cachepc-linux

Fork of AMDESE/linux with modifications for CachePC side-channel attack
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      1.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
      2
      3Crypto Engine
      4=============
      5
      6Overview
      7--------
      8The crypto engine (CE) API is a crypto queue manager.
      9
     10Requirement
     11-----------
     12You must put, at the start of your transform context your_tfm_ctx, the structure
     13crypto_engine:
     14
     15::
     16
     17	struct your_tfm_ctx {
     18		struct crypto_engine engine;
     19		...
     20	};
     21
     22The crypto engine only manages asynchronous requests in the form of
     23crypto_async_request. It cannot know the underlying request type and thus only
     24has access to the transform structure. It is not possible to access the context
     25using container_of. In addition, the engine knows nothing about your
     26structure "``struct your_tfm_ctx``". The engine assumes (requires) the placement
     27of the known member ``struct crypto_engine`` at the beginning.
     28
     29Order of operations
     30-------------------
     31You are required to obtain a struct crypto_engine via ``crypto_engine_alloc_init()``.
     32Start it via ``crypto_engine_start()``. When finished with your work, shut down the
     33engine using ``crypto_engine_stop()`` and destroy the engine with
     34``crypto_engine_exit()``.
     35
     36Before transferring any request, you have to fill the context enginectx by
     37providing functions for the following:
     38
     39* ``prepare_crypt_hardware``: Called once before any prepare functions are
     40  called.
     41
     42* ``unprepare_crypt_hardware``: Called once after all unprepare functions have
     43  been called.
     44
     45* ``prepare_cipher_request``/``prepare_hash_request``: Called before each
     46  corresponding request is performed. If some processing or other preparatory
     47  work is required, do it here.
     48
     49* ``unprepare_cipher_request``/``unprepare_hash_request``: Called after each
     50  request is handled. Clean up / undo what was done in the prepare function.
     51
     52* ``cipher_one_request``/``hash_one_request``: Handle the current request by
     53  performing the operation.
     54
     55Note that these functions access the crypto_async_request structure
     56associated with the received request. You are able to retrieve the original
     57request by using:
     58
     59::
     60
     61	container_of(areq, struct yourrequesttype_request, base);
     62
     63When your driver receives a crypto_request, you must to transfer it to
     64the crypto engine via one of:
     65
     66* crypto_transfer_aead_request_to_engine()
     67
     68* crypto_transfer_akcipher_request_to_engine()
     69
     70* crypto_transfer_hash_request_to_engine()
     71
     72* crypto_transfer_kpp_request_to_engine()
     73
     74* crypto_transfer_skcipher_request_to_engine()
     75
     76At the end of the request process, a call to one of the following functions is needed:
     77
     78* crypto_finalize_aead_request()
     79
     80* crypto_finalize_akcipher_request()
     81
     82* crypto_finalize_hash_request()
     83
     84* crypto_finalize_kpp_request()
     85
     86* crypto_finalize_skcipher_request()