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| author | Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org> | 2026-01-12 11:20:15 -0800 |
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| committer | Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org> | 2026-01-15 14:09:07 -0800 |
| commit | 24eb22d8161380eba65edc5b499299639cbe8bf9 (patch) | |
| tree | 9b8d27f95019560e2bf80ab8d265c0a4cd747f09 /tools/perf/lib/Documentation/tutorial/git@git.tavy.me:linux.git | |
| parent | 293c7cd5c6c00f3b6fa0072fc4b017a3a13ad1e7 (diff) | |
lib/crypto: x86/aes: Add AES-NI optimization
Optimize the AES library with x86 AES-NI instructions.
The relevant existing assembly functions, aesni_set_key(), aesni_enc(),
and aesni_dec(), are a bit difficult to extract into the library:
- They're coupled to the code for the AES modes.
- They operate on struct crypto_aes_ctx. The AES library now uses
different structs.
- They assume the key is 16-byte aligned. The AES library only
*prefers* 16-byte alignment; it doesn't require it.
Moreover, they're not all that great in the first place:
- They use unrolled loops, which isn't a great choice on x86.
- They use the 'aeskeygenassist' instruction, which is unnecessary, is
slow on Intel CPUs, and forces the loop to be unrolled.
- They have special code for AES-192 key expansion, despite that being
kind of useless. AES-128 and AES-256 are the ones used in practice.
These are small functions anyway.
Therefore, I opted to just write replacements of these functions for the
library. They address all the above issues.
Acked-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260112192035.10427-18-ebiggers@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
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