History log of /linux-master/block/blk-crypto-sysfs.c
Revision Date Author Comments
# 5f622417 07-Feb-2023 Thomas Weißschuh <linux@weissschuh.net>

block: make kobj_type structures constant

Since commit ee6d3dd4ed48 ("driver core: make kobj_type constant.")
the driver core allows the usage of const struct kobj_type.

Take advantage of this to constify the structure definitions to prevent
modification at runtime.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@weissschuh.net>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230208-kobj_type-block-v1-1-0b3eafd7d983@weissschuh.net
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>


# 2bd85221 13-Nov-2022 Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>

block: untangle request_queue refcounting from sysfs

The kobject embedded into the request_queue is used for the queue
directory in sysfs, but that is a child of the gendisks directory and is
intimately tied to it. Move this kobject to the gendisk and use a
refcount_t in the request_queue for the actual request_queue refcounting
that is completely unrelated to the device model.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221114042637.1009333-5-hch@lst.de
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>


# 450deb93 13-Nov-2022 Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>

blk-crypto: pass a gendisk to blk_crypto_sysfs_{,un}register

Prepare for changes to the block layer sysfs handling by passing the
readily available gendisk to blk_crypto_sysfs_{,un}register.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Reviewed-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221114042637.1009333-2-hch@lst.de
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>


# 20f01f16 24-Jan-2022 Eric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com>

blk-crypto: show crypto capabilities in sysfs

Add sysfs files that expose the inline encryption capabilities of
request queues:

/sys/block/$disk/queue/crypto/max_dun_bits
/sys/block/$disk/queue/crypto/modes/$mode
/sys/block/$disk/queue/crypto/num_keyslots

Userspace can use these new files to decide what encryption settings to
use, or whether to use inline encryption at all. This also brings the
crypto capabilities in line with the other queue properties, which are
already discoverable via the queue directory in sysfs.

Design notes:

- Place the new files in a new subdirectory "crypto" to group them
together and to avoid complicating the main "queue" directory. This
also makes it possible to replace "crypto" with a symlink later if
we ever make the blk_crypto_profiles into real kobjects (see below).

- It was necessary to define a new kobject that corresponds to the
crypto subdirectory. For now, this kobject just contains a pointer
to the blk_crypto_profile. Note that multiple queues (and hence
multiple such kobjects) may refer to the same blk_crypto_profile.

An alternative design would more closely match the current kernel
data structures: the blk_crypto_profile could be a kobject itself,
located directly under the host controller device's kobject, while
/sys/block/$disk/queue/crypto would be a symlink to it.

I decided not to do that for now because it would require a lot more
changes, such as no longer embedding blk_crypto_profile in other
structures, and also because I'm not sure we can rule out moving the
crypto capabilities into 'struct queue_limits' in the future. (Even
if multiple queues share the same crypto engine, maybe the supported
data unit sizes could differ due to other queue properties.) It
would also still be possible to switch to that design later without
breaking userspace, by replacing the directory with a symlink.

- Use "max_dun_bits" instead of "max_dun_bytes". Currently, the
kernel internally stores this value in bytes, but that's an
implementation detail. It probably makes more sense to talk about
this value in bits, and choosing bits is more future-proof.

- "modes" is a sub-subdirectory, since there may be multiple supported
crypto modes, sysfs is supposed to have one value per file, and it
makes sense to group all the mode files together.

- Each mode had to be named. The crypto API names like "xts(aes)" are
not appropriate because they don't specify the key size. Therefore,
I assigned new names. The exact names chosen are arbitrary, but
they happen to match the names used in log messages in fs/crypto/.

- The "num_keyslots" file is a bit different from the others in that
it is only useful to know for performance reasons. However, it's
included as it can still be useful. For example, a user might not
want to use inline encryption if there aren't very many keyslots.

Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220124215938.2769-4-ebiggers@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>