From: Leonid Ravich <lravich@amazon.com>
To: <linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org>, <dm-devel@lists.linux.dev>
Cc: <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>, <davem@davemloft.net>,
<ebiggers@kernel.org>, <agk@redhat.com>, <snitzer@kernel.org>,
<mpatocka@redhat.com>, <bmarzins@redhat.com>,
<linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v6 1/6] crypto: skcipher - add per-request unit_size
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2026 07:58:41 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260924075846.28203-2-lravich@amazon.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260924075846.28203-1-lravich@amazon.com>
Add a unit_size field to struct skcipher_request, mirroring the acomp
unit_size (and its setter), so a caller can submit several data units
in one request: cryptlen / unit_size units sharing one starting IV,
with per-unit IVs derived from the IV as a 64-bit little-endian
data-unit-number counter held in its low 8 bytes.
unit_size == 0 (the default) means a normal single-unit request;
skcipher_request_set_tfm() and the on-stack request initializer zero
the field, so existing callers and reused requests are unaffected.
Suggested-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Signed-off-by: Leonid Ravich <lravich@amazon.com>
---
include/crypto/skcipher.h | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 46 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/crypto/skcipher.h b/include/crypto/skcipher.h
index 4efe2ca8c4d1..2d7805409140 100644
--- a/include/crypto/skcipher.h
+++ b/include/crypto/skcipher.h
@@ -31,6 +31,17 @@ struct scatterlist;
/**
* struct skcipher_request - Symmetric key cipher request
* @cryptlen: Number of bytes to encrypt or decrypt
+ * @unit_size: Size in bytes of each data unit, or 0 for a
+ * single-unit request (the default). When non-zero, must be a
+ * multiple of the cipher block size and @cryptlen must be a
+ * positive multiple of it. The data-unit number is a 64-bit
+ * little-endian counter in the low 8 bytes of @iv, incremented
+ * once per unit and wrapping at 2^64; the remaining IV bytes are
+ * left unchanged (any other on-disk IV layout is produced by a
+ * template wrapping the algorithm). @iv itself is not modified
+ * by the request. An algorithm that advertises
+ * CRYPTO_ALG_REQ_SEG handles the whole request natively and must
+ * follow this same counter and @iv-preservation convention.
* @iv: Initialisation Vector
* @src: Source SG list
* @dst: Destination SG list
@@ -39,6 +50,7 @@ struct scatterlist;
*/
struct skcipher_request {
unsigned int cryptlen;
+ unsigned int unit_size;
u8 *iv;
@@ -225,6 +237,7 @@ struct lskcipher_alg {
struct skcipher_request *name = \
(((struct skcipher_request *)__##name##_desc)->base.tfm = \
crypto_sync_skcipher_tfm((_tfm)), \
+ ((struct skcipher_request *)__##name##_desc)->unit_size = 0, \
(void *)__##name##_desc)
/**
@@ -819,6 +832,8 @@ static inline void skcipher_request_set_tfm(struct skcipher_request *req,
struct crypto_skcipher *tfm)
{
req->base.tfm = crypto_skcipher_tfm(tfm);
+ /* New tfm, new request: default to single-unit. */
+ req->unit_size = 0;
}
static inline void skcipher_request_set_sync_tfm(struct skcipher_request *req,
@@ -908,6 +923,10 @@ static inline void skcipher_request_set_callback(struct skcipher_request *req,
req->base.complete = compl;
req->base.data = data;
req->base.flags = flags;
+ /* Reset the per-op multi-unit control; a reused request defaults to
+ * single-unit until skcipher_request_set_unit_size() opts back in.
+ */
+ req->unit_size = 0;
}
/**
@@ -937,5 +956,32 @@ static inline void skcipher_request_set_crypt(
req->iv = iv;
}
+/**
+ * skcipher_request_set_unit_size() - submit as multiple data units
+ * @req: request handle
+ * @unit_size: unit size in bytes (a multiple of the cipher block size),
+ * or 0 to disable
+ *
+ * Process @req as @cryptlen / @unit_size data units sharing one starting
+ * @iv, with per-unit IVs derived by treating @iv as a wide counter (the
+ * data-unit-number convention). @cryptlen must be a positive multiple of
+ * @unit_size. If the algorithm does not handle multiple units natively,
+ * the API transparently splits the request into one call per unit; that
+ * split additionally requires an ivsize that is a non-zero multiple of 8
+ * and at most 32 bytes, and rejects a violating request with -EINVAL. An
+ * algorithm advertising CRYPTO_ALG_REQ_SEG receives the whole request and
+ * enforces its own constraints.
+ *
+ * This function must be called after skcipher_request_set_tfm() and
+ * skcipher_request_set_callback(), both of which reset @req->unit_size
+ * to 0.
+ */
+static inline void
+skcipher_request_set_unit_size(struct skcipher_request *req,
+ unsigned int unit_size)
+{
+ req->unit_size = unit_size;
+}
+
#endif /* _CRYPTO_SKCIPHER_H */
--
2.47.3
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-24 7:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-24 7:58 [PATCH v6 0/6] crypto: skcipher - multi-data-unit request splitting Leonid Ravich
2026-09-24 7:58 ` Leonid Ravich [this message]
2026-09-24 7:58 ` [PATCH v6 2/6] crypto: acomp - Add bit to indicate segmentation support Leonid Ravich
2026-09-24 7:58 ` [PATCH v6 3/6] crypto: skcipher - add crypto_skcipher_req_seg() helper Leonid Ravich
2026-09-24 7:58 ` [PATCH v6 4/6] crypto: skcipher - split multi-unit requests in the API layer Leonid Ravich
2026-09-24 7:58 ` [PATCH v6 5/6] crypto: testmgr - test multi-unit dispatch Leonid Ravich
2026-09-24 7:58 ` [PATCH v6 6/6] dm crypt: batch a bio segment's sectors via multi-unit requests Leonid Ravich
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