[v2,11/22] doc: add PDCP library guide

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Anoob Joseph April 14, 2023, 5:45 p.m. UTC
  Add guide for PDCP library.

Signed-off-by: Anoob Joseph <anoobj@marvell.com>
Signed-off-by: Kiran Kumar K <kirankumark@marvell.com>
Signed-off-by: Volodymyr Fialko <vfialko@marvell.com>
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 .../img/pdcp_functional_overview.svg          |   1 +
 doc/guides/prog_guide/index.rst               |   1 +
 doc/guides/prog_guide/pdcp_lib.rst            | 246 ++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 248 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 doc/guides/prog_guide/img/pdcp_functional_overview.svg
 create mode 100644 doc/guides/prog_guide/pdcp_lib.rst
  

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Akhil Goyal May 18, 2023, 8:26 a.m. UTC | #1
> diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/pdcp_lib.rst
> b/doc/guides/prog_guide/pdcp_lib.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000..abd874f2cc
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/pdcp_lib.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,246 @@
> +..  SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
> +    Copyright(C) 2023 Marvell.
> +
> +PDCP Protocol Processing Library
> +================================
> +
> +DPDK provides a library for PDCP protocol processing. The library utilizes
> +other DPDK libraries such as cryptodev, reorder, etc., to provide the
> +application with a transparent and high performant PDCP protocol processing
> +library.
> +
> +The library abstracts complete PDCP protocol processing conforming to
> +``ETSI TS 138 323 V17.1.0 (2022-08)``.
> +https://www.etsi.org/deliver/etsi_ts/138300_138399/138323/17.01.00_60/ts_
> 138323v170100p.pdf
> +
> +PDCP would involve the following operations,
> +
> +1. Transfer of user plane data
> +2. Transfer of control plane data
> +3. Header compression
> +4. Uplink data compression
> +5. Ciphering and integrity protection
> +
> +.. _figure_pdcp_functional_overview:
> +
> +.. figure:: img/pdcp_functional_overview.*
> +
> +   PDCP functional overview new
> +
> +PDCP library would abstract the protocol offload features of the cryptodev and
> +would provide a uniform interface and consistent API usage to work with
> +cryptodev irrespective of the protocol offload features supported.
> +
> +PDCP entity API
> +---------------
> +
> +PDCP library provides following control path APIs that is used to
> +configure various PDCP entities,
> +
> +1. ``rte_pdcp_entity_establish()``
> +2. ``rte_pdcp_entity_suspend()``
> +3. ``rte_pdcp_entity_release()``
> +
> +A PDCP entity would translate to one ``rte_cryptodev_sym_session`` or
> +``rte_security_session`` based on the config. The sessions would be created/
> +destroyed while corresponding PDCP entity operations are performed.

Please explain the difference between suspend and release here.

> +
> +PDCP PDU (Protocol Data Unit)
> +-----------------------------
> +
> +PDCP PDUs can be categorized as,
> +
> +1. Control PDU
> +2. Data PDU
> +
> +Control PDUs are used for signalling between entities on either end and can be
> +one of the following,
> +
> +1. PDCP status report
> +2. ROHC feedback
> +3. EHC feedback
> +
> +Control PDUs are not ciphered or authenticated, and so such packets are not
> +submitted to cryptodev for processing.
> +
> +Data PDUs are regular packets submitted by upper layers for transmission to
> +other end. Such packets would need to be ciphered and authenticated based on
> +the entity configuration.
> +
Please move the PDCP PDU section above PDCP entity API section.
So that all APIs are together.


