[PATCH v2 04/20] lib/crypto: x86/aes-ecb: Add AES-NI optimization

Eric Biggers ebiggers at kernel.org
Sun Sep 27 15:42:55 PDT 2026


Optimize the crypto library's AES-ECB support with AES-NI, bringing its
performance on par with the "ecb-aes-aesni" skcipher algorithm it will
supersede.

The new assembly functions are written from scratch to fit well into the
crypto library.  However, they are functionally very similar to the
functions in arch/x86/crypto/aesni-intel_asm.S that they will supersede
and are intended to provide parity with those -- including supporting
32-bit mode, having the inner loops do 4 AES blocks per iteration, etc.

Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers at kernel.org>
---
 crypto/aes.c               |  2 +-
 lib/crypto/x86/aes-aesni.S | 54 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 lib/crypto/x86/aes.h       | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 90 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/crypto/aes.c b/crypto/aes.c
index 5046b887ac9a..b1f71d2b2460 100644
--- a/crypto/aes.c
+++ b/crypto/aes.c
@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ static struct skcipher_alg skcipher_algs[] = {
 	{
 		.base.cra_name = "ecb(aes)",
 		.base.cra_driver_name = "ecb-aes-lib",
-		.base.cra_priority = 110,
+		.base.cra_priority = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_X86) ? 300 : 110,
 		.base.cra_blocksize = AES_BLOCK_SIZE,
 		.base.cra_ctxsize = sizeof(struct aes_key),
 		.base.cra_module = THIS_MODULE,
diff --git a/lib/crypto/x86/aes-aesni.S b/lib/crypto/x86/aes-aesni.S
index a56fcb36da18..52f4ee5c13b9 100644
--- a/lib/crypto/x86/aes-aesni.S
+++ b/lib/crypto/x86/aes-aesni.S
@@ -348,3 +348,57 @@ SYM_FUNC_END(aes_encrypt_aesni)
 SYM_FUNC_START(aes_decrypt_aesni)
 	_aes_crypt_aesni	0
 SYM_FUNC_END(aes_decrypt_aesni)
+
+.macro	_ecb_crypt	enc
+	// Arguments
+	.set	DST,		ARG0
+	.set	SRC,		ARG1
+	.set	NBLOCKS,	ARG2
+	.set	NBLOCKS32,	ARG2_32	// Used for improved code density
+	.set	KEY,		ARG3
+
+	// Other local variables
+	.set	RNDKEY_PTR,	ARG4	// Temporary register for _do_aes
+	.set	NROUNDS,	TMP_32	// Temporary register for _do_aes
+	.set	AESDATA0,	%xmm0
+	.set	AESDATA1,	%xmm1
+	.set	AESDATA2,	%xmm2
+	.set	AESDATA3,	%xmm3
+	.set	RNDKEY,		%xmm4	// Temporary register for _do_aes
+	_prologue	uses_arg3=2, uses_arg4=1
+
+	sub		$4, NBLOCKS
+	jl		.Lecb_loop4_done\@
+.p2align 5
+.Lecb_loop4\@:
+	_do_aes_ecb	\enc, 0,1,2,3
+	add		$64, SRC
+	add		$64, DST
+	sub		$4, NBLOCKS
+	jge		.Lecb_loop4\@
+.Lecb_loop4_done\@:
+	add		$4, NBLOCKS32
+	jz		.Lecb_done\@
+
+.Lecb_loop1\@:
+	_do_aes_ecb	\enc, 0
+	add		$16, SRC
+	add		$16, DST
+	dec		NBLOCKS32
+	jnz		.Lecb_loop1\@
+
+.Lecb_done\@:
+	_epilogue
+.endm
+
+// void aes_ecb_encrypt_aesni(u8 *dst, const u8 *src, long nblocks,
+//			      const struct aes_enckey *key);
+SYM_FUNC_START(aes_ecb_encrypt_aesni)
+	_ecb_crypt	1
+SYM_FUNC_END(aes_ecb_encrypt_aesni)
+
+// void aes_ecb_decrypt_aesni(u8 *dst, const u8 *src, long nblocks,
+//			      const struct aes_key *key);
+SYM_FUNC_START(aes_ecb_decrypt_aesni)
+	_ecb_crypt	0
+SYM_FUNC_END(aes_ecb_decrypt_aesni)
diff --git a/lib/crypto/x86/aes.h b/lib/crypto/x86/aes.h
index 06146fef06be..408625750ae9 100644
--- a/lib/crypto/x86/aes.h
+++ b/lib/crypto/x86/aes.h
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ static __ro_after_init DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(have_aesni);
 /* The assembly code assumes the following offsets. */
 static_assert(offsetof(struct aes_enckey, nrounds) == 4);
 static_assert(offsetof(struct aes_enckey, k.rndkeys) == 16);
+static_assert(offsetof(struct aes_key, nrounds) == 4);
+static_assert(offsetof(struct aes_key, k.rndkeys) == 16);
 static_assert(offsetof(struct aes_key, inv_k.inv_rndkeys) == 256);
 
 void aes128_expandkey_aesni(u32 rndkeys[], u32 *inv_rndkeys,
@@ -81,6 +83,39 @@ static void aes_decrypt_arch(const struct aes_key *key,
 	}
 }
 
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CRYPTO_LIB_AES_ECB)
+void aes_ecb_encrypt_aesni(u8 *dst, const u8 *src, long nblocks,
+			   const struct aes_enckey *key);
+void aes_ecb_decrypt_aesni(u8 *dst, const u8 *src, long nblocks,
+			   const struct aes_key *key);
+
+/* len is always a positive multiple of AES_BLOCK_SIZE here. */
+#define aes_ecb_encrypt_arch aes_ecb_encrypt_arch
+static bool aes_ecb_encrypt_arch(u8 *dst, const u8 *src, size_t len,
+				 const struct aes_enckey *key)
+{
+	if (!static_branch_likely(&have_aesni) || unlikely(!irq_fpu_usable()))
+		return false;
+	kernel_fpu_begin();
+	aes_ecb_encrypt_aesni(dst, src, len / AES_BLOCK_SIZE, key);
+	kernel_fpu_end();
+	return true;
+}
+
+/* len is always a positive multiple of AES_BLOCK_SIZE here. */
+#define aes_ecb_decrypt_arch aes_ecb_decrypt_arch
+static bool aes_ecb_decrypt_arch(u8 *dst, const u8 *src, size_t len,
+				 const struct aes_key *key)
+{
+	if (!static_branch_likely(&have_aesni) || unlikely(!irq_fpu_usable()))
+		return false;
+	kernel_fpu_begin();
+	aes_ecb_decrypt_aesni(dst, src, len / AES_BLOCK_SIZE, key);
+	kernel_fpu_end();
+	return true;
+}
+#endif /* CONFIG_CRYPTO_LIB_AES_ECB */
+
 #define aes_mod_init_arch aes_mod_init_arch
 static void aes_mod_init_arch(void)
 {
-- 
2.55.0




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