1 .. SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
2 Copyright(c) 2016 Intel Corporation.
4 Null Crypto Poll Mode Driver
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7 The Null Crypto PMD (**librte_crypto_null**) provides a crypto poll mode
8 driver which provides a minimal implementation for a software crypto device. As
9 a null device it does not modify the data in the mbuf on which the crypto
10 operation is to operate and it only has support for a single cipher and
11 authentication algorithm.
13 When a burst of mbufs is submitted to a Null Crypto PMD for processing then
14 each mbuf in the burst will be enqueued in an internal buffer for collection on
15 a dequeue call as long as the mbuf has a valid rte_mbuf_offload operation with
16 a valid rte_cryptodev_session or rte_crypto_xform chain of operations.
23 * RTE_CRYPTO_XFORM_CIPHER ONLY
24 * RTE_CRYPTO_XFORM_AUTH ONLY
25 * RTE_CRYPTO_XFORM_CIPHER THEN RTE_CRYPTO_XFORM_AUTH
26 * RTE_CRYPTO_XFORM_AUTH THEN RTE_CRYPTO_XFORM_CIPHER
30 * RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_NULL
32 Authentication algorithms:
34 * RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_NULL
39 * Only in-place is currently supported (destination address is the same as
45 The Null Crypto PMD is enabled and built by default in both the Linux and
51 To use the PMD in an application, user must:
53 * Call rte_vdev_init("crypto_null") within the application.
55 * Use --vdev="crypto_null" in the EAL options, which will call rte_vdev_init() internally.
57 The following parameters (all optional) can be provided in the previous two calls:
59 * socket_id: Specify the socket where the memory for the device is going to be allocated
60 (by default, socket_id will be the socket where the core that is creating the PMD is running on).
62 * max_nb_queue_pairs: Specify the maximum number of queue pairs in the device (8 by default).
64 * max_nb_sessions: Specify the maximum number of sessions that can be created (2048 by default).
68 .. code-block:: console
70 ./dpdk-l2fwd-crypto -l 1 -n 4 --vdev="crypto_null,socket_id=0,max_nb_sessions=128" \
71 -- -p 1 --cdev SW --chain CIPHER_ONLY --cipher_algo "null"