examples/l2fwd-crypto: add AEAD parameters
authorPablo de Lara <pablo.de.lara.guarch@intel.com>
Sun, 2 Jul 2017 05:41:25 +0000 (06:41 +0100)
committerPablo de Lara <pablo.de.lara.guarch@intel.com>
Thu, 6 Jul 2017 20:26:49 +0000 (22:26 +0200)
Since there is a new operation type (AEAD), add parameters
for this in the application.

Signed-off-by: Pablo de Lara <pablo.de.lara.guarch@intel.com>
Acked-by: Declan Doherty <declan.doherty@intel.com>
Acked-by: Akhil Goyal <akhil.goyal@nxp.com>
Acked-by: Fiona Trahe <fiona.trahe@intel.com>
doc/guides/sample_app_ug/l2_forward_crypto.rst
examples/l2fwd-crypto/main.c

index b9aa573..2880c43 100644 (file)
@@ -110,7 +110,9 @@ where,
 
 *   chain: select the operation chaining to perform: Cipher->Hash (CIPHER_HASH),
 
-    Hash->Cipher (HASH_CIPHER), Cipher (CIPHER_ONLY), Hash(HASH_ONLY)
+    Hash->Cipher (HASH_CIPHER), Cipher (CIPHER_ONLY), Hash (HASH_ONLY)
+
+    or AEAD (AEAD)
 
     (default is Cipher->Hash)
 
@@ -154,6 +156,26 @@ where,
 
     Note that if --auth_iv is used, this will be ignored.
 
+*   aead_algo: select the AEAD algorithm
+
+*   aead_op: select the AEAD operation to perform: ENCRYPT or DECRYPT
+
+    (default is ENCRYPT)
+
+*   aead_key: set the AEAD key to be used. Bytes has to be separated with ":"
+
+*   aead_key_random_size: set the size of the AEAD key,
+
+    which will be generated randomly.
+
+    Note that if --aead_key is used, this will be ignored.
+
+*   aead_iv: set the AEAD IV to be used. Bytes has to be separated with ":"
+
+*   aead_iv_random_size: set the size of the AEAD IV, which will be generated randomly.
+
+    Note that if --aead_iv is used, this will be ignored.
+
 *   aad: set the AAD to be used. Bytes has to be separated with ":"
 
 *   aad_random_size: set the size of the AAD, which will be generated randomly.
index ef45304..759953e 100644 (file)
@@ -130,7 +130,8 @@ enum l2fwd_crypto_xform_chain {
        L2FWD_CRYPTO_CIPHER_HASH,
        L2FWD_CRYPTO_HASH_CIPHER,
        L2FWD_CRYPTO_CIPHER_ONLY,
-       L2FWD_CRYPTO_HASH_ONLY
+       L2FWD_CRYPTO_HASH_ONLY,
+       L2FWD_CRYPTO_AEAD
 };
 
 struct l2fwd_key {
@@ -172,6 +173,14 @@ struct l2fwd_crypto_options {
        unsigned int auth_iv_param;
        int auth_iv_random_size;
 
+       struct rte_crypto_sym_xform aead_xform;
+       unsigned int aead_key_param;
+       int aead_key_random_size;
+
+       struct l2fwd_iv aead_iv;
+       unsigned int aead_iv_param;
+       int aead_iv_random_size;
+
        struct l2fwd_key aad;
        unsigned aad_param;
        int aad_random_size;
@@ -194,15 +203,18 @@ struct l2fwd_crypto_params {
 
        struct l2fwd_iv cipher_iv;
        struct l2fwd_iv auth_iv;
+       struct l2fwd_iv aead_iv;
        struct l2fwd_key aad;
        struct rte_cryptodev_sym_session *session;
 
        uint8_t do_cipher;
        uint8_t do_hash;
+       uint8_t do_aead;
        uint8_t hash_verify;
 
        enum rte_crypto_cipher_algorithm cipher_algo;
        enum rte_crypto_auth_algorithm auth_algo;
+       enum rte_crypto_aead_algorithm aead_algo;
 };
 
