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| author | Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@netronome.com> | 2019-05-21 18:57:14 -0700 |
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| committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2019-05-22 12:18:20 -0700 |
| commit | f42c104f2ec94a9255a835cd4cd1bd76279d4d06 (patch) | |
| tree | 8091f73788033c91ca169a2711d97a0f19c7511a /Documentation/networking/tls.rst | |
| parent | f3c0f3c6c2013e6caa7ab9c3c6a9fb12f6832c43 (diff) | |
Documentation: add TLS offload documentation
Describe existing kernel TLS offload (added back in Linux 4.19) -
the mechanism, the expected behavior and the notable corner cases.
This documentation is mostly targeting hardware vendors who want
to implement offload, to ensure consistency between implementations.
v2:
- add emphasis around TLS_SW/TLS_HW/TLS_HW_RECORD;
- remove mentions of ongoing work (Boris);
- split the flow of data in SW vs. HW cases in TX overview
(Boris);
- call out which fields are updated by the device and which
are filled by the stack (Boris);
- move error handling into it's own section (Boris);
- add more words about fallback (Boris);
- note that checksum validation is required (Alexei);
- note that drivers shouldn't pay attention to the TLS
device features.
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@netronome.com>
Acked-by: Dave Watson <davejwatson@fb.com>
Acked-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Boris Pismenny <borisp@mellanox.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/tls.rst b/Documentation/networking/tls.rst index 482bd73f18a2..5bcbf75e2025 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/tls.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/tls.rst @@ -1,3 +1,5 @@ +.. _kernel_tls: + ========== Kernel TLS ========== |