Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] Documentation: networking: document ISO 15765-2:2016

[Bagas Sanjaya]

On Fri, Mar 29, 2024 at 02:34:41PM +0100, Francesco Valla wrote:
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> +=========================
> +ISO 15765-2:2016 (ISO-TP)
> +=========================
> +
> +Overview
> +========
> +
> +ISO 15765-2:2016, also known as ISO-TP, is a transport protocol specifically
> +defined for diagnostic communication on CAN. It is widely used in the automotive
> +industry, for example as the transport protocol for UDSonCAN (ISO 14229-3) or
> +emission-related diagnostic services (ISO 15031-5).
> +
> +ISO-TP can be used both on CAN CC (aka Classical CAN, CAN 2.0B) and CAN FD (CAN
> +with Flexible Datarate) based networks. It is also designed to be compatible
> +with a CAN network using SAE J1939 as data link layer (however, this is not a
> +requirement).
> +
> +Specifications used
> +-------------------
> +
> +* ISO 15765-2:2016 : Road vehicles - Diagnostic communication over Controller
> +  Area Network (DoCAN). Part 2: Transport protocol and network layer services.
> +
> +Addressing
> +----------
> +
> +In its simplest form, ISO-TP is based on two kinds of addressing modes for the
> +nodes connected to the same network:
> +
> +- physical addressing is implemented by two node-specific addresses (CAN
> +  identifiers) and is used in 1-to-1 communication
> +- functional addressing is implemented by one node-specific address (CAN
> +  identifier) and is used in 1-to-N communication
> +
> +In a so-called "normal" addressing scenario, both these addresses are
> +represented by a 29-bit CAN ID. However, in order to support larger networks,
> +an "extended" addressing scheme can be adopted: in this case, the first byte of
> +the data payload is used as an additional component of the address (both for
> +the physical and functional cases); two different CAN IDs are still required.
> +
> +Transport protocol and associated frame types
> +---------------------------------------------
> +
> +When transmitting data using the ISO-TP protocol, the payload can either fit
> +inside one single CAN message or not, also considering the overhead the protocol
> +is generating and the optional extended addressing. In the first case, the data
> +is transmitted at once using a so-called Single Frame (SF). In the second case,
> +ISO-TP defines a multi-frame protocol, in which the sender provides (through a
> +First Frame - FF) the PDU length which is to be transmitted and also asks for a
> +Flow Control (FC) frame, which provides the maximum supported size of a macro
> +data block (``blocksize``) and the minimum time between the single CAN messages
> +composing such block (``stmin``). Once this information has been received, the
> +sender starts to send frames containing fragments of the data payload (called
> +Consecutive Frames - CF), stopping after every ``blocksize``-sized block to wait
> +confirmation from the receiver (which should then send another Flow Control
> +frame to inform the sender about its availability to receive more data).
> +
> +How to Use ISO-TP
> +=================
> +
> +As with others CAN protocols, the ISO-TP stack support is built into the
> +Linux network subsystem for the CAN bus, aka. Linux-CAN or SocketCAN, and
> +thus follows the same socket API.
> +
> +Creation and basic usage of an ISO-TP socket
> +--------------------------------------------
> +
> +To use the ISO-TP stack, ``#include <linux/can/isotp.h>`` shall be used. A
> +socket can then be created using the ``PF_CAN`` protocol family, the
> +``SOCK_DGRAM`` type (as the underlying protocol is datagram-based by design)
> +and the ``CAN_ISOTP`` protocol:
> +
> +.. code-block:: C
> +
> +    s = socket(PF_CAN, SOCK_DGRAM, CAN_ISOTP);
> +
> +After the socket has been successfully created, ``bind(2)`` shall be called to
> +bind the socket to the desired CAN interface; to do so:
> +
> +* a TX CAN ID shall be specified as part of the sockaddr supplied to the call
> +  itself, and
> +* a RX CAN ID shall also specified, unless broadcast flags have been set
> +  through socket option (explained below)
> +
> +Once bound to an interface, the socket can be read from and written to using
> +the usual ``read(2)`` and ``write(2)`` system calls, as well as ``send(2)``,
> +``sendmsg(2)``, ``recv(2)`` and ``recvmsg(2)``.