 /** lcore configuration */
@@ -492,14 +504,6 @@ l2fwd_simple_crypto_enqueue(struct rte_mbuf *m,
                        op->sym->auth.data.offset = ipdata_offset;
                        op->sym->auth.data.length = data_len;
                }
-
-               if (cparams->aad.length) {
-                       op->sym->auth.aad.data = cparams->aad.data;
-                       op->sym->auth.aad.phys_addr = cparams->aad.phys_addr;
-               } else {
-                       op->sym->auth.aad.data = NULL;
-                       op->sym->auth.aad.phys_addr = 0;
-               }
        }
 
        if (cparams->do_cipher) {
@@ -521,6 +525,33 @@ l2fwd_simple_crypto_enqueue(struct rte_mbuf *m,
                }
        }
 
+       if (cparams->do_aead) {
+               uint8_t *iv_ptr = rte_crypto_op_ctod_offset(op, uint8_t *,
+                                                       IV_OFFSET);
+               /* Copy IV at the end of the crypto operation */
+               rte_memcpy(iv_ptr, cparams->aead_iv.data, cparams->aead_iv.length);
+
+               op->sym->aead.data.offset = ipdata_offset;
+               op->sym->aead.data.length = data_len;
+
+               if (!cparams->hash_verify) {
+                       /* Append space for digest to end of packet */
+                       op->sym->aead.digest.data = (uint8_t *)rte_pktmbuf_append(m,
+                               cparams->digest_length);
+               } else {
+                       op->sym->aead.digest.data = rte_pktmbuf_mtod(m,
+                               uint8_t *) + ipdata_offset + data_len;
+               }
+
+               op->sym->auth.digest.phys_addr = rte_pktmbuf_mtophys_offset(m,
+                               rte_pktmbuf_pkt_len(m) - cparams->digest_length);
+
+               if (cparams->aad.length) {
+                       op->sym->aead.aad.data = cparams->aad.data;
+                       op->sym->aead.aad.phys_addr = cparams->aad.phys_addr;
+               }
+       }
+
        op->sym->m_src = m;
 
        return l2fwd_crypto_enqueue(op, cparams);
@@ -617,7 +648,9 @@ initialize_crypto_session(struct l2fwd_crypto_options *options,
 {
        struct rte_crypto_sym_xform *first_xform;
 
-       if (options->xform_chain == L2FWD_CRYPTO_CIPHER_HASH) {
+       if (options->xform_chain == L2FWD_CRYPTO_AEAD) {
+               first_xform = &options->aead_xform;
+       } else if (options->xform_chain == L2FWD_CRYPTO_CIPHER_HASH) {
                first_xform = &options->cipher_xform;
                first_xform->next = &options->auth_xform;
        } else if (options->xform_chain == L2FWD_CRYPTO_HASH_CIPHER) {
@@ -669,8 +702,12 @@ l2fwd_main_loop(struct l2fwd_crypto_options *options)
        for (i = 0; i < qconf->nb_crypto_devs; i++) {
                port_cparams[i].do_cipher = 0;
                port_cparams[i].do_hash = 0;
+               port_cparams[i].do_aead = 0;
 
                switch (options->xform_chain) {
+               case L2FWD_CRYPTO_AEAD:
+                       port_cparams[i].do_aead = 1;
+                       break;
                case L2FWD_CRYPTO_CIPHER_HASH:
                case L2FWD_CRYPTO_HASH_CIPHER:
                        port_cparams[i].do_cipher = 1;
@@ -695,6 +732,12 @@ l2fwd_main_loop(struct l2fwd_crypto_options *options)
                        if (!options->auth_iv_param)
                                generate_random_key(port_cparams[i].auth_iv.data,
                                                port_cparams[i].auth_iv.length);
+                       if (options->auth_xform.auth.op == RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_OP_VERIFY)
+                               port_cparams[i].hash_verify = 1;
+                       else
+                               port_cparams[i].hash_verify = 0;
+
+                       port_cparams[i].auth_algo = options->auth_xform.auth.algo;
                        /* Set IV parameters */
                        if (options->auth_iv.length) {
                                options->auth_xform.auth.iv.offset =
@@ -702,11 +745,16 @@ l2fwd_main_loop(struct l2fwd_crypto_options *options)
                                options->auth_xform.auth.iv.length =
                                        options->auth_iv.length;
                        }
+               }
+
+               if (port_cparams[i].do_aead) {
+                       port_cparams[i].aead_algo = options->aead_xform.aead.algo;
                        port_cparams[i].digest_length =
-                                       options->auth_xform.auth.digest_length;
-                       if (options->auth_xform.auth.add_auth_data_length) {
+                                       options->aead_xform.aead.digest_length;
+                       if (options->aead_xform.aead.add_auth_data_length) {
                                port_cparams[i].aad.data = options->aad.data;
                                port_cparams[i].aad.phys_addr = options->aad.phys_addr;
+                               port_cparams[i].aad.length = options->aad.length;
                                if (!options->aad_param)
                                        generate_random_key(port_cparams[i].aad.data,
                                                port_cparams[i].aad.length);
@@ -714,12 +762,14 @@ l2fwd_main_loop(struct l2fwd_crypto_options *options)
                        } else
                                port_cparams[i].aad.length = 0;
 
