From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To: davem@davemloft.net
Cc: 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, john.fastabend@gmail.com,
sd@queasysnail.net, jiri@resnulli.us,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
skhan@linuxfoundation.org
Subject: [PATCH net-next v2 1/3] docs: net: tls-offload: document tls_dev_del, tls_dev_resync, and rekey
Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2026 09:58:44 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260613165846.2913092-2-kuba@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260613165846.2913092-1-kuba@kernel.org>
Fill in some gaps in the TLS offload doc:
- describe the tls_dev_del and tls_dev_resync callbacks
- add a mention of rekeying being out of scope for now
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
---
v2:
- add mentions of the callback in resync text
- Stack -> The stack
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/20260609201224.1191391-1-kuba@kernel.org
CC: john.fastabend@gmail.com
CC: sd@queasysnail.net
CC: corbet@lwn.net
CC: skhan@linuxfoundation.org
CC: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
---
Documentation/networking/tls-offload.rst | 45 ++++++++++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 38 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/tls-offload.rst b/Documentation/networking/tls-offload.rst
index 25ee8d9f12c9..e5802bcd4d22 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/tls-offload.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/tls-offload.rst
@@ -99,6 +99,29 @@ at the end of kernel structures (see :c:member:`driver_state` members
in ``include/net/tls.h``) to avoid additional allocations and pointer
dereferences.
+When the offloaded connection is destroyed the core calls
+the :c:member:`tls_dev_del` callback so the driver can release per-direction
+state:
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+ void (*tls_dev_del)(struct net_device *netdev,
+ struct tls_context *ctx,
+ enum tls_offload_ctx_dir direction);
+
+``tls_dev_del`` is mandatory whenever ``tls_dev_add`` is provided.
+
+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.
+
TX
--
@@ -250,9 +273,9 @@ 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.
+The 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
--
@@ -344,9 +367,10 @@ 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.
@@ -370,12 +394,19 @@ 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
128 records).
+Rekey
+=====
+
+Offload does not currently support TLS 1.3, therefore key rotation
+is not a concern for offloaded connections at this point.
+
Error handling
==============
--
2.54.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-06-13 16:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-13 16:58 [PATCH net-next v2 0/3] docs: net: more adjustments to docs Jakub Kicinski
2026-06-13 16:58 ` Jakub Kicinski [this message]
2026-06-13 16:58 ` [PATCH net-next v2 2/3] docs: net: fix minor issues with devlink docs Jakub Kicinski
2026-06-13 16:58 ` [PATCH net-next v2 3/3] docs: net: fix minor issues with strparser docs Jakub Kicinski
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