> +Unlike the CAN_RAW socket API, only the data payload shall be specified in all
> +these calls, as the CAN header is automatically filled by the ISO-TP stack
> +using information supplied during socket creation. In the same way, the stack
> +will use the transport mechanism when required (i.e., when the size of the data
> +payload exceeds the MTU of the underlying CAN bus).
> +
> +The sockaddr structure used for SocketCAN has extensions for use with ISO-TP,
> +as specified below:
> +
> +.. code-block:: C
> +
> +    struct sockaddr_can {
> +        sa_family_t can_family;
> +        int         can_ifindex;
> +        union {
> +            struct { canid_t rx_id, tx_id; } tp;
> +        ...
> +        } can_addr;
> +    }
> +
> +* ``can_family`` and ``can_ifindex`` serve the same purpose as for other
> +  SocketCAN sockets.
> +
> +* ``can_addr.tp.rx_id`` specifies the receive (RX) CAN ID and will be used as
> +  a RX filter.
> +
> +* ``can_addr.tp.tx_id`` specifies the transmit (TX) CAN ID
> +
> +ISO-TP socket options
> +---------------------
> +
> +When creating an ISO-TP socket, reasonable defaults are set. Some options can
> +be modified with ``setsockopt(2)`` and/or read back with ``getsockopt(2)``.
> +
> +General options
> +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> +
> +General socket options can be passed using the ``CAN_ISOTP_OPTS`` optname:
> +
> +.. code-block:: C
> +
> +    struct can_isotp_options opts;
> +    ret = setsockopt(s, SOL_CAN_ISOTP, CAN_ISOTP_OPTS, &opts, sizeof(opts))
> +
> +where the ``can_isotp_options`` structure has the following contents:
> +
> +.. code-block:: C
> +
> +    struct can_isotp_options {
> +        u32 flags;
> +        u32 frame_txtime;
> +        u8  ext_address;
> +        u8  txpad_content;
> +        u8  rxpad_content;
> +        u8  rx_ext_address;
> +    };
> +
> +* ``flags``: modifiers to be applied to the default behaviour of the ISO-TP
> +  stack. Following flags are available:
> +
> +  - ``CAN_ISOTP_LISTEN_MODE``: listen only (do not send FC frames); normally
> +    used as a testing feature.
> +  - ``CAN_ISOTP_EXTEND_ADDR``: enable extended addressing, using the byte
> +    specified in ``ext_address`` as additional address byte.
> +  - ``CAN_ISOTP_TX_PADDING``: enable padding for tranmsitted frames, using
> +    ``txpad_content`` as value for the padding bytes.
> +  - ``CAN_ISOTP_RX_PADDING``: enable padding for the received frames, using
> +    ``rxpad_content`` as value for the padding bytes.
> +  - ``CAN_ISOTP_CHK_PAD_LEN``: check for correct padding length on the received
> +    frames.
> +  - ``CAN_ISOTP_CHK_PAD_DATA``: check padding bytes on the received frames
> +    against ``rxpad_content``; if ``CAN_ISOTP_RX_PADDING`` is not specified,
> +    this flag is ignored.
> +  - ``CAN_ISOTP_HALF_DUPLEX``: force ISO-TP socket in half duples mode
> +    (that is, transport mechanism can only be incoming or outgoing at the same
> +    time, not both).
> +  - ``CAN_ISOTP_FORCE_TXSTMIN``: ignore stmin from received FC; normally
> +    used as a testing feature.
> +  - ``CAN_ISOTP_FORCE_RXSTMIN``: ignore CFs depending on rx stmin; normally
> +    used as a testing feature.
> +  - ``CAN_ISOTP_RX_EXT_ADDR``: use ``rx_ext_address`` instead of ``ext_address``
> +    as extended addressing byte on the reception path.