-                       if (options->auth_xform.auth.op == RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_OP_VERIFY)
+                       if (options->aead_xform.aead.op == RTE_CRYPTO_AEAD_OP_DECRYPT)
                                port_cparams[i].hash_verify = 1;
                        else
                                port_cparams[i].hash_verify = 0;
 
-                       port_cparams[i].auth_algo = options->auth_xform.auth.algo;
+                       /* Set IV parameters */
+                       options->aead_xform.aead.iv.offset = IV_OFFSET;
+                       options->aead_xform.aead.iv.length = options->aead_iv.length;
                }
 
                if (port_cparams[i].do_cipher) {
@@ -881,7 +931,7 @@ l2fwd_crypto_usage(const char *prgname)
 
                "  --cdev_type HW / SW / ANY\n"
                "  --chain HASH_CIPHER / CIPHER_HASH / CIPHER_ONLY /"
-               " HASH_ONLY\n"
+               " HASH_ONLY / AEAD\n"
 
                "  --cipher_algo ALGO\n"
                "  --cipher_op ENCRYPT / DECRYPT\n"
@@ -896,8 +946,16 @@ l2fwd_crypto_usage(const char *prgname)
                "  --auth_key_random_size SIZE: size of auth key when generated randomly\n"
                "  --auth_iv IV (bytes separated with \":\")\n"
                "  --auth_iv_random_size SIZE: size of auth IV when generated randomly\n"
+
+               "  --aead_algo ALGO\n"
+               "  --aead_op ENCRYPT / DECRYPT\n"
+               "  --aead_key KEY (bytes separated with \":\")\n"
+               "  --aead_key_random_size SIZE: size of AEAD key when generated randomly\n"
+               "  --aead_iv IV (bytes separated with \":\")\n"
+               "  --aead_iv_random_size SIZE: size of AEAD IV when generated randomly\n"
                "  --aad AAD (bytes separated with \":\")\n"
                "  --aad_random_size SIZE: size of AAD when generated randomly\n"
+
                "  --digest_size SIZE: size of digest to be generated/verified\n"
 
                "  --sessionless\n"
@@ -939,6 +997,9 @@ parse_crypto_opt_chain(struct l2fwd_crypto_options *options, char *optarg)
        } else if (strcmp("HASH_ONLY", optarg) == 0) {
                options->xform_chain = L2FWD_CRYPTO_HASH_ONLY;
                return 0;
+       } else if (strcmp("AEAD", optarg) == 0) {
+               options->xform_chain = L2FWD_CRYPTO_AEAD;
+               return 0;
        }
 
        return -1;
@@ -1045,6 +1106,32 @@ parse_auth_op(enum rte_crypto_auth_operation *op, char *optarg)
        return -1;
 }
 