> +PDCP packet processing API for data PDU
> +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> +
> +PDCP processing is split into 2 parts. One before cryptodev processing
> +(``rte_pdcp_pkt_pre_process()``) and one after cryptodev processing
> +(``rte_pdcp_pkt_post_process()``). Since cryptodev dequeue can return crypto
> +operations belonging to multiple entities, ``rte_pdcp_pkt_crypto_group()``
> +is added to help grouping crypto operations belonging to same PDCP entity.
> +
> +Lib PDCP would allow application to use same API sequence while leveraging
> +protocol offload features enabled by ``rte_security`` library. Lib PDCP would
> +internally change the handles registered for ``pre_process`` and
> +``post_process`` based on features enabled in the entity.
> +
> +Lib PDCP would create the required sessions on the device provided in entity to
> +minimize the application requirements. Also, the crypto_op allocation and free
> +would also be done internally by lib PDCP to allow the library to create
> +crypto ops as required for the input packets. For example, when control PDUs
> are
> +received, no cryptodev enqueue-dequeue is expected for the same and lib
> PDCP
> +is expected to handle it differently.
> +
> +Sample API usage
> +----------------
> +
> +The ``rte_pdcp_entity_conf`` structure is used to pass the configuration
> +parameters for entity creation.
> +
> +.. literalinclude:: ../../../lib/pdcp/rte_pdcp.h
> +   :language: c
> +   :start-after: Structure rte_pdcp_entity_conf 8<
> +   :end-before: >8 End of structure rte_pdcp_entity_conf.
> +
> +.. code-block:: c
> +
> +	struct rte_mbuf **out_mb, *pkts[MAX_BURST_SIZE];
> +	struct rte_crypto_op *cop[MAX_BURST_SIZE];
> +	struct rte_pdcp_group grp[MAX_BURST_SIZE];
> +	struct rte_pdcp_entity *pdcp_entity;
> +	int nb_max_out_mb, ret, nb_grp;
> +	uint16_t nb_ops;
> +
> +	/* Create PDCP entity */
> +	pdcp_entity = rte_pdcp_entity_establish(&conf);
> +
> +	/**
> +	 * Allocate buffer for holding mbufs returned during PDCP suspend,
> +	 * release & post-process APIs.
> +	 */
> +
> +	/* Max packets that can be cached in entity + burst size */
> +	nb_max_out_mb = pdcp_entity->max_pkt_cache + MAX_BURST_SIZE;
> +	out_mb = rte_malloc(NULL, nb_max_out_mb * sizeof(uintptr_t), 0);
> +	if (out_mb == NULL) {
> +		/* Handle error */
> +	}
> +
> +	while (1) {
> +		/* Receive packet and form mbuf */
> +
> +		/**
> +		 * Prepare packets for crypto operation. Following operations
> +		 * would be done,
> +		 *
> +		 * Transmitting entity/UL (only data PDUs):
> +		 *  - Perform compression
> +		 *  - Assign sequence number
> +		 *  - Add PDCP header
> +		 *  - Create & prepare crypto_op
> +		 *  - Prepare IV for crypto operation (auth_gen, encrypt)
> +		 *  - Save original PDCP SDU (during PDCP re-establishment,
> +		 *    unconfirmed PDCP SDUs need to crypto processed again
> and
> +		 *    transmitted/re-transmitted)
> +		 *
> +		 *  Receiving entity/DL:
> +		 *  - Any control PDUs received would be processed and
> +		 *    appropriate actions taken. If data PDU, continue.
