From: Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@redhat.com>
To: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
Cc: "Kevin Wolf" <kwolf@redhat.com>, "Fam Zheng" <fam@euphon.net>,
"Daniel P. Berrangé" <berrange@redhat.com>,
qemu-block@nongnu.org, qemu-devel@nongnu.org,
"Max Reitz" <mreitz@redhat.com>,
"Stefan Hajnoczi" <stefanha@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 07/13] block: add manage-encryption command (qmp and blockdev)
Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2019 19:42:47 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <a09a2f7188892621cc1f4c20f658a8a44a50bd71.camel@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <877e75cmzn.fsf@dusky.pond.sub.org>
On Thu, 2019-08-22 at 16:07 +0200, Markus Armbruster wrote:
> Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@redhat.com> writes:
>
> > On Wed, 2019-08-21 at 13:47 +0200, Markus Armbruster wrote:
> > > Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@redhat.com> writes:
> > >
> > > > This adds:
> > > >
> > > > * x-blockdev-update-encryption and x-blockdev-erase-encryption qmp commands
> > > > Both commands take the QCryptoKeyManageOptions
> > > > the x-blockdev-update-encryption is meant for non destructive addition
> > > > of key slots / whatever the encryption driver supports in the future
> > > >
> > > > x-blockdev-erase-encryption is meant for destructive encryption key erase,
> > > > in some cases even without way to recover the data.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > * bdrv_setup_encryption callback in the block driver
> > > > This callback does both the above functions with 'action' parameter
> > > >
> > > > * QCryptoKeyManageOptions with set of options that drivers can use for encryption managment
> > > > Currently it has all the options that LUKS needs, and later it can be extended
> > > > (via union) to support more encryption drivers if needed
> > > >
> > > > * blk_setup_encryption / bdrv_setup_encryption - the usual block layer wrappers.
> > > > Note that bdrv_setup_encryption takes BlockDriverState and not BdrvChild,
> > > > for the ease of use from the qmp code. It is not expected that this function
> > > > will be used by anything but qmp and qemu-img code
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@redhat.com>
> > >
> > > [...]
> > > > diff --git a/qapi/block-core.json b/qapi/block-core.json
> > > > index 0d43d4f37c..53ed411eed 100644
> > > > --- a/qapi/block-core.json
> > > > +++ b/qapi/block-core.json
> > > > @@ -5327,3 +5327,39 @@
> > > > 'data' : { 'node-name': 'str',
> > > > 'iothread': 'StrOrNull',
> > > > '*force': 'bool' } }
> > > > +
> > > > +
> > > > +##
> > > > +# @x-blockdev-update-encryption:
> > > > +#
> > > > +# Update the encryption keys for an encrypted block device
> > > > +#
> > > > +# @node-name: Name of the blockdev to operate on
> > > > +# @force: Disable safety checks (use with care)
> > >
> > > What checks excactly are disabled?
> >
> > Ability to overwrite an used slot with a different password.
> > If overwrite fails, the image won't be recoverable.
> >
> > The safe way is to add a new slot, then erase the old
> > one, but this changes the slot where the password
> > is stored, unless this procedure is used twice
>
> Would this be a useful addition to the doc comment?
>
> > > > +# @options: Driver specific options
> > > > +#
> > > > +
> > > > +# Since: 4.2
> > > > +##
> > > > +{ 'command': 'x-blockdev-update-encryption',
> > > > + 'data': { 'node-name' : 'str',
> > > > + '*force' : 'bool',
> > > > + 'options': 'QCryptoEncryptionSetupOptions' } }
> > > > +
> > > > +##
> > > > +# @x-blockdev-erase-encryption:
> > > > +#
> > > > +# Erase the encryption keys for an encrypted block device
> > > > +#
> > > > +# @node-name: Name of the blockdev to operate on
> > > > +# @force: Disable safety checks (use with care)
> > >
> > > Likewise.
> >
> > 1. Erase a slot which is already marked as
> > erased. Mostly harmless but pointless as well.
> >
> > 2. Erase last keyslot. This irreversibly destroys
> > any ability to read the data from the device,
> > unless a backup of the header and the key material is
> > done prior. Still can be useful when it is desired to
> > erase the data fast.
>
> Would this be a useful addition to the doc comment?
Yea, but since I'll will switch to the amend interface,
I'll leave it like that for now.
[...]