+static int
+parse_aead_algo(enum rte_crypto_aead_algorithm *algo, char *optarg)
+{
+       if (rte_cryptodev_get_aead_algo_enum(algo, optarg) < 0) {
+               RTE_LOG(ERR, USER1, "AEAD algorithm specified "
+                               "not supported!\n");
+               return -1;
+       }
+
+       return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+parse_aead_op(enum rte_crypto_aead_operation *op, char *optarg)
+{
+       if (strcmp("ENCRYPT", optarg) == 0) {
+               *op = RTE_CRYPTO_AEAD_OP_ENCRYPT;
+               return 0;
+       } else if (strcmp("DECRYPT", optarg) == 0) {
+               *op = RTE_CRYPTO_AEAD_OP_DECRYPT;
+               return 0;
+       }
+
+       printf("AEAD operation specified not supported!\n");
+       return -1;
+}
 static int
 parse_cryptodev_mask(struct l2fwd_crypto_options *options,
                const char *q_arg)
@@ -1143,7 +1230,6 @@ l2fwd_crypto_parse_args_long_options(struct l2fwd_crypto_options *options,
                return parse_size(&options->akey_random_size, optarg);
        }
 
-
        else if (strcmp(lgopts[option_index].name, "auth_iv") == 0) {
                options->auth_iv_param = 1;
                options->auth_iv.length =
@@ -1157,6 +1243,43 @@ l2fwd_crypto_parse_args_long_options(struct l2fwd_crypto_options *options,
        else if (strcmp(lgopts[option_index].name, "auth_iv_random_size") == 0)
                return parse_size(&options->auth_iv_random_size, optarg);
 
+       /* AEAD options */
+       else if (strcmp(lgopts[option_index].name, "aead_algo") == 0) {
+               return parse_aead_algo(&options->aead_xform.aead.algo,
+                               optarg);
+       }
+
+       else if (strcmp(lgopts[option_index].name, "aead_op") == 0)
+               return parse_aead_op(&options->aead_xform.aead.op,
+                               optarg);
+
+       else if (strcmp(lgopts[option_index].name, "aead_key") == 0) {
+               options->aead_key_param = 1;
+               options->aead_xform.aead.key.length =
+                       parse_key(options->aead_xform.aead.key.data, optarg);
+               if (options->aead_xform.aead.key.length > 0)
+                       return 0;
+               else
+                       return -1;
+       }
+
+       else if (strcmp(lgopts[option_index].name, "aead_key_random_size") == 0)
+               return parse_size(&options->aead_key_random_size, optarg);
+
+
+       else if (strcmp(lgopts[option_index].name, "aead_iv") == 0) {
+               options->aead_iv_param = 1;
+               options->aead_iv.length =
+                       parse_key(options->aead_iv.data, optarg);
+               if (options->aead_iv.length > 0)
+                       return 0;
+               else
+                       return -1;
+       }
+
+       else if (strcmp(lgopts[option_index].name, "aead_iv_random_size") == 0)
+               return parse_size(&options->aead_iv_random_size, optarg);
+
        else if (strcmp(lgopts[option_index].name, "aad") == 0) {
                options->aad_param = 1;
                options->aad.length =
@@ -1291,13 +1414,25 @@ l2fwd_crypto_default_options(struct l2fwd_crypto_options *options)
        options->auth_iv_param = 0;
        options->auth_iv_random_size = -1;
        options->auth_iv.length = 0;
+
+       options->auth_xform.auth.algo = RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SHA1_HMAC;
+       options->auth_xform.auth.op = RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_OP_GENERATE;
+
+       /* AEAD Data */
+       options->aead_xform.type = RTE_CRYPTO_SYM_XFORM_AEAD;
+       options->aead_xform.next = NULL;
+       options->aead_key_param = 0;
+       options->aead_key_random_size = -1;
+       options->aead_xform.aead.key.length = 0;
+       options->aead_iv_param = 0;
+       options->aead_iv_random_size = -1;
+       options->aead_iv.length = 0;
+
        options->aad_param = 0;
        options->aad_random_size = -1;
        options->aad.length = 0;
-       options->digest_size = -1;
 