> +  - ``CAN_ISOTP_WAIT_TX_DONE``: wait until the frame is sent before returning
> +    from ``write(2)`` and ``send(2)`` calls (i.e., blocking write operations).
> +  - ``CAN_ISOTP_SF_BROADCAST``: use 1-to-N functional addressing (cannot be
> +    specified alongside ``CAN_ISOTP_CF_BROADCAST``).
> +  - ``CAN_ISOTP_CF_BROADCAST``: use 1-to-N transmission without flow control
> +    (cannot be specified alongside ``CAN_ISOTP_SF_BROADCAST``).
> +    NOTE: this is not covered by the ISO15765-2:2016 standard.
> +  - ``CAN_ISOTP_DYN_FC_PARMS``: enable dynamic update of flow control
> +    parameters.
> +
> +* ``frame_txtime``: frame transmission time (defined as N_As/N_Ar inside the
> +  ISO standard); if ``0``, the default (or the last set value) is used.
> +  To set the transmission time to ``0``, the ``CAN_ISOTP_FRAME_TXTIME_ZERO``
> +  macro (equal to 0xFFFFFFFF) shall be used.
> +
> +* ``ext_address``: extended addressing byte, used if the
> +  ``CAN_ISOTP_EXTEND_ADDR`` flag is specified.
> +
> +* ``txpad_content``: byte used as padding value for transmitted frames
> +
> +* ``rxpad_content``: byte used as padding value for received frames
> +
> +* ``rx_ext_address``: extended addressing byte for the reception path, used if
> +  the ``CAN_ISOTP_RX_EXT_ADDR`` flag is specified.
> +
> +Flow Control options
> +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> +
> +Flow Control (FC) options can be passed using the ``CAN_ISOTP_RECV_FC`` optname
> +to provide the communication parameters for receiving ISO-TP PDUs.
> +
> +.. code-block:: C
> +
> +    struct can_isotp_fc_options fc_opts;
> +    ret = setsockopt(s, SOL_CAN_ISOTP, CAN_ISOTP_RECV_FC, &fc_opts, sizeof(fc_opts));
> +
> +where the ``can_isotp_fc_options`` structure has the following contents:
> +
> +.. code-block:: C
> +
> +    struct can_isotp_options {
> +        u8 bs;
> +        u8 stmin;
> +        u8 wftmax;
> +    };
> +
> +* ``bs``: blocksize provided in flow control frames.
> +
> +* ``stmin``: minimum separation time provided in flow control frames; can
> +  have the following values (others are reserved):
> +  - 0x00 - 0x7F : 0 - 127 ms
> +  - 0xF1 - 0xF9 : 100 us - 900 us
> +
> +* ``wftmax``: maximum number of wait frames provided in flow control frames.
> +
> +Link Layer options
> +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> +
> +Link Layer (LL) options can be passed using the ``CAN_ISOTP_LL_OPTS`` optname:
> +
> +.. code-block:: C
> +
> +    struct can_isotp_ll_options ll_opts;
> +    ret = setsockopt(s, SOL_CAN_ISOTP, CAN_ISOTP_LL_OPTS, &ll_opts, sizeof(ll_opts));
> +
> +where the ``can_isotp_ll_options`` structure has the following contents:
> +
> +.. code-block:: C
> +
> +    struct can_isotp_ll_options {
> +        u8 mtu;
> +        u8 tx_dl;
> +        u8 tx_flags;
> +    };
> +
> +* ``mtu``: generated and accepted CAN frame type, can be equal to ``CAN_MTU``
> +  for classical CAN frames or ``CANFD_MTU`` for CAN FD frames.
> +
> +* ``tx_dl``: maximum payload length for transmitted frames, can have one value
> +  among: 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 32, 48, 64. Values above 8 only apply to CAN FD
> +  traffic (i.e.: ``mtu = CANFD_MTU``).
