Re: [PATCH v2 4/4] nvme: Allow reauth from sysfs

From: Hannes Reinecke

Date: Wed Nov 12 2025 - 02:12:19 EST


On 11/12/25 00:45, alistair23@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
From: Alistair Francis <alistair.francis@xxxxxxx>

Allow userspace to trigger a reauth (REPLACETLSPSK) from sysfs.
This can be done by writing to the sysfs file.

echo 0 > /sys/devices/virtual/nvme-fabrics/ctl/nvme0/tls_configured_key

Signed-off-by: Alistair Francis <alistair.francis@xxxxxxx>
---
v2:
- Trigger on any value written to `tls_configured_key`

drivers/nvme/host/sysfs.c | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/sysfs.c b/drivers/nvme/host/sysfs.c
index 6d10e12136d0..db1c53e00501 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/sysfs.c
@@ -806,7 +806,28 @@ static ssize_t tls_configured_key_show(struct device *dev,
return sysfs_emit(buf, "%08x\n", key_serial(key));
}
-static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(tls_configured_key);
+
+static ssize_t tls_configured_key_store(struct device *dev,
+ struct device_attribute *attr,
+ const char *buf, size_t count)
+{
+ struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
+ int error;
+
+ if (!ctrl->opts || !ctrl->opts->concat)
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
+ error = nvme_auth_negotiate(ctrl, 0);
+ if (error < 0)
+ return error;
+
+ error = nvme_auth_wait(ctrl, 0);
+ if (error < 0)
+ return error;
+
+ return count;
+}
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(tls_configured_key);
static ssize_t tls_keyring_show(struct device *dev,
struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)

Errm. Why 'configured_key'?

The configured_key sysfs attribute is a representation of the --tls-key
attribute when calling 'nvme connect', which in itself should be used
for debugging purposes only. And as such it really cannot be modified.

Please use the 'tls_key' attribute (which holds the negotiated key,
and is available always).

Cheers,

Hannes
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