-       options->auth_xform.auth.algo = RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SHA1_HMAC;
-       options->auth_xform.auth.op = RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_OP_GENERATE;
+       options->digest_size = -1;
 
        options->type = CDEV_TYPE_ANY;
        options->cryptodev_mask = UINT64_MAX;
@@ -1325,6 +1460,18 @@ display_auth_info(struct l2fwd_crypto_options *options)
                        options->auth_xform.auth.key.data,
                        options->auth_xform.auth.key.length);
        rte_hexdump(stdout, "IV:", options->auth_iv.data, options->auth_iv.length);
+}
+
+static void
+display_aead_info(struct l2fwd_crypto_options *options)
+{
+       printf("\n---- AEAD information ---\n");
+       printf("Algorithm: %s\n",
+               rte_crypto_aead_algorithm_strings[options->aead_xform.aead.algo]);
+       rte_hexdump(stdout, "AEAD key:",
+                       options->aead_xform.aead.key.data,
+                       options->aead_xform.aead.key.length);
+       rte_hexdump(stdout, "IV:", options->aead_iv.data, options->aead_iv.length);
        rte_hexdump(stdout, "AAD:", options->aad.data, options->aad.length);
 }
 
@@ -1333,6 +1480,7 @@ l2fwd_crypto_options_print(struct l2fwd_crypto_options *options)
 {
        char string_cipher_op[MAX_STR_LEN];
        char string_auth_op[MAX_STR_LEN];
+       char string_aead_op[MAX_STR_LEN];
 
        if (options->cipher_xform.cipher.op == RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_OP_ENCRYPT)
                strcpy(string_cipher_op, "Encrypt");
@@ -1344,6 +1492,12 @@ l2fwd_crypto_options_print(struct l2fwd_crypto_options *options)
        else
                strcpy(string_auth_op, "Auth verify");
 
+       if (options->aead_xform.aead.op == RTE_CRYPTO_AEAD_OP_ENCRYPT)
+               strcpy(string_aead_op, "Authenticated encryption");
+       else
+               strcpy(string_aead_op, "Authenticated decryption");
+
+
        printf("Options:-\nn");
        printf("portmask: %x\n", options->portmask);
        printf("ports per lcore: %u\n", options->nb_ports_per_lcore);
@@ -1373,6 +1527,10 @@ l2fwd_crypto_options_print(struct l2fwd_crypto_options *options)
 
        printf("\nCrypto chain: ");
        switch (options->xform_chain) {
+       case L2FWD_CRYPTO_AEAD:
+               printf("Input --> %s --> Output\n", string_aead_op);
+               display_aead_info(options);
+               break;
        case L2FWD_CRYPTO_CIPHER_HASH:
                printf("Input --> %s --> %s --> Output\n",
                        string_cipher_op, string_auth_op);
@@ -1424,8 +1582,16 @@ l2fwd_crypto_parse_args(struct l2fwd_crypto_options *options,
                        { "auth_iv", required_argument, 0, 0 },
                        { "auth_iv_random_size", required_argument, 0, 0 },
 
+                       { "aead_algo", required_argument, 0, 0 },
+                       { "aead_op", required_argument, 0, 0 },
+                       { "aead_key", required_argument, 0, 0 },
+                       { "aead_key_random_size", required_argument, 0, 0 },
+                       { "aead_iv", required_argument, 0, 0 },
+                       { "aead_iv_random_size", required_argument, 0, 0 },
+
                        { "aad", required_argument, 0, 0 },
                        { "aad_random_size", required_argument, 0, 0 },
+
                        { "digest_size", required_argument, 0, 0 },
 
                        { "sessionless", no_argument, 0, 0 },
@@ -1639,6 +1805,40 @@ check_device_support_auth_algo(const struct l2fwd_crypto_options *options,
        return cap;
 }
 
