called to perform a keying operation.
The various fields in the
-.Fa crytokop
+.Vt cryptkop
structure are:
-.Bl -tag -width crp_alloctype
-.It Fa krp_op
-Operation code, such as CRK_MOD_EXP.
-.It Fa krp_status
+.Bl -tag -width ".Va krp_callback'
+.It Va krp_op
+Operation code, such as
+.Dv CRK_MOD_EXP .
+.It Va krp_status
Return code.
-This errno-style variable indicates whether lower level reasons
+This
+.Va errno Ns -style
+variable indicates whether lower level reasons
for operation failure.
-.It Fa krp_iparams
+.It Va krp_iparams
Number if input parameters to the specified operation.
-Note that each operation has a (typically hardwired) number of such parameters.
-.It Fa krp_oparams
+Note that each operation has a (typically hardwired) number of such parameters.
+.It Va krp_oparams
Number if output parameters from the specified operation.
-Note that each operation has a (typically hardwired) number of such parameters.
-.It Fa krp_kvp
+Note that each operation has a (typically hardwired) number of such parameters.
+.It Va krp_kvp
An array of kernel memory blocks containing the parameters.
-.It Fa krp_hid
+.It Va krp_hid
Identifier specifying which low-level driver is being used.
-.It Fa krp_callback
-Callback called on completion of a keying operation.
+.It Va krp_callback
+Callback called on completion of a keying operation.
.El
.Sh DRIVER-SIDE API
The
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ Drivers must first use the
function to acquire a driver identifier, specifying the
.Fa cc_flags
as an argument (normally 0, but software-only drivers should specify
-.Dv CRYPTOCAP_F_SOFTWARE Ns ).
+.Dv CRYPTOCAP_F_SOFTWARE ) .
For each algorithm the driver supports, it must then call
.Fn crypto_register .
The first two arguments are the driver and algorithm identifiers.
@@ -472,12 +472,21 @@ The same will be done if all algorithms associated with a driver are
unregistered one by one.
.Pp
The calling convention for the three driver-supplied routines is:
-.Bd -literal
-int (*newsession) (void *, u_int32_t *, struct cryptoini *);
-int (*freesession) (void *, u_int64_t);
-int (*process) (void *, struct cryptop *);
-int (*kprocess) (void *, struct cryptkop *);
-.Ed
+.Pp
+.Bl -item -compact
+.It
+.Ft int
+.Fn \*[lp]*newsession\*[rp] "void *" "u_int32_t *" "struct cryptoini *" ;
+.It
+.Ft int
+.Fn \*[lp]*freesession\*[rp] "void *" "u_int64_t" ;
+.It
+.Ft int
+.Fn \*[lp]*process\*[rp] "void *" "struct cryptop *" ;
+.It
+.Ft int
+.Fn \*[lp]*kprocess\*[rp] "void *" "struct cryptkop *" ;
+.El
.Pp
On invocation, the first argument to
all routines is an opaque data value supplied when the algorithm
@@ -487,7 +496,7 @@ The second argument to
.Fn newsession
contains the driver identifier obtained via
.Fn crypto_get_driverid .
-On successfully returning, it should contain a driver-specific session
+On successful return, it should contain a driver-specific session
identifier.
The third argument is identical to that of
.Fn crypto_newsession .
@@ -507,9 +516,9 @@ This routine must not block, but should queue the request and return
immediately.
Upon processing the request, the callback routine should be invoked.
In case of an unrecoverable error, the error indication must be placed in the
-.Fa crp_etype
+.Va crp_etype
field of the
-.Fa cryptop
+.Vt cryptop
structure.
When the request is completed, or an error is detected, the
.Fn process
@@ -517,12 +526,14 @@ routine should invoke
.Fn crypto_done .
Session migration may be performed, as mentioned previously.
.Pp
-In case of a temporary resource exhaustion, the
-.FN process
+In case of a temporary resource exhaustion, the
+.Fn process
routine may return
.Er ERESTART
in which case the crypto services will requeue the request, mark the driver
-as ``blocked'', and stop submitting requests for processing.
+as
+.Dq blocked ,
+and stop submitting requests for processing.
The driver is then responsible for notifying the crypto services
when it is again able to process requests through the
.Fn crypto_unblock
@@ -530,8 +541,8 @@ routine.
This simple flow control mechanism should only be used for short-lived
resource exhaustion as it causes operations to be queued in the crypto
layer.
-Doing so is preferrable to returning an error in such cases as
-it can cause network prrotocols to degrade performance by treating the
+Doing so is preferable to returning an error in such cases as
+it can cause network protocols to degrade performance by treating the
failure much like a lost packet.
.Pp
The
@@ -541,9 +552,9 @@ This routine must not block, but should queue the request and return
immediately.
Upon processing the request, the callback routine should be invoked.
In case of an unrecoverable error, the error indication must be placed in the
-.Fa krp_status
+.Va krp_status
field of the
-.Fa cryptkop
+.Vt cryptkop
structure.
When the request is completed, or an error is detected, the
.Fn kprocess
@@ -556,27 +567,27 @@ routine should invoked
.Fn crypto_newsession ,
.Fn crypto_freesession ,
and
-.Fb crypto_unblock
+.Fn crypto_unblock
return 0 on success, or an error code on failure.
.Fn crypto_get_driverid
returns a non-negative value on error, and \-1 on failure.
.Fn crypto_getreq
returns a pointer to a
-.Fa cryptop
+.Vt cryptop
structure and
.Dv NULL
on failure.
.Fn crypto_dispatch
returns
.Er EINVAL
-is its argument or the callback function was
+if its argument or the callback function was
.Dv NULL ,
and 0 otherwise.
The callback is provided with an error code in case of failure, in the
-.Fa crp_etype
+.Va crp_etype
field.
.Sh FILES
-.Bl -tag -width sys/crypto/crypto.c
+.Bl -tag -width ".Pa sys/crypto/crypto.c"
.It Pa sys/crypto/crypto.c
most of the framework code
.El
@@ -586,13 +597,14 @@ most of the framework code
.Xr sleep 9
.Sh HISTORY
The cryptographic framework first appeared in
-OpenBSD 2.7
-and was written by Angelos D. Keromytis <angelos@openbsd.org>.
+.Ox 2.7
+and was written by
+.An "Angelos D. Keromytis" Aq angelos@openbsd.org .
.Sh BUGS
The framework currently assumes that all the algorithms in a
.Fn crypto_newsession
operation must be available by the same driver.
-If that's not the case, session initialization will fail.
+If that is not the case, session initialization will fail.
.Pp
The framework also needs a mechanism for determining which driver is
best for a specific set of algorithms associated with a session.
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