[PATCH v2 0/3] ARM: NEON based fast(er) AES in CBC/CTR/XTS modes

[Will Deacon]

Hi Ard,

On Thu, Oct 03, 2013 at 10:59:23PM +0100, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> Note to reviewers:
> Reviewing the file aesbs-core.S may be a bit overwhelming, so if there are any
> questions or concerns, please refer the file bsaes-armv7.pl which can be found
> at the link below. This is the original Perl script that gets called by
> OpenSSL's build system during their build to generate the .S file on the fly.
> [In the case of OpenSSL, this is used in some cases to target different
> assemblers or ABIs]. This arrangement is not suitable (or required) for the
> kernel, so I have taken the generated .S file instead.
> 
>     http://git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git;a=commit;h=6f6a6130
> 
> This series still depends on commit a62b01cd (crypto: create generic version of
> ablk_helper) which I omitted this time but which can be found in the cryptodev
> tree or in linux-next.

Why do you consider it unsuitable to ship the perl script with the kernel?
Perl 5 is already documented as a build dependency in Documentation/Changes
and I'd *much* rather the .S file was generated rather than shipped and
hacked. That amount of opaque assembly code for something like crypto feels really
dangerous from both a review and a maintenance perspective.

Will