> +		 *  - Determine sequence number (based on HFN & per packet
> SN)
> +		 *  - Prepare crypto_op
> +		 *  - Prepare IV for crypto operation (decrypt, auth_verify)
> +		 */
> +		nb_success = rte_pdcp_pkt_pre_process(pdcp_entity, pkts, cop,
> +						      nb_rx, &nb_err);
> +		if (nb_err != 0) {
> +			/* Handle error packets */
> +		}
> +
> +		if ((rte_cryptodev_enqueue_burst(dev_id, qp_id, cop,
> nb_success)
> +				!= nb_success) {
> +			/* Retry for enqueue failure packets */
> +		}
> +
> +		...
> +
> +		nb_ops = rte_cryptodev_dequeue_burst(dev_id, qp_id, cop,
> +						  MAX_BURST_SIZE);
> +		if (nb_ops == 0)
> +			continue;
> +
> +		/**
> +		 * Received a burst of completed crypto ops from cryptodev. It
> +		 * may belong to various entities. Group similar ones together
> +		 * for entity specific post-processing.
> +		 */
> +
> +		/**
> +		 * Groups similar entities together. Frees crypto op and based
> +		 * on crypto_op status, set mbuf->ol_flags which would be
> +		 * checked in rte_pdcp_pkt_post_process().
> +		 */
> +		nb_grp = rte_pdcp_pkt_crypto_group(cop, pkts, grp, ret);
> +
> +		for (i = 0; i != nb_grp; i++) {
> +
> +			/**
> +			 * Post process packets after crypto completion.
> +			 * Following operations would be done,
> +			 *
> +			 *  Transmitting entity/UL:
> +			 *  - Check crypto result
> +			 *
> +			 *  Receiving entity/DL:
> +			 *  - Check crypto operation status
> +			 *  - Check for duplication (if yes, drop duplicate)
> +			 *  - Perform decompression
> +			 *  - Trim PDCP header
> +			 *  - Hold packet (SDU) for in-order delivery (return
> +			 *    completed packets as and when sequence is
> +			 *    completed)
> +			 *  - If not in sequence, cache the packet and start
> +			 *    t-Reordering timer. When timer expires, the
> +			 *    packets need to delivered to upper layers (not
> +			 *    treated as error packets).
> +			 */
> +			nb_success = rte_pdcp_pkt_post_process(grp[i].id.ptr,
> +							       grp[i].m, out_mb,
> +							       grp[i].cnt,
> +							       &nb_err);
> +			if (nb_err != 0) {
> +				/* Handle error packets */
> +			}
> +
> +			/* Perform additional operations */
> +
> +			/**
> +			 * Transmitting entity/UL
> +			 * - If duplication is enabled, duplicate PDCP PDUs
> +			 * - When lower layers confirm reception of a PDCP
> PDU,
> +			 *   it should be communicated to PDCP layer so that
> +			 *   PDCP can drop the corresponding SDU
> +			 */
> +		}
> +	}
> +
> +
> +Supported features
> +------------------
> +
> +- 12 bit & 18 bit sequence numbers
> +- Uplink & downlink traffic
> +- HFN increment
> +- IV generation as required per algorithm
> +
> +Supported ciphering algorithms
> +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> +
> +- NULL
> +- AES-CTR
> +- SNOW3G-CIPHER
> +- ZUC-CIPHER
> +
> +Supported integrity protection algorithms
> +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> +
> +- NULL
> +- AES-CMAC
> +- SNOW3G-AUTH
> +- ZUC-AUTH
> --
Move Supported features and algos after PDCP PDU explanation.
Sample sequence should be in the end.
  