+static const struct rte_cryptodev_capabilities *
+check_device_support_aead_algo(const struct l2fwd_crypto_options *options,
+               const struct rte_cryptodev_info *dev_info,
+               uint8_t cdev_id)
+{
+       unsigned int i = 0;
+       const struct rte_cryptodev_capabilities *cap = &dev_info->capabilities[0];
+       enum rte_crypto_aead_algorithm cap_aead_algo;
+       enum rte_crypto_aead_algorithm opt_aead_algo =
+                                       options->aead_xform.aead.algo;
+
+       while (cap->op != RTE_CRYPTO_OP_TYPE_UNDEFINED) {
+               cap_aead_algo = cap->sym.aead.algo;
+               if (cap->sym.xform_type == RTE_CRYPTO_SYM_XFORM_AEAD) {
+                       if (cap_aead_algo == opt_aead_algo) {
+                               if (check_type(options, dev_info) == 0)
+                                       break;
+                       }
+               }
+               cap = &dev_info->capabilities[++i];
+       }
+
+       if (cap->op == RTE_CRYPTO_OP_TYPE_UNDEFINED) {
+               printf("Algorithm %s not supported by cryptodev %u"
+                       " or device not of preferred type (%s)\n",
+                       rte_crypto_aead_algorithm_strings[opt_aead_algo],
+                       cdev_id,
+                       options->string_type);
+               return NULL;
+       }
+
+       return cap;
+}
+
 /* Check if the device is enabled by cryptodev_mask */
 static int
 check_cryptodev_mask(struct l2fwd_crypto_options *options,
@@ -1745,6 +1945,112 @@ initialize_cryptodevs(struct l2fwd_crypto_options *options, unsigned nb_ports,
 
                rte_cryptodev_info_get(cdev_id, &dev_info);
 
+               /* Set AEAD parameters */
+               if (options->xform_chain == L2FWD_CRYPTO_AEAD) {
+                       /* Check if device supports AEAD algo */
+                       cap = check_device_support_aead_algo(options, &dev_info,
+                                                       cdev_id);
+                       if (cap == NULL)
+                               continue;
+
+                       options->block_size = cap->sym.aead.block_size;
+
+                       check_iv_param(&cap->sym.aead.iv_size,
+                                       options->aead_iv_param,
+                                       options->aead_iv_random_size,
+                                       &options->aead_iv.length);
+
+                       /*
+                        * Check if length of provided AEAD key is supported
+                        * by the algorithm chosen.
+                        */
+                       if (options->aead_key_param) {
+                               if (check_supported_size(
+                                               options->aead_xform.aead.key.length,
+                                               cap->sym.aead.key_size.min,
+                                               cap->sym.aead.key_size.max,
+                                               cap->sym.aead.key_size.increment)
+                                                       != 0) {
+                                       printf("Unsupported aead key length\n");
+                                       return -1;
+                               }
+                       /*
+                        * Check if length of the aead key to be randomly generated
+                        * is supported by the algorithm chosen.
+                        */
+                       } else if (options->aead_key_random_size != -1) {
+                               if (check_supported_size(options->ckey_random_size,
+                                               cap->sym.aead.key_size.min,
+                                               cap->sym.aead.key_size.max,
+                                               cap->sym.aead.key_size.increment)
+                                                       != 0) {
+                                       printf("Unsupported aead key length\n");
+                                       return -1;
+                               }
+                               options->aead_xform.aead.key.length =
+                                                       options->ckey_random_size;
+                       /* No size provided, use minimum size. */
+                       } else
+                               options->aead_xform.aead.key.length =
+                                               cap->sym.aead.key_size.min;
+
+                       if (!options->aead_key_param)
+                               generate_random_key(
+                                       options->aead_xform.aead.key.data,
+                                       options->aead_xform.aead.key.length);
+
+                       /*
+                        * Check if length of provided AAD is supported
+                        * by the algorithm chosen.
+                        */
+                       if (options->aad_param) {
+                               if (check_supported_size(options->aad.length,
+                                               cap->sym.aead.aad_size.min,
+                                               cap->sym.aead.aad_size.max,
+                                               cap->sym.aead.aad_size.increment)
+                                                       != 0) {
+                                       printf("Unsupported AAD length\n");
+                                       return -1;
+                               }
+                       /*
+                        * Check if length of AAD to be randomly generated
+                        * is supported by the algorithm chosen.
+                        */
+                       } else if (options->aad_random_size != -1) {
+                               if (check_supported_size(options->aad_random_size,
+                                               cap->sym.aead.aad_size.min,
+                                               cap->sym.aead.aad_size.max,
+                                               cap->sym.aead.aad_size.increment)
+                                                       != 0) {
+                                       printf("Unsupported AAD length\n");
+                                       return -1;
+                               }
+                               options->aad.length = options->aad_random_size;
+                       /* No size provided, use minimum size. */
+                       } else
+                               options->aad.length = cap->sym.auth.aad_size.min;
+
+                       options->aead_xform.aead.add_auth_data_length =
+                                               options->aad.length;
+
+                       /* Check if digest size is supported by the algorithm. */
+                       if (options->digest_size != -1) {
+                               if (check_supported_size(options->digest_size,
+                                               cap->sym.aead.digest_size.min,
+                                               cap->sym.aead.digest_size.max,
+                                               cap->sym.aead.digest_size.increment)
+                                                       != 0) {
+                                       printf("Unsupported digest length\n");
+                                       return -1;
+                               }
+                               options->aead_xform.aead.digest_length =
+                                                       options->digest_size;
+                       /* No size provided, use minimum size. */
+                       } else
+                               options->aead_xform.aead.digest_length =
+                                               cap->sym.aead.digest_size.min;
+               }
+
                /* Set cipher parameters */
                if (options->xform_chain == L2FWD_CRYPTO_CIPHER_HASH ||
                                options->xform_chain == L2FWD_CRYPTO_HASH_CIPHER ||
@@ -1817,40 +2123,6 @@ initialize_cryptodevs(struct l2fwd_crypto_options *options, unsigned nb_ports,
                                        options->auth_iv_param,
                                        options->auth_iv_random_size,
                                        &options->auth_iv.length);
-                       /*
-                        * Check if length of provided AAD is supported
-                        * by the algorithm chosen.
-                        */
-                       if (options->aad_param) {
-                               if (check_supported_size(options->aad.length,
-                                               cap->sym.auth.aad_size.min,
-                                               cap->sym.auth.aad_size.max,
-                                               cap->sym.auth.aad_size.increment)
-                                                       != 0) {
-                                       printf("Unsupported AAD length\n");
-                                       return -1;
-                               }
-                       /*
-                        * Check if length of AAD to be randomly generated
-                        * is supported by the algorithm chosen.
-                        */
-                       } else if (options->aad_random_size != -1) {
-                               if (check_supported_size(options->aad_random_size,
-                                               cap->sym.auth.aad_size.min,
-                                               cap->sym.auth.aad_size.max,
-                                               cap->sym.auth.aad_size.increment)
-                                                       != 0) {
-                                       printf("Unsupported AAD length\n");
-                                       return -1;
-                               }
-                               options->aad.length = options->aad_random_size;
-                       /* No size provided, use minimum size. */
-                       } else
-                               options->aad.length = cap->sym.auth.aad_size.min;
-
-                       options->auth_xform.auth.add_auth_data_length =
-                                               options->aad.length;
-
                        /*
                         * Check if length of provided auth key is supported
                         * by the algorithm chosen.
@@ -2052,12 +2324,16 @@ reserve_key_memory(struct l2fwd_crypto_options *options)
        if (options->cipher_xform.cipher.key.data == NULL)
                rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "Failed to allocate memory for cipher key");
 