Best regards,
Maxim Levitsky
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-08-25 16:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 87+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-08-14 20:22 [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 00/13] RFC: luks/encrypted qcow2 key management Maxim Levitsky
2019-08-14 20:22 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 01/13] block-crypto: misc refactoring Maxim Levitsky
2019-08-20 16:38 ` Max Reitz
2019-08-22 0:05 ` Maxim Levitsky
2019-08-22 14:34 ` Max Reitz
2019-08-22 15:04 ` Maxim Levitsky
2019-08-21 15:39 ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2019-08-22 0:08 ` Maxim Levitsky
2019-08-14 20:22 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 02/13] qcrypto-luks: " Maxim Levitsky
2019-08-15 21:40 ` [Qemu-devel] [Qemu-block] " John Snow
2019-08-19 14:21 ` Maxim Levitsky
2019-08-22 10:29 ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2019-08-22 11:04 ` Maxim Levitsky
2019-08-22 11:10 ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2019-08-22 11:13 ` Maxim Levitsky
2019-08-20 17:36 ` [Qemu-devel] " Max Reitz
2019-08-21 23:59 ` Maxim Levitsky
2019-08-22 14:32 ` Max Reitz
2019-08-25 10:46 ` Maxim Levitsky
2019-08-14 20:22 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 03/13] qcrypto-luks: refactoring: extract load/store/check/parse header functions Maxim Levitsky
2019-08-20 18:01 ` Max Reitz
2019-08-21 22:43 ` Maxim Levitsky
2019-08-22 10:32 ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2019-08-22 10:57 ` Maxim Levitsky
2019-08-22 10:34 ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2019-08-25 14:11 ` Maxim Levitsky
2019-08-22 10:38 ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2019-08-25 14:09 ` Maxim Levitsky
2019-08-14 20:22 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 04/13] qcrypto-luks: refactoring: simplify the math used for keyslot locations Maxim Levitsky
2019-08-22 10:47 ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2019-08-25 14:30 ` Maxim Levitsky
2019-08-14 20:22 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 05/13] qcrypto-luks: clear the masterkey and password before freeing them always Maxim Levitsky
2019-08-20 18:12 ` Max Reitz
2019-08-21 22:40 ` Maxim Levitsky
2019-08-22 10:49 ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2019-08-22 10:56 ` Maxim Levitsky
2019-08-25 15:31 ` Maxim Levitsky
2019-08-25 17:15 ` Maxim Levitsky
2019-08-27 8:55 ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2019-08-21 23:01 ` [Qemu-devel] [Qemu-block] " Nir Soffer
2019-08-21 23:11 ` Maxim Levitsky
2019-08-14 20:22 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 06/13] qcrypto-luks: implement more rigorous header checking Maxim Levitsky
2019-08-22 11:04 ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2019-08-25 15:40 ` Maxim Levitsky
2019-08-25 16:08 ` Maxim Levitsky
2019-08-26 13:31 ` Eric Blake
2019-08-26 13:39 ` Maxim Levitsky
2019-08-27 8:56 ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2019-08-14 20:22 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 07/13] block: add manage-encryption command (qmp and blockdev) Maxim Levitsky
2019-08-20 18:27 ` Max Reitz
2019-08-21 22:32 ` Maxim Levitsky
2019-08-22 11:14 ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2019-08-21 11:47 ` Markus Armbruster
2019-08-21 22:24 ` Maxim Levitsky
2019-08-22 14:07 ` Markus Armbruster
2019-08-25 16:42 ` Maxim Levitsky [this message]
2019-08-14 20:22 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 08/13] qcrypto: add the plumbing for encryption management Maxim Levitsky
2019-08-22 11:16 ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2019-08-22 11:47 ` Maxim Levitsky
2019-08-22 11:49 ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2019-08-14 20:22 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 09/13] qcrypto-luks: implement the encryption key management Maxim Levitsky
2019-08-22 11:27 ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2019-08-25 17:01 ` Maxim Levitsky
2019-08-14 20:22 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 10/13] block/crypto: " Maxim Levitsky
2019-08-22 11:29 ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2019-08-22 11:36 ` Maxim Levitsky
2019-08-14 20:22 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 11/13] block/qcow2: implement the encryption key managment Maxim Levitsky
2019-08-14 20:22 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 12/13] qemu-img: implement key management Maxim Levitsky
2019-08-20 18:29 ` Max Reitz
2019-08-21 22:33 ` Maxim Levitsky
2019-08-22 11:32 ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2019-08-22 14:42 ` Max Reitz
2019-08-25 17:04 ` Maxim Levitsky
2019-08-14 20:22 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 13/13] iotests : add tests for encryption " Maxim Levitsky
2019-08-14 21:08 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 00/13] RFC: luks/encrypted qcow2 " Eric Blake
2019-08-15 8:49 ` Maxim Levitsky
2019-08-15 9:10 ` Kevin Wolf
2019-08-15 14:18 ` Markus Armbruster
2019-08-15 14:44 ` Maxim Levitsky
2019-08-15 15:00 ` Eric Blake
2019-08-19 12:35 ` Maxim Levitsky
2019-08-21 11:31 ` Markus Armbruster
2019-08-21 13:22 ` Maxim Levitsky
2019-08-20 17:59 ` Max Reitz
2019-08-21 22:00 ` Maxim Levitsky
2019-08-22 11:35 ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2019-08-25 17:10 ` Maxim Levitsky
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