Anoob Joseph May 22, 2023, 10:22 a.m. UTC | #2
Hi Akhil,

Please see inline.

Thanks,
Anoob

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Akhil Goyal <gakhil@marvell.com>
> Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2023 1:56 PM
> To: Anoob Joseph <anoobj@marvell.com>; Thomas Monjalon
> <thomas@monjalon.net>; Jerin Jacob Kollanukkaran <jerinj@marvell.com>;
> Konstantin Ananyev <konstantin.v.ananyev@yandex.ru>; Bernard
> Iremonger <bernard.iremonger@intel.com>
> Cc: Hemant Agrawal <hemant.agrawal@nxp.com>; Mattias Rönnblom
> <mattias.ronnblom@ericsson.com>; Kiran Kumar Kokkilagadda
> <kirankumark@marvell.com>; Volodymyr Fialko <vfialko@marvell.com>;
> dev@dpdk.org; Olivier Matz <olivier.matz@6wind.com>
> Subject: RE: [PATCH v2 11/22] doc: add PDCP library guide
> 
> > diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/pdcp_lib.rst
> > b/doc/guides/prog_guide/pdcp_lib.rst
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 0000000000..abd874f2cc
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/pdcp_lib.rst
> > @@ -0,0 +1,246 @@
> > +..  SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
> > +    Copyright(C) 2023 Marvell.
> > +
> > +PDCP Protocol Processing Library
> > +================================
> > +
> > +DPDK provides a library for PDCP protocol processing. The library
> > +utilizes other DPDK libraries such as cryptodev, reorder, etc., to
> > +provide the application with a transparent and high performant PDCP
> > +protocol processing library.
> > +
> > +The library abstracts complete PDCP protocol processing conforming to
> > +``ETSI TS 138 323 V17.1.0 (2022-08)``.
> > +https://www.etsi.org/deliver/etsi_ts/138300_138399/138323/17.01.00_60
> > +/ts_
> > 138323v170100p.pdf
> > +
> > +PDCP would involve the following operations,
> > +
> > +1. Transfer of user plane data
> > +2. Transfer of control plane data
> > +3. Header compression
> > +4. Uplink data compression
> > +5. Ciphering and integrity protection
> > +
> > +.. _figure_pdcp_functional_overview:
> > +
> > +.. figure:: img/pdcp_functional_overview.*
> > +
> > +   PDCP functional overview new
> > +
> > +PDCP library would abstract the protocol offload features of the
> > +cryptodev and would provide a uniform interface and consistent API
> > +usage to work with cryptodev irrespective of the protocol offload
> features supported.
> > +
> > +PDCP entity API
> > +---------------
> > +
> > +PDCP library provides following control path APIs that is used to
> > +configure various PDCP entities,
> > +
> > +1. ``rte_pdcp_entity_establish()``
> > +2. ``rte_pdcp_entity_suspend()``
> > +3. ``rte_pdcp_entity_release()``
> > +
> > +A PDCP entity would translate to one ``rte_cryptodev_sym_session`` or
> > +``rte_security_session`` based on the config. The sessions would be
> > +created/ destroyed while corresponding PDCP entity operations are
> performed.
> 
> Please explain the difference between suspend and release here.

[Anoob] Sure. Will do in next version.

> 
> > +
> > +PDCP PDU (Protocol Data Unit)
> > +-----------------------------
> > +
> > +PDCP PDUs can be categorized as,
> > +
> > +1. Control PDU
> > +2. Data PDU
> > +
> > +Control PDUs are used for signalling between entities on either end
> > +and can be one of the following,
> > +
> > +1. PDCP status report
> > +2. ROHC feedback
> > +3. EHC feedback
> > +
> > +Control PDUs are not ciphered or authenticated, and so such packets
> > +are not submitted to cryptodev for processing.
> > +
> > +Data PDUs are regular packets submitted by upper layers for
> > +transmission to other end. Such packets would need to be ciphered and
> > +authenticated based on the entity configuration.
> > +
> Please move the PDCP PDU section above PDCP entity API section.
> So that all APIs are together.

[Anoob] PDCP PDU section is also talking about APIs. I'll rename above title from 'PDCP PDU(Protocol Data Unit)' to 'PDCP PDU(Protocol Data Unit) API' to make it more uniform.

