linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH 1/2] crypto: vmx - Adding asm subroutines for XTS

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Date:	Tue, 12 Jul 2016 16:19:42 +0000
From:	David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>
To:	'Paulo Flabiano Smorigo' <pfsmorigo@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:	"Leonidas S. Barbosa" <leosilva@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	"open list:IBM Power VMX Cryptographic instructions" 
	<linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>,
	"open list:LINUX FOR POWERPC 32-BIT AND 64-BIT" 
	<linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 1/2] crypto: vmx - Adding asm subroutines for XTS

From: Paulo Flabiano Smorigo
> Sent: 11 July 2016 20:08
> 
> This patch add XTS subroutines using VMX-crypto driver.
> 
> It gives a boost of 20 times using XTS.
> 
> These code has been adopted from OpenSSL project in collaboration
> with the original author (Andy Polyakov <appro@...nssl.org>).

Yep, typical openssl code. 1000+ lines of uncommented impenetrable assembler.
There is 0 chance of anyone ever checking this does what it should.

	David