linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 4/5] crypto: lib/sha256 - Unroll SHA256 loop 8 times intead of 64

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Date:   Fri, 23 Oct 2020 15:31:21 -0700
From:   Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>
To:     Arvind Sankar <nivedita@...m.mit.edu>
Cc:     Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org" <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>,
        David Laight <David.Laight@...lab.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 4/5] crypto: lib/sha256 - Unroll SHA256 loop 8 times
 intead of 64

On Fri, Oct 23, 2020 at 03:22:02PM -0400, Arvind Sankar wrote:
> This reduces code size substantially (on x86_64 with gcc-10 the size of
> sha256_update() goes from 7593 bytes to 1952 bytes including the new
> SHA256_K array), and on x86 is slightly faster than the full unroll
> (tested on Broadwell Xeon).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arvind Sankar <nivedita@...m.mit.edu>

Looks good,

Reviewed-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>