> 
> 
> > +PDCP packet processing API for data PDU
> > +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > +
> > +PDCP processing is split into 2 parts. One before cryptodev
> > +processing
> > +(``rte_pdcp_pkt_pre_process()``) and one after cryptodev processing
> > +(``rte_pdcp_pkt_post_process()``). Since cryptodev dequeue can return
> > +crypto operations belonging to multiple entities,
> > +``rte_pdcp_pkt_crypto_group()`` is added to help grouping crypto
> operations belonging to same PDCP entity.
> > +
> > +Lib PDCP would allow application to use same API sequence while
> > +leveraging protocol offload features enabled by ``rte_security``
> > +library. Lib PDCP would internally change the handles registered for
> > +``pre_process`` and ``post_process`` based on features enabled in the
> entity.
> > +
> > +Lib PDCP would create the required sessions on the device provided in
> > +entity to minimize the application requirements. Also, the crypto_op
> > +allocation and free would also be done internally by lib PDCP to
> > +allow the library to create crypto ops as required for the input
> > +packets. For example, when control PDUs
> > are
> > +received, no cryptodev enqueue-dequeue is expected for the same and
> > +lib
> > PDCP
> > +is expected to handle it differently.
> > +
> > +Sample API usage
> > +----------------
> > +
> > +The ``rte_pdcp_entity_conf`` structure is used to pass the
> > +configuration parameters for entity creation.
> > +
> > +.. literalinclude:: ../../../lib/pdcp/rte_pdcp.h
> > +   :language: c
> > +   :start-after: Structure rte_pdcp_entity_conf 8<
> > +   :end-before: >8 End of structure rte_pdcp_entity_conf.
> > +
> > +.. code-block:: c
> > +
> > +	struct rte_mbuf **out_mb, *pkts[MAX_BURST_SIZE];
> > +	struct rte_crypto_op *cop[MAX_BURST_SIZE];
> > +	struct rte_pdcp_group grp[MAX_BURST_SIZE];
> > +	struct rte_pdcp_entity *pdcp_entity;
> > +	int nb_max_out_mb, ret, nb_grp;
> > +	uint16_t nb_ops;
> > +
> > +	/* Create PDCP entity */
> > +	pdcp_entity = rte_pdcp_entity_establish(&conf);
> > +
> > +	/**
> > +	 * Allocate buffer for holding mbufs returned during PDCP suspend,
> > +	 * release & post-process APIs.
> > +	 */
> > +
> > +	/* Max packets that can be cached in entity + burst size */
> > +	nb_max_out_mb = pdcp_entity->max_pkt_cache +
> MAX_BURST_SIZE;
> > +	out_mb = rte_malloc(NULL, nb_max_out_mb * sizeof(uintptr_t), 0);
> > +	if (out_mb == NULL) {
> > +		/* Handle error */
> > +	}
> > +
> > +	while (1) {
> > +		/* Receive packet and form mbuf */
> > +
> > +		/**
> > +		 * Prepare packets for crypto operation. Following operations
> > +		 * would be done,
> > +		 *
> > +		 * Transmitting entity/UL (only data PDUs):
> > +		 *  - Perform compression
> > +		 *  - Assign sequence number
> > +		 *  - Add PDCP header
> > +		 *  - Create & prepare crypto_op
> > +		 *  - Prepare IV for crypto operation (auth_gen, encrypt)
> > +		 *  - Save original PDCP SDU (during PDCP re-establishment,
> > +		 *    unconfirmed PDCP SDUs need to crypto processed again
> > and
> > +		 *    transmitted/re-transmitted)
> > +		 *
> > +		 *  Receiving entity/DL:
> > +		 *  - Any control PDUs received would be processed and
> > +		 *    appropriate actions taken. If data PDU, continue.
