Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v15 0/2] virtio-crypto: virtio crypto device specification

[Halil Pasic <pasic@linux.vnet.ibm.com>]

On 01/04/2017 11:10 AM, Gonglei (Arei) wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I attach the diff files between v14 and v15 for better review.
> 
Hi,

only had a quick look. Will try to come back to this later.

> diff --git a/virtio-crypto.tex b/virtio-crypto.tex
> index 9f7faf0..884ee95 100644
> --- a/virtio-crypto.tex
> +++ b/virtio-crypto.tex
> @@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
>  
>  The virtio crypto device is a virtual cryptography device as well as a kind of
>  virtual hardware accelerator for virtual machines. The encryption and
> -decryption requests are placed in the data queue and are ultimately handled by the
> -backend crypto accelerators. The second queue is the control queue used to create 
> +decryption requests are placed in any of the data active queues and are ultimately handled by the
s/data active/active data/
> +backend crypto accelerators. The second kind of queue is the control queue used to create 
>  or destroy sessions for symmetric algorithms and will control some advanced
>  features in the future. The virtio crypto device provides the following crypto
>  services: CIPHER, MAC, HASH, and AEAD.

[..]

> ===============The below diff shows the changes of add non-session mode support:
> 
> diff --git a/virtio-crypto.tex b/virtio-crypto.tex
> index 884ee95..44819f9 100644
> --- a/virtio-crypto.tex
> +++ b/virtio-crypto.tex
> @@ -26,7 +26,10 @@ N is set by \field{max_dataqueues}.
>  
>  \subsection{Feature bits}\label{sec:Device Types / Crypto Device / Feature bits}
>  
> -None currently defined.
> +VIRTIO_CRYPTO_F_CIPHER_SESSION_MODE (1) Session mode is available for CIPHER service.
> +VIRTIO_CRYPTO_F_HASH_SESSION_MODE (2) Session mode is available for HASH service.
> +VIRTIO_CRYPTO_F_MAC_SESSION_MODE (3) Session mode is available for MAC service.
> +VIRTIO_CRYPTO_F_AEAD_SESSION_MODE (4) Session mode is available for AEAD service.
>  
>  \subsection{Device configuration layout}\label{sec:Device Types / Crypto Device / Device configuration layout}
>  
> @@ -208,6 +211,9 @@ Operation parameters are algorithm-specific parameters, output data is the
>  data that should be utilized in operations, and input data is equal to
>  "operation result + result data".
>  
> +The device can support both session mode (See \ref{sec:Device Types / Crypto Device / Device Operation / Control Virtqueue / Session operation}) and non-session mode, for example,
> +As VIRTIO_CRYPTO_F_CIPHER_SESSION feature bit is negotiated, the driver can use session mode for CIPHER service, otherwise it can only use non-session mode.
> +

As far as I understand you are adding non-session mode to the mix but
providing feature bits for session mode. Would this render the the current
implementation non-compliant?

Halil