From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To: Sabrina Dubroca <sd@queasysnail.net>
Cc: davem@davemloft.net, netdev@vger.kernel.org, edumazet@google.com,
pabeni@redhat.com, andrew+netdev@lunn.ch, horms@kernel.org,
corbet@lwn.net, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, bpf@vger.kernel.org,
john.fastabend@gmail.com, skhan@linuxfoundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 2/3] docs: net: tls-offload: document tls_dev_del, tls_dev_resync, and rekey
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2026 10:18:17 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260611101817.18964bd9@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ainR5GAK8LaHJYMP@krikkit>
On Wed, 10 Jun 2026 23:06:44 +0200 Sabrina Dubroca wrote:
> > +The third TLS device callback is :c:member:`tls_dev_resync`, called by the core
> > +to synchronize the TCP stream with the record boundaries:
> > +
> > +.. code-block:: c
> > +
> > + int (*tls_dev_resync)(struct net_device *netdev,
> > + struct sock *sk, u32 seq, u8 *rcd_sn,
> > + enum tls_offload_ctx_dir direction);
> > +
> > +See the `Resync handling`_ section for details.
>
> Hmm, this callback is not mentioned at all in the "Resync handling"
> section. I think it'd be good to add at least a quick note there about
> how/when it's invoked, and what the arguments mean (at least the two
> types of sequence numbers, since the rest is identical to the other
> driver CBs).
Something like this, you mean?
--- a/Documentation/networking/tls-offload.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/tls-offload.rst
@@ -278,9 +278,9 @@ sequence number (as it will be updated from a different context).
bool tls_offload_tx_resync_pending(struct sock *sk)
Next time ``ktls`` pushes a record it will first send its TCP sequence number
-and TLS record number to the driver. Stack will also make sure that
-the new record will start on a segment boundary (like it does when
-the connection is initially added).
+and TLS record number to the driver via the ``tls_dev_resync`` callback.
+Stack will also make sure that the new record will start on a segment boundary
+(like it does when the connection is initially added).
RX
--
@@ -372,9 +372,10 @@ all TLS record headers that have been logged since the resync request
started.
The kernel confirms the guessed location was correct and tells the device
-the record sequence number. Meanwhile, the device had been parsing
-and counting all records since the just-confirmed one, it adds the number
-of records it had seen to the record number provided by the kernel.
+the record sequence number via the ``tls_dev_resync`` callback. Meanwhile,
+the device had been parsing and counting all records since the just-confirmed
+one, it adds the number of records it had seen to the record number provided
+by the kernel.
At this point the device is in sync and can resume decryption at next
segment boundary.
@@ -398,7 +399,8 @@ schedules resynchronization after it has received two completely encrypted
records.
The stack waits for the socket to drain and informs the device about
-the next expected record number and its TCP sequence number. If the
+the next expected record number and its TCP sequence number via the
+``tls_dev_resync`` callback. If the
records continue to be received fully encrypted stack retries the
synchronization with an exponential back off (first after 2 encrypted
records, then after 4 records, after 8, after 16... up until every
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-06-11 17:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-09 20:12 [PATCH net-next 0/3] docs: net: more adjustments to docs Jakub Kicinski
2026-06-09 20:12 ` [PATCH net-next 1/3] docs: net: fix minor issues with XDP metadata docs Jakub Kicinski
2026-06-10 23:42 ` Stanislav Fomichev
2026-06-11 10:06 ` Jesper Dangaard Brouer
2026-06-09 20:12 ` [PATCH net-next 2/3] docs: net: tls-offload: document tls_dev_del, tls_dev_resync, and rekey Jakub Kicinski
2026-06-10 21:06 ` Sabrina Dubroca
2026-06-11 17:18 ` Jakub Kicinski [this message]
2026-06-11 17:55 ` Sabrina Dubroca
2026-06-11 18:13 ` Randy Dunlap
2026-06-09 20:12 ` [PATCH net-next 3/3] docs: net: fix minor issues with devlink docs Jakub Kicinski
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