> > +		 *  - Determine sequence number (based on HFN & per
> packet
> > SN)
> > +		 *  - Prepare crypto_op
> > +		 *  - Prepare IV for crypto operation (decrypt, auth_verify)
> > +		 */
> > +		nb_success = rte_pdcp_pkt_pre_process(pdcp_entity, pkts,
> cop,
> > +						      nb_rx, &nb_err);
> > +		if (nb_err != 0) {
> > +			/* Handle error packets */
> > +		}
> > +
> > +		if ((rte_cryptodev_enqueue_burst(dev_id, qp_id, cop,
> > nb_success)
> > +				!= nb_success) {
> > +			/* Retry for enqueue failure packets */
> > +		}
> > +
> > +		...
> > +
> > +		nb_ops = rte_cryptodev_dequeue_burst(dev_id, qp_id, cop,
> > +						  MAX_BURST_SIZE);
> > +		if (nb_ops == 0)
> > +			continue;
> > +
> > +		/**
> > +		 * Received a burst of completed crypto ops from cryptodev.
> It
> > +		 * may belong to various entities. Group similar ones
> together
> > +		 * for entity specific post-processing.
> > +		 */
> > +
> > +		/**
> > +		 * Groups similar entities together. Frees crypto op and
> based
> > +		 * on crypto_op status, set mbuf->ol_flags which would be
> > +		 * checked in rte_pdcp_pkt_post_process().
> > +		 */
> > +		nb_grp = rte_pdcp_pkt_crypto_group(cop, pkts, grp, ret);
> > +
> > +		for (i = 0; i != nb_grp; i++) {
> > +
> > +			/**
> > +			 * Post process packets after crypto completion.
> > +			 * Following operations would be done,
> > +			 *
> > +			 *  Transmitting entity/UL:
> > +			 *  - Check crypto result
> > +			 *
> > +			 *  Receiving entity/DL:
> > +			 *  - Check crypto operation status
> > +			 *  - Check for duplication (if yes, drop duplicate)
> > +			 *  - Perform decompression
> > +			 *  - Trim PDCP header
> > +			 *  - Hold packet (SDU) for in-order delivery (return
> > +			 *    completed packets as and when sequence is
> > +			 *    completed)
> > +			 *  - If not in sequence, cache the packet and start
> > +			 *    t-Reordering timer. When timer expires, the
> > +			 *    packets need to delivered to upper layers (not
> > +			 *    treated as error packets).
> > +			 */
> > +			nb_success =
> rte_pdcp_pkt_post_process(grp[i].id.ptr,
> > +							       grp[i].m, out_mb,
> > +							       grp[i].cnt,
> > +							       &nb_err);
> > +			if (nb_err != 0) {
> > +				/* Handle error packets */
> > +			}
> > +
> > +			/* Perform additional operations */
> > +
> > +			/**
> > +			 * Transmitting entity/UL
> > +			 * - If duplication is enabled, duplicate PDCP PDUs
> > +			 * - When lower layers confirm reception of a PDCP
> > PDU,
> > +			 *   it should be communicated to PDCP layer so that
> > +			 *   PDCP can drop the corresponding SDU
> > +			 */
> > +		}
> > +	}
> > +
> > +
> > +Supported features
> > +------------------
> > +
> > +- 12 bit & 18 bit sequence numbers
> > +- Uplink & downlink traffic
> > +- HFN increment
> > +- IV generation as required per algorithm
> > +
> > +Supported ciphering algorithms
> > +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > +
> > +- NULL
> > +- AES-CTR
> > +- SNOW3G-CIPHER
> > +- ZUC-CIPHER
> > +
> > +Supported integrity protection algorithms
> > +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > +
> > +- NULL
> > +- AES-CMAC
> > +- SNOW3G-AUTH
> > +- ZUC-AUTH
> > --
> Move Supported features and algos after PDCP PDU explanation.
> Sample sequence should be in the end.

