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authorJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>2025-09-16 17:09:29 -0700
committerPaolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>2025-09-18 12:32:06 +0200
commit00c94ca2b99e6610e483f92e531b319eeaed94aa (patch)
tree45ab3e38c7e4adbef9e22972062c64e825d0ccac /Documentation/netlink
parenta9266275fd7b309067fd132982035270fee6dc06 (diff)
psp: base PSP device support
Add a netlink family for PSP and allow drivers to register support. The "PSP device" is its own object. This allows us to perform more flexible reference counting / lifetime control than if PSP information was part of net_device. In the future we should also be able to "delegate" PSP access to software devices, such as *vlan, veth or netkit more easily. Reviewed-by: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com> Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Daniel Zahka <daniel.zahka@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250917000954.859376-3-daniel.zahka@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
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+# SPDX-License-Identifier: ((GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note) OR BSD-3-Clause)
+---
+name: psp
+
+doc:
+ PSP Security Protocol Generic Netlink family.
+
+definitions:
+ -
+ type: enum
+ name: version
+ entries: [hdr0-aes-gcm-128, hdr0-aes-gcm-256,
+ hdr0-aes-gmac-128, hdr0-aes-gmac-256]
+
+attribute-sets:
+ -
+ name: dev
+ attributes:
+ -
+ name: id
+ doc: PSP device ID.
+ type: u32
+ checks:
+ min: 1
+ -
+ name: ifindex
+ doc: ifindex of the main netdevice linked to the PSP device.
+ type: u32
+ -
+ name: psp-versions-cap
+ doc: Bitmask of PSP versions supported by the device.
+ type: u32
+ enum: version
+ enum-as-flags: true
+ -
+ name: psp-versions-ena
+ doc: Bitmask of currently enabled (accepted on Rx) PSP versions.
+ type: u32
+ enum: version
+ enum-as-flags: true
+
+operations:
+ list:
+ -
+ name: dev-get
+ doc: Get / dump information about PSP capable devices on the system.
+ attribute-set: dev
+ do:
+ request:
+ attributes:
+ - id
+ reply: &dev-all
+ attributes:
+ - id
+ - ifindex
+ - psp-versions-cap
+ - psp-versions-ena
+ pre: psp-device-get-locked
+ post: psp-device-unlock
+ dump:
+ reply: *dev-all
+ -
+ name: dev-add-ntf
+ doc: Notification about device appearing.
+ notify: dev-get
+ mcgrp: mgmt
+ -
+ name: dev-del-ntf
+ doc: Notification about device disappearing.
+ notify: dev-get
+ mcgrp: mgmt
+ -
+ name: dev-set
+ doc: Set the configuration of a PSP device.
+ attribute-set: dev
+ do:
+ request:
+ attributes:
+ - id
+ - psp-versions-ena
+ reply:
+ attributes: []
+ pre: psp-device-get-locked
+ post: psp-device-unlock
+ -
+ name: dev-change-ntf
+ doc: Notification about device configuration being changed.
+ notify: dev-get
+ mcgrp: mgmt
+
+mcast-groups:
+ list:
+ -
+ name: mgmt
+
+...