[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 01/10] security: add ESN field to ipsec_xform

Radu Nicolau radu.nicolau at intel.com
Mon Oct 11 13:29:36 CEST 2021


Update ipsec_xform definition to include ESN field.
This allows the application to control the ESN starting value.

Signed-off-by: Declan Doherty <declan.doherty at intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Radu Nicolau <radu.nicolau at intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Abhijit Sinha <abhijit.sinha at intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Martin Buckley <daniel.m.buckley at intel.com>
Acked-by: Fan Zhang <roy.fan.zhang at intel.com>
Acked-by: Anoob Joseph <anoobj at marvell.com>
---
 doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst   | 2 +-
 doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_11.rst | 4 ++++
 lib/security/rte_security.h            | 8 ++++++++
 3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
index baf15aa722..8b7b0beee2 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ Deprecation Notices
 
 * security: The structure ``rte_security_ipsec_xform`` will be extended with
   multiple fields: source and destination port of UDP encapsulation,
-  IPsec payload MSS (Maximum Segment Size), and ESN (Extended Sequence Number).
+  IPsec payload MSS (Maximum Segment Size).
 
 * security: The IPsec SA config options ``struct rte_security_ipsec_sa_options``
   will be updated with new fields to support new features like IPsec inner
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_11.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_11.rst
index c0a7f75518..401c6d453a 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_11.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_11.rst
@@ -229,6 +229,10 @@ ABI Changes
   ``rte_security_ipsec_xform`` to allow applications to configure SA soft
   and hard expiry limits. Limits can be either in number of packets or bytes.
 
+* security: A new structure ``esn`` was added in structure
+  ``rte_security_ipsec_xform`` to set an initial ESN value. This permits
+  application to start from an arbitrary ESN value for debug and SA lifetime
+  enforcement purposes.
 
 Known Issues
 ------------
diff --git a/lib/security/rte_security.h b/lib/security/rte_security.h
index 2013e65e49..371d64647a 100644
--- a/lib/security/rte_security.h
+++ b/lib/security/rte_security.h
@@ -280,6 +280,14 @@ struct rte_security_ipsec_xform {
 	/**< Anti replay window size to enable sequence replay attack handling.
 	 * replay checking is disabled if the window size is 0.
 	 */
+	union {
+		uint64_t value;
+		struct {
+			uint32_t low;
+			uint32_t hi;
+		};
+	} esn;
+	/**< Extended Sequence Number */
 };
 
 /**
-- 
2.25.1



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