[Anoob] Agreed. Will make this change in next version.
  

Patch

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diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/index.rst b/doc/guides/prog_guide/index.rst
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@@ -77,4 +77,5 @@  Programmer's Guide
     lto
     profile_app
     asan
+    pdcp_lib
     glossary
diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/pdcp_lib.rst b/doc/guides/prog_guide/pdcp_lib.rst
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+..  SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+    Copyright(C) 2023 Marvell.
+
+PDCP Protocol Processing Library
+================================
+
+DPDK provides a library for PDCP protocol processing. The library utilizes
+other DPDK libraries such as cryptodev, reorder, etc., to provide the
+application with a transparent and high performant PDCP protocol processing
+library.
+
+The library abstracts complete PDCP protocol processing conforming to
+``ETSI TS 138 323 V17.1.0 (2022-08)``.
+https://www.etsi.org/deliver/etsi_ts/138300_138399/138323/17.01.00_60/ts_138323v170100p.pdf
+
+PDCP would involve the following operations,
+
+1. Transfer of user plane data
+2. Transfer of control plane data
+3. Header compression
+4. Uplink data compression
+5. Ciphering and integrity protection
+
+.. _figure_pdcp_functional_overview:
+
+.. figure:: img/pdcp_functional_overview.*
+
+   PDCP functional overview new
+
+PDCP library would abstract the protocol offload features of the cryptodev and
+would provide a uniform interface and consistent API usage to work with
+cryptodev irrespective of the protocol offload features supported.
+
+PDCP entity API
+---------------
+
+PDCP library provides following control path APIs that is used to
+configure various PDCP entities,
+
+1. ``rte_pdcp_entity_establish()``
+2. ``rte_pdcp_entity_suspend()``
+3. ``rte_pdcp_entity_release()``
+
+A PDCP entity would translate to one ``rte_cryptodev_sym_session`` or
+``rte_security_session`` based on the config. The sessions would be created/
+destroyed while corresponding PDCP entity operations are performed.
+
+PDCP PDU (Protocol Data Unit)
+-----------------------------
+
+PDCP PDUs can be categorized as,
+
+1. Control PDU
+2. Data PDU
+
+Control PDUs are used for signalling between entities on either end and can be
+one of the following,
+
+1. PDCP status report
+2. ROHC feedback
+3. EHC feedback
+
+Control PDUs are not ciphered or authenticated, and so such packets are not
+submitted to cryptodev for processing.
+
+Data PDUs are regular packets submitted by upper layers for transmission to
+other end. Such packets would need to be ciphered and authenticated based on
+the entity configuration.
+
+PDCP packet processing API for data PDU
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+PDCP processing is split into 2 parts. One before cryptodev processing
+(``rte_pdcp_pkt_pre_process()``) and one after cryptodev processing
+(``rte_pdcp_pkt_post_process()``). Since cryptodev dequeue can return crypto
+operations belonging to multiple entities, ``rte_pdcp_pkt_crypto_group()``
+is added to help grouping crypto operations belonging to same PDCP entity.
+
+Lib PDCP would allow application to use same API sequence while leveraging
+protocol offload features enabled by ``rte_security`` library. Lib PDCP would
+internally change the handles registered for ``pre_process`` and
+``post_process`` based on features enabled in the entity.
+
+Lib PDCP would create the required sessions on the device provided in entity to
+minimize the application requirements. Also, the crypto_op allocation and free
+would also be done internally by lib PDCP to allow the library to create
+crypto ops as required for the input packets. For example, when control PDUs are
+received, no cryptodev enqueue-dequeue is expected for the same and lib PDCP
+is expected to handle it differently.
+
+Sample API usage
+----------------
+
+The ``rte_pdcp_entity_conf`` structure is used to pass the configuration
+parameters for entity creation.
+
+.. literalinclude:: ../../../lib/pdcp/rte_pdcp.h
+   :language: c
+   :start-after: Structure rte_pdcp_entity_conf 8<