-
        options->auth_xform.auth.key.data = rte_malloc("auth key",
                                                MAX_KEY_SIZE, 0);
        if (options->auth_xform.auth.key.data == NULL)
                rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "Failed to allocate memory for auth key");
 
+       options->aead_xform.aead.key.data = rte_malloc("aead key",
+                                               MAX_KEY_SIZE, 0);
+       if (options->aead_xform.aead.key.data == NULL)
+               rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "Failed to allocate memory for AEAD key");
+
        options->cipher_iv.data = rte_malloc("cipher iv", MAX_KEY_SIZE, 0);
        if (options->cipher_iv.data == NULL)
                rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "Failed to allocate memory for cipher IV");
@@ -2066,6 +2342,10 @@ reserve_key_memory(struct l2fwd_crypto_options *options)
        if (options->auth_iv.data == NULL)
                rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "Failed to allocate memory for auth IV");
 
+       options->aead_iv.data = rte_malloc("aead_iv", MAX_KEY_SIZE, 0);
+       if (options->aead_iv.data == NULL)
+               rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "Failed to allocate memory for AEAD iv");
+
        options->aad.data = rte_malloc("aad", MAX_KEY_SIZE, 0);
        if (options->aad.data == NULL)
                rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "Failed to allocate memory for AAD");