linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH 0/7] crypto: SHA256 multibuffer implementation

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Date:	Mon, 4 Apr 2016 23:06:50 +0000
From:	"Yu, Fenghua" <fenghua.yu@...el.com>
To:	"megha.dey@...ux.intel.com" <megha.dey@...ux.intel.com>,
	"herbert@...dor.apana.org.au" <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
	"davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	"linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org" <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com" <tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 0/7] crypto: SHA256 multibuffer implementation

> From: megha.dey@...ux.intel.com [mailto:megha.dey@...ux.intel.com]
> Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2016 1:26 PM
> To: herbert@...dor.apana.org.au; davem@...emloft.net
> Cc: linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org;
> tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com; Yu, Fenghua <fenghua.yu@...el.com>; Megha
> Dey <megha.dey@...ux.intel.com>
> Subject: [PATCH 0/7] crypto: SHA256 multibuffer implementation
> 
> From: Megha Dey <megha.dey@...ux.intel.com>
> 
> In this patch series, we introduce the multi-buffer crypto algorithm on
> x86_64 and apply it to SHA256 hash computation.  The multi-buffer technique
> takes advantage of the 8 data lanes in the AVX2 registers and allows
> computation to be performed on data from multiple jobs in parallel.
> This allows us to parallelize computations when data inter-dependency in a
> single crypto job prevents us to fully parallelize our computations.
> The algorithm can be extended to other hashing and encryption schemes in
> the future.

Hi, Herbert and Dave,

Any comment on the patch set and the SHA512 patch set?

Are you planning on merging the patch sets into crypto tree and upstream?

Thanks.

-Fenghua