+   :end-before: >8 End of structure rte_pdcp_entity_conf.
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+	struct rte_mbuf **out_mb, *pkts[MAX_BURST_SIZE];
+	struct rte_crypto_op *cop[MAX_BURST_SIZE];
+	struct rte_pdcp_group grp[MAX_BURST_SIZE];
+	struct rte_pdcp_entity *pdcp_entity;
+	int nb_max_out_mb, ret, nb_grp;
+	uint16_t nb_ops;
+
+	/* Create PDCP entity */
+	pdcp_entity = rte_pdcp_entity_establish(&conf);
+
+	/**
+	 * Allocate buffer for holding mbufs returned during PDCP suspend,
+	 * release & post-process APIs.
+	 */
+
+	/* Max packets that can be cached in entity + burst size */
+	nb_max_out_mb = pdcp_entity->max_pkt_cache + MAX_BURST_SIZE;
+	out_mb = rte_malloc(NULL, nb_max_out_mb * sizeof(uintptr_t), 0);
+	if (out_mb == NULL) {
+		/* Handle error */
+	}
+
+	while (1) {
+		/* Receive packet and form mbuf */
+
+		/**
+		 * Prepare packets for crypto operation. Following operations
+		 * would be done,
+		 *
+		 * Transmitting entity/UL (only data PDUs):
+		 *  - Perform compression
+		 *  - Assign sequence number
+		 *  - Add PDCP header
+		 *  - Create & prepare crypto_op
+		 *  - Prepare IV for crypto operation (auth_gen, encrypt)
+		 *  - Save original PDCP SDU (during PDCP re-establishment,
+		 *    unconfirmed PDCP SDUs need to crypto processed again and
+		 *    transmitted/re-transmitted)
+		 *
+		 *  Receiving entity/DL:
+		 *  - Any control PDUs received would be processed and
+		 *    appropriate actions taken. If data PDU, continue.
+		 *  - Determine sequence number (based on HFN & per packet SN)
+		 *  - Prepare crypto_op
+		 *  - Prepare IV for crypto operation (decrypt, auth_verify)
+		 */
+		nb_success = rte_pdcp_pkt_pre_process(pdcp_entity, pkts, cop,
+						      nb_rx, &nb_err);
+		if (nb_err != 0) {
+			/* Handle error packets */
+		}
+
+		if ((rte_cryptodev_enqueue_burst(dev_id, qp_id, cop, nb_success)
+				!= nb_success) {
+			/* Retry for enqueue failure packets */
+		}
+
+		...
+
+		nb_ops = rte_cryptodev_dequeue_burst(dev_id, qp_id, cop,
+						  MAX_BURST_SIZE);
+		if (nb_ops == 0)
+			continue;
+
+		/**
+		 * Received a burst of completed crypto ops from cryptodev. It
+		 * may belong to various entities. Group similar ones together
+		 * for entity specific post-processing.
+		 */
+
+		/**
+		 * Groups similar entities together. Frees crypto op and based
+		 * on crypto_op status, set mbuf->ol_flags which would be
+		 * checked in rte_pdcp_pkt_post_process().
+		 */
+		nb_grp = rte_pdcp_pkt_crypto_group(cop, pkts, grp, ret);
+
+		for (i = 0; i != nb_grp; i++) {
+
+			/**
+			 * Post process packets after crypto completion.
+			 * Following operations would be done,
+			 *
+			 *  Transmitting entity/UL:
+			 *  - Check crypto result
+			 *
+			 *  Receiving entity/DL:
+			 *  - Check crypto operation status
+			 *  - Check for duplication (if yes, drop duplicate)
+			 *  - Perform decompression
+			 *  - Trim PDCP header
+			 *  - Hold packet (SDU) for in-order delivery (return
+			 *    completed packets as and when sequence is
+			 *    completed)
+			 *  - If not in sequence, cache the packet and start
+			 *    t-Reordering timer. When timer expires, the
+			 *    packets need to delivered to upper layers (not
+			 *    treated as error packets).
+			 */
+			nb_success = rte_pdcp_pkt_post_process(grp[i].id.ptr,
+							       grp[i].m, out_mb,
+							       grp[i].cnt,
+							       &nb_err);
+			if (nb_err != 0) {
+				/* Handle error packets */
+			}
+
+			/* Perform additional operations */
+
+			/**
+			 * Transmitting entity/UL
+			 * - If duplication is enabled, duplicate PDCP PDUs
+			 * - When lower layers confirm reception of a PDCP PDU,
+			 *   it should be communicated to PDCP layer so that
+			 *   PDCP can drop the corresponding SDU
+			 */
+		}
+	}
+
+
+Supported features
+------------------
+
+- 12 bit & 18 bit sequence numbers
+- Uplink & downlink traffic
+- HFN increment
+- IV generation as required per algorithm
+
+Supported ciphering algorithms
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- NULL
+- AES-CTR
+- SNOW3G-CIPHER
+- ZUC-CIPHER
+
+Supported integrity protection algorithms
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- NULL
+- AES-CMAC
+- SNOW3G-AUTH
+- ZUC-AUTH