> +
> +* ``tx_flags``: flags set into ``struct canfd_frame.flags`` at frame creation.
> +  Only applies to CAN FD traffic (i.e.: ``mtu = CANFD_MTU``).
> +
> +Transmission stmin
> +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> +
> +The transmission minimum separaton time (stmin) can be forced using the
> +``CAN_ISOTP_TX_STMIN`` optname and providing an stmin value in microseconds as
> +a 32bit unsigned integer; this will overwrite the value sent by the receiver in
> +flow control frames:
> +
> +.. code-block:: C
> +
> +    uint32_t stmin;
> +    ret = setsockopt(s, SOL_CAN_ISOTP, CAN_ISOTP_TX_STMIN, &stmin, sizeof(stmin));
> +
> +Reception stmin
> +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> +
> +The reception minimum separaton time (stmin) can be forced using the
> +``CAN_ISOTP_RX_STMIN`` optname and providing an stmin value in microseconds as
> +a 32bit unsigned integer; received Consecutive Frames (CF) which timestamps
> +differ less than this value will be ignored:
> +
> +.. code-block:: C
> +
> +    uint32_t stmin;
> +    ret = setsockopt(s, SOL_CAN_ISOTP, CAN_ISOTP_RX_STMIN, &stmin, sizeof(stmin));
> +
> +Multi-frame transport support
> +-----------------------------
> +
> +The ISO-TP stack contained inside the Linux kernel supports the multi-frame
> +transport mechanism defined by the standard, with the following constraints:
> +
> +* the maximum size of a PDU is defined by a module parameter, with an hard
> +  limit imposed at build time
> +* when a transmission is in progress, subsequent calls to ``write(2)`` will
> +  block, while calls to ``send(2)`` will either block or fail depending on the
> +  presence of the ``MSG_DONTWAIT`` flag
> +* no support is present for sending "wait frames": whether a PDU can be fully
> +  received or not is decided when the First Frame is received
> +
> +Errors
> +------
> +
> +Following errors are reported to userspace:
> +
> +RX path errors
> +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> +
> +============ ===============================================================
> +-ETIMEDOUT   timeout of data reception
> +-EILSEQ      sequence number mismatch during a multi-frame reception
> +-EBADMSG     data reception with wrong padding
> +============ ===============================================================
> +
> +TX path errors
> +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> +
> +========== =================================================================
> +-ECOMM     flow control reception timeout
> +-EMSGSIZE  flow control reception overflow
> +-EBADMSG   flow control reception with wrong layout/padding
> +========== =================================================================
> +
> +Examples
> +========
> +
> +Basic node example
> +------------------
> +
> +Following example implements a node using "normal" physical addressing, with
> +RX ID equal to 0x18DAF142 and a TX ID equal to 0x18DA42F1. All options are left
> +to their default.
> +
> +.. code-block:: C
> +
> +  int s;
> +  struct sockaddr_can addr;
> +  int ret;
> +
> +  s = socket(PF_CAN, SOCK_DGRAM, CAN_ISOTP);
> +  if (s < 0)
> +      exit(1);
> +
> +  addr.can_family = AF_CAN;
> +  addr.can_ifindex = if_nametoindex("can0");
> +  addr.tp.tx_id = (0x18DA42F1 | CAN_EFF_FLAG);
> +  addr.tp.rx_id = (0x18DAF142 | CAN_EFF_FLAG);
> +
> +  ret = bind(s, (struct sockaddr *)&addr, sizeof(addr));
> +  if (ret < 0)
> +      exit(1);
> +
> +  // Data can now be received using read(s, ...) and sent using write(s, ...)
> +
> +Additional examples
> +-------------------
> +
> +More complete (and complex) examples can be found inside the ``isotp*`` userland
> +tools, distributed as part of the ``can-utils`` utilities at:
> +https://github.com/linux-can/can-utils

Other than the ongoing review comments, the doc LGTM (no htmldocs warnings).
Thanks!

Reviewed-by: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@xxxxxxxxx>

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