crypto: skcipher - introduce walksize attribute for SIMD algos

In some cases, SIMD algorithms can only perform optimally when
allowed to operate on multiple input blocks in parallel. This is
especially true for bit slicing algorithms, which typically take
the same amount of time processing a single block or 8 blocks in
parallel. However, other SIMD algorithms may benefit as well from
bigger strides.

So add a walksize attribute to the skcipher algorithm definition, and
wire it up to the skcipher walk API. To avoid confusion between the
skcipher and AEAD attributes, rename the skcipher_walk chunksize
attribute to 'stride', and set it from the walksize (in the skcipher
case) or from the chunksize (in the AEAD case).

Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>

1 files changed, 34 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/crypto/skcipher.h b/include/crypto/skcipher.h
index 750b14f1ada4..562001cb412b 100644
--- a/include/crypto/skcipher.h
+++ b/include/crypto/skcipher.h
@@ -115,6 +115,9 @@ struct crypto_skcipher {
  *	    IV of exactly that size to perform the encrypt or decrypt operation.
  * @chunksize: Equal to the block size except for stream ciphers such as
  *	       CTR where it is set to the underlying block size.
+ * @walksize: Equal to the chunk size except in cases where the algorithm is
+ * 	      considerably more efficient if it can operate on multiple chunks
+ * 	      in parallel. Should be a multiple of chunksize.
  * @base: Definition of a generic crypto algorithm.
  *
  * All fields except @ivsize are mandatory and must be filled.
@@ -131,6 +134,7 @@ struct skcipher_alg {
 	unsigned int max_keysize;
 	unsigned int ivsize;
 	unsigned int chunksize;
+	unsigned int walksize;
 
 	struct crypto_alg base;
 };
@@ -289,6 +293,19 @@ static inline unsigned int crypto_skcipher_alg_chunksize(
 	return alg->chunksize;
 }
 
+static inline unsigned int crypto_skcipher_alg_walksize(
+	struct skcipher_alg *alg)
+{
+	if ((alg->base.cra_flags & CRYPTO_ALG_TYPE_MASK) ==
+	    CRYPTO_ALG_TYPE_BLKCIPHER)
+		return alg->base.cra_blocksize;
+
+	if (alg->base.cra_ablkcipher.encrypt)
+		return alg->base.cra_blocksize;
+
+	return alg->walksize;
+}
+
 /**
  * crypto_skcipher_chunksize() - obtain chunk size
  * @tfm: cipher handle
@@ -307,6 +324,23 @@ static inline unsigned int crypto_skcipher_chunksize(
 }
 
 /**
+ * crypto_skcipher_walksize() - obtain walk size
+ * @tfm: cipher handle
+ *
+ * In some cases, algorithms can only perform optimally when operating on
+ * multiple blocks in parallel. This is reflected by the walksize, which
+ * must be a multiple of the chunksize (or equal if the concern does not
+ * apply)
+ *
+ * Return: walk size in bytes
+ */
+static inline unsigned int crypto_skcipher_walksize(
+	struct crypto_skcipher *tfm)
+{
+	return crypto_skcipher_alg_walksize(crypto_skcipher_alg(tfm));
+}
+
+/**
  * crypto_skcipher_blocksize() - obtain block size of cipher
  * @tfm: cipher handle
  *