linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH] crypto: crc32c-pclmul

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Date:	28 May 2014 17:47:03 -0400
From:	"George Spelvin" <linux@...izon.com>
To:	jbeulich@...e.com, linux@...izon.com, tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] crypto: crc32c-pclmul - Use pmovzxdq to shrink K_table

Jan Beulich <jbeulich@...e.com> wrote:
> "George Spelvin" <linux@...izon.com> 05/28/14 4:40 PM
>> Jan: Is support for SLE10's pre-2.18 binutils still required?
>> Your PEXTRD fix was only a year ago, so I expect, but I wanted to ask.

> I'd much appreciate if I would be able to build the kernel that way for
> another while.

Does it matter that the code I'm working on is 64-bit only?  It aready
uses crc32q instruction (added with SSE4.2) with no assembler workarounds,
so I figure pmovzxdq (part of SSE 4.1) doesn't make it any worse.

The annoying thing about doing it with macros is that it would be a
PITA to support a memory operand; I'd probably have to punt to .byte.

> Putting data into .text seems wrong - it should go into .rodata.

I don't really care, but it's being accessed PC-relative the same as
a jump table that's already in .text, so I just figured I'd be lazy.
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