RE: [PATCH v2 0/2] virtio-crypto: add Linux driver

["Gonglei (Arei)" <arei.gonglei@huawei.com>]

Hi,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gonglei (Arei)
> Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2016 4:10 PM
> To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; qemu-devel@nongnu.org;
> virtio-dev@lists.oasis-open.org; virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org;
> linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org
> Subject: [PATCH v2 0/2] virtio-crypto: add Linux driver
> 
> The virtio crypto device is a virtual cryptography device
> as well as a kind of virtual hardware accelerator for
> virtual machines. The encryption anddecryption requests
> are placed in the data queue and are ultimately handled by
> thebackend crypto accelerators. The second 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
> cryptoservices: CIPHER, MAC, HASH, and AEAD.
> 
> For more information about virtio-crypto device, please see:
>   http://qemu-project.org/Features/VirtioCrypto
> 
> For better reviewing:
> 
> Patch 1 introduces the little edian functions for VIRTIO_1
> devices.
> 
> Patch 2 mainly includes five files:
>  1) virtio_crypto.h is the header file for virtio-crypto device,
> which is based on the virtio-crypto specification.
>  2) virtio_crypto.c is the entry of the driver module,
> which is similar with other virtio devices, such as virtio-net,
> virtio-input etc.
>  3) virtio_crypto_mgr.c is used to manage the virtio
> crypto devices in the system. We support up to 32 virtio-crypto
> devices currently. I use a global list to store the virtio crypto
> devices which refer to Intel QAT driver. Meanwhile, the file
> includs the functions of add/del/search/start/stop for virtio
> crypto devices.
>  4) virtio_crypto_common.h is a private header file for virtio
> crypto driver, includes structure definations, and function declarations.
>  5) virtio_crypto_algs.c is the realization of algs based on Linux Crypto
> Framwork,
> which can register different crypto algorithms. Currently it's only support
> AES-CBC.
> The Crypto guys can mainly focus to this file.
> 
> Actually I have no idea the virtio-crypto driver should be gone in whose
> tree, Michael's or Herbert's?
> 
> Would you give me a feedback? Thanks a lot!
> 
Ping?

Any ideas? Thanks.

Regards,
-Gonglei

> 
> v2:
>  - stop doing DMA from the stack, CONFIG_VMAP_STACK=y [Salvatore]
>  - convert __virtio32/64 to __le32/64 in virtio_crypto.h
>  - remove VIRTIO_CRYPTO_S_STARTED based on the lastest virtio crypto spec.
>  - introduces the little edian functions for VIRTIO_1 devices in patch 1.
> 
> Gonglei (2):
>   virtio: introduce little edian functions for virtio_cread/write#
>     family
>   crypto: add virtio-crypto driver
> 
>  MAINTAINERS                                  |   8 +
>  drivers/crypto/Kconfig                       |   2 +
>  drivers/crypto/Makefile                      |   1 +
>  drivers/crypto/virtio/Kconfig                |  10 +
>  drivers/crypto/virtio/Makefile               |   5 +
>  drivers/crypto/virtio/virtio_crypto.c        | 444
> +++++++++++++++++++++++
>  drivers/crypto/virtio/virtio_crypto_algs.c   | 524
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  drivers/crypto/virtio/virtio_crypto_common.h | 124 +++++++
>  drivers/crypto/virtio/virtio_crypto_mgr.c    | 258 +++++++++++++
>  include/linux/virtio_config.h                |  45 +++
>  include/uapi/linux/Kbuild                    |   1 +
>  include/uapi/linux/virtio_crypto.h           | 435
> ++++++++++++++++++++++
>  include/uapi/linux/virtio_ids.h              |   1 +
>  13 files changed, 1858 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 drivers/crypto/virtio/Kconfig
>  create mode 100644 drivers/crypto/virtio/Makefile
>  create mode 100644 drivers/crypto/virtio/virtio_crypto.c
>  create mode 100644 drivers/crypto/virtio/virtio_crypto_algs.c
>  create mode 100644 drivers/crypto/virtio/virtio_crypto_common.h
>  create mode 100644 drivers/crypto/virtio/virtio_crypto_mgr.c
>  create mode 100644 include/uapi/linux/virtio_crypto.h
> 
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