rte_security_ctx(3)

📦 version 26.03, in nixos 26.05, nixpkgs unstable

💅 rte_security_ctx(3) — the manual page, but make it make sense

okay bestie, so this is a page from the Library Functions Manual and it's literally about rte_security_ctx. yes the whole page is named after the struct. iconic behavior honestly.

✨ NAME ✨

rte_security_ctx — that's it, that's the name, she's a struct and she knows it 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <rte_security_driver.h>

🦋 Data Fields 🦋

  • void * device
  • const struct rte_security_ops * ops
  • uint32_t flags
  • uint16_t sess_cnt
  • uint16_t macsec_sc_cnt
  • uint16_t macsec_sa_cnt

like. six fields. six little guys. each one carrying a whole job on her back 😭

💖 Detailed Description 💖

okay so picture this: it's the security context for crypto/eth devices. that's the whole vibe.

it's also the security instance that every driver registers their security operations on. and the way you actually get your hands on one? the application pulls the security context straight from the crypto/eth device id using these two APIs:

  • rte_cryptodev_get_sec_ctx()
  • rte_eth_dev_get_sec_ctx()

so basically this structure exists to identify the device — crypto or eth, no cap — for which the security operations need to be performed. it's the "which one of y'all am I talking to" energy. main character identification energy, fr fr 👑

the whole thing is defined at line 48 of file rte_security_driver.h. remember that, there might be a quiz.

⭐ Field Documentation ⭐

🫶 void* device

the crypto/ethernet device attached. literally the device she's attached to, like a little security buddy system 💖

defined at line 49 of file rte_security_driver.h.

🎀 const struct rte_security_ops* ops

pointer to the security ops for the device. a pointer! to the ops! for the device! slay ✨

defined at line 51 of file rte_security_driver.h.

🌈 uint32_t flags

flags for the security context. yes, flags. the little toggle-y guys. we love them 🌸

defined at line 53 of file rte_security_driver.h.

🍓 uint16_t sess_cnt

number of sessions attached to this context. it's a count. she's counting her sessions. keeping track. very organized of her tbh 🧚

defined at line 55 of file rte_security_driver.h.

💜 uint16_t macsec_sc_cnt

number of MACsec SC attached to this context. (MACsec SC! not to be confused with literally anything else on this list.) 🔥

defined at line 57 of file rte_security_driver.h.

🦋 uint16_t macsec_sa_cnt

number of MACsec SA attached to this context. yeah it's a different counter than the last one, don't @ me, read the names 🙈

defined at line 59 of file rte_security_driver.h.

ok quick note before you go — every single one of these fields has its own Definition at line NN of file rte_security_driver.h. in the original, and i kept every one of those line numbers because i would never do you dirty like that. 48, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59. memorized. periodt. 💅

👑 Author 👑

generated automatically by Doxygen for DPDK from the source code. not a human, a little robot did this. and honestly? ate. 🤖✨

so yeah, that's the page 💖 big shoutout to DPDK, Version 26.03.0, who brought us this little struct, and to the rte_security_ctx(3) manual page herself — she may be six fields long but she's carrying the whole crypto/eth security situation on her shoulders. iykyk. bye bestie, go read rte_security_driver.h 🫶🎀🌈

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