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docs: networking: convert xfrm_sync.txt to ReST
- add SPDX header; - add a document title; - adjust titles and chapters, adding proper markups; - mark code blocks and literals as such; - adjust identation, whitespaces and blank lines where needed; - add to networking/index.rst. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ Contents:
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xfrm_device
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xfrm_proc
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xfrm_sync
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.. only:: subproject and html
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.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
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====
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XFRM
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====
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The sync patches work is based on initial patches from
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Krisztian <hidden@balabit.hu> and others and additional patches
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@ -40,30 +45,32 @@ The netlink message types are:
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XFRM_MSG_NEWAE and XFRM_MSG_GETAE.
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A XFRM_MSG_GETAE does not have TLVs.
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A XFRM_MSG_NEWAE will have at least two TLVs (as is
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discussed further below).
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aevent_id structure looks like:
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aevent_id structure looks like::
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struct xfrm_aevent_id {
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struct xfrm_usersa_id sa_id;
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xfrm_address_t saddr;
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__u32 flags;
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__u32 reqid;
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struct xfrm_usersa_id sa_id;
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xfrm_address_t saddr;
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__u32 flags;
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__u32 reqid;
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};
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The unique SA is identified by the combination of xfrm_usersa_id,
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reqid and saddr.
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flags are used to indicate different things. The possible
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flags are:
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XFRM_AE_RTHR=1, /* replay threshold*/
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XFRM_AE_RVAL=2, /* replay value */
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XFRM_AE_LVAL=4, /* lifetime value */
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XFRM_AE_ETHR=8, /* expiry timer threshold */
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XFRM_AE_CR=16, /* Event cause is replay update */
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XFRM_AE_CE=32, /* Event cause is timer expiry */
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XFRM_AE_CU=64, /* Event cause is policy update */
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flags are::
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XFRM_AE_RTHR=1, /* replay threshold*/
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XFRM_AE_RVAL=2, /* replay value */
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XFRM_AE_LVAL=4, /* lifetime value */
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XFRM_AE_ETHR=8, /* expiry timer threshold */
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XFRM_AE_CR=16, /* Event cause is replay update */
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XFRM_AE_CE=32, /* Event cause is timer expiry */
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XFRM_AE_CU=64, /* Event cause is policy update */
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How these flags are used is dependent on the direction of the
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message (kernel<->user) as well the cause (config, query or event).
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-----------------------------------------
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a) byte value (XFRMA_LTIME_VAL)
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This TLV carries the running/current counter for byte lifetime since
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last event.
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b)replay value (XFRMA_REPLAY_VAL)
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This TLV carries the running/current counter for replay sequence since
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last event.
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c)replay threshold (XFRMA_REPLAY_THRESH)
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This TLV carries the threshold being used by the kernel to trigger events
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when the replay sequence is exceeded.
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d) expiry timer (XFRMA_ETIMER_THRESH)
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This is a timer value in milliseconds which is used as the nagle
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value to rate limit the events.
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3) Default configurations for the parameters:
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----------------------------------------------
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---------------------------------------------
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By default these events should be turned off unless there is
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at least one listener registered to listen to the multicast
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in case they are not specified.
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the two sysctls/proc entries are:
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a) /proc/sys/net/core/sysctl_xfrm_aevent_etime
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used to provide default values for the XFRMA_ETIMER_THRESH in incremental
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units of time of 100ms. The default is 10 (1 second)
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@ -120,37 +132,45 @@ in incremental packet count. The default is two packets.
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----------------
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a) XFRM_MSG_GETAE issued by user-->kernel.
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XFRM_MSG_GETAE does not carry any TLVs.
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XFRM_MSG_GETAE does not carry any TLVs.
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The response is a XFRM_MSG_NEWAE which is formatted based on what
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XFRM_MSG_GETAE queried for.
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The response will always have XFRMA_LTIME_VAL and XFRMA_REPLAY_VAL TLVs.
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*if XFRM_AE_RTHR flag is set, then XFRMA_REPLAY_THRESH is also retrieved
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*if XFRM_AE_ETHR flag is set, then XFRMA_ETIMER_THRESH is also retrieved
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* if XFRM_AE_RTHR flag is set, then XFRMA_REPLAY_THRESH is also retrieved
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* if XFRM_AE_ETHR flag is set, then XFRMA_ETIMER_THRESH is also retrieved
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b) XFRM_MSG_NEWAE is issued by either user space to configure
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or kernel to announce events or respond to a XFRM_MSG_GETAE.
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or kernel to announce events or respond to a XFRM_MSG_GETAE.
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i) user --> kernel to configure a specific SA.
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any of the values or threshold parameters can be updated by passing the
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appropriate TLV.
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A response is issued back to the sender in user space to indicate success
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or failure.
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In the case of success, additionally an event with
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XFRM_MSG_NEWAE is also issued to any listeners as described in iii).
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ii) kernel->user direction as a response to XFRM_MSG_GETAE
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The response will always have XFRMA_LTIME_VAL and XFRMA_REPLAY_VAL TLVs.
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The threshold TLVs will be included if explicitly requested in
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the XFRM_MSG_GETAE message.
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iii) kernel->user to report as event if someone sets any values or
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thresholds for an SA using XFRM_MSG_NEWAE (as described in #i above).
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In such a case XFRM_AE_CU flag is set to inform the user that
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the change happened as a result of an update.
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The message will always have XFRMA_LTIME_VAL and XFRMA_REPLAY_VAL TLVs.
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thresholds for an SA using XFRM_MSG_NEWAE (as described in #i above).
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In such a case XFRM_AE_CU flag is set to inform the user that
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the change happened as a result of an update.
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The message will always have XFRMA_LTIME_VAL and XFRMA_REPLAY_VAL TLVs.
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iv) kernel->user to report event when replay threshold or a timeout
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is exceeded.
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is exceeded.
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In such a case either XFRM_AE_CR (replay exceeded) or XFRM_AE_CE (timeout
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happened) is set to inform the user what happened.
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Note the two flags are mutually exclusive.
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