Re: [PATCH v1 02/11] soc: qcom: add crypto_virt backend for virtio-blk inline crypto

[Krzysztof Kozlowski]

On 27/08/2026 18:07, Linlin Zhang wrote:
> From: linlzhan <linlin.zhang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> In a Qualcomm GVM environment the ICE hardware is controlled by the

What is GVM?

> host, GVM has no direct access to it. So, key operation in GVM is
> done through SCM calls rather than direct register access. In this
> way the access to ICE registers are offloaded to Trust Zone.
> 
> Add QCOM_CRYPTO_VIRT, which implements struct virtblk_crypto_variant_ops
> for the virtio_blk_crypto_ext dispatch layer. It maps keyslot
> program/evict to qcom_scm_ice_set_key() and
> qcom_scm_ice_invalidate_key(), and software-secret derivation to
> qcom_scm_derive_sw_secret().
> 
> Signed-off-by: linlzhan <linlin.zhang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/soc/qcom/Kconfig       | 12 +++++
>  drivers/soc/qcom/Makefile      |  1 +
>  drivers/soc/qcom/crypto_virt.c | 89 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  3 files changed, 102 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 drivers/soc/qcom/crypto_virt.c
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/soc/qcom/Kconfig b/drivers/soc/qcom/Kconfig
> index 2b524154d9fb..6c632d114d45 100644
> --- a/drivers/soc/qcom/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/soc/qcom/Kconfig
> @@ -298,6 +298,18 @@ config QCOM_INLINE_CRYPTO_ENGINE
>  	tristate
>  	select QCOM_SCM
>  
> +config QCOM_CRYPTO_VIRT
> +	tristate "Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. Crypto Virt driver"
> +	depends on VIRTBLK_CRYPTO_VIRTUALIZATION
> +	depends on QCOM_SCM
> +	default VIRTBLK_CRYPTO_VIRTUALIZATION if ARCH_QCOM
> +	help
> +	  GVM-side hardware-wrapped-key SCM operations exposed to
> +	  virtio_blk's inline crypto layer: per-slot key programming and
> +	  eviction, and key derive/generate/prepare/import.
> +	  Say Y here to compile the driver as a part of kernel or M to compile
> +	  as a module.
> +
>  config QCOM_KRYO_L2_ACCESSORS
>  	bool
>  	depends on ARM64
> diff --git a/drivers/soc/qcom/Makefile b/drivers/soc/qcom/Makefile
> index 798643be3590..6d4b7546d1fb 100644
> --- a/drivers/soc/qcom/Makefile
> +++ b/drivers/soc/qcom/Makefile
> @@ -39,5 +39,6 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_QCOM_KRYO_L2_ACCESSORS) +=	kryo-l2-accessors.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_QCOM_ICC_BWMON)	+= icc-bwmon.o
>  qcom_ice-objs			+= ice.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_QCOM_INLINE_CRYPTO_ENGINE)	+= qcom_ice.o
> +obj-$(CONFIG_QCOM_CRYPTO_VIRT)	+= crypto_virt.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_QCOM_PBS) +=	qcom-pbs.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_QCOM_UBWC_CONFIG) += ubwc_config.o
> diff --git a/drivers/soc/qcom/crypto_virt.c b/drivers/soc/qcom/crypto_virt.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..4ee2a36af6c1
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/drivers/soc/qcom/crypto_virt.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
> +
> +#include <linux/module.h>
> +#include <linux/types.h>
> +#include <linux/blk-crypto.h>
> +#include <linux/virtio_blk_crypto_ext.h>
> +#include <linux/firmware/qcom/qcom_scm.h>
> +
> +static int crypto_virt_program_key(const struct blk_crypto_key *key,
> +				   unsigned int slot)
> +{
> +	u32 dus_512_units;
> +	int ret;
> +
> +	if (!key || !key->size) {
> +		pr_err("%s: invalid key\n", __func__);
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +	}
> +
> +	/* Only AES-256-XTS has been tested so far. */
> +	if (key->crypto_cfg.crypto_mode !=
> +	    BLK_ENCRYPTION_MODE_AES_256_XTS) {
> +		pr_err_ratelimited("Unsupported crypto mode: %d\n",
> +				    key->crypto_cfg.crypto_mode);
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +	}
> +
> +	/* qcom_scm_ice_set_key()'s data_unit_size is expressed in 512-byte units */
> +	dus_512_units = key->crypto_cfg.data_unit_size / 512;
> +
> +	ret = qcom_scm_ice_set_key(slot, key->bytes, key->size,
> +		QCOM_SCM_ICE_CIPHER_AES_256_XTS, dus_512_units);
> +	if (ret)
> +		pr_err("%s: slot=%u ret=%d\n", __func__, slot, ret);
> +
> +	return ret;
> +}
> +
> +static int crypto_virt_invalidate_key(unsigned int slot)
> +{
> +	int ret;
> +
> +	ret = qcom_scm_ice_invalidate_key(slot);
> +	if (ret)
> +		pr_err("%s: slot=%u ret=%d\n", __func__, slot, ret);
> +
> +	return ret;
> +}
> +
> +static int crypto_virt_derive_sw_secret_key(const u8 *eph_key, size_t eph_key_size,
> +					    u8 sw_secret[BLK_CRYPTO_SW_SECRET_SIZE])
> +{
> +	int ret;
> +
> +	ret = qcom_scm_derive_sw_secret(eph_key, eph_key_size,
> +					sw_secret, BLK_CRYPTO_SW_SECRET_SIZE);
> +	if (ret == -EIO || ret == -EINVAL)
> +		ret = -EBADMSG; /* probably invalid key */
> +
> +	if (ret)
> +		pr_err("%s: ret=%d\n", __func__, ret);
> +
> +	return ret;
> +}
> +
> +static struct virtblk_crypto_variant_ops virtblk_crypto_qcom_vops = {

Why is a crypto-handling code in drivers/soc/?

> +	.owner = THIS_MODULE,
> +	.program_key = crypto_virt_program_key,
> +	.evict_key = crypto_virt_invalidate_key,
> +	.derive_sw_secret_key = crypto_virt_derive_sw_secret_key,
> +};
> +
> +static int __init crypto_virt_init(void)
> +{
> +	virtblk_set_crypto_ops(&virtblk_crypto_qcom_vops);
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +module_init(crypto_virt_init);
> +
> +#if IS_MODULE(CONFIG_QCOM_CRYPTO_VIRT)
> +static void __exit crypto_virt_exit(void)
> +{
> +	virtblk_set_crypto_ops(NULL);
> +}
> +module_exit(crypto_virt_exit);
> +#endif

How do you instantiate this driver exactly?

Best regards,
Krzysztof