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Message-ID: <3d8fe68d-bb30-c61a-7aeb-cca85d5f5df6@intel.com>
Date:   Wed, 20 Jan 2021 14:46:45 -0800
From:   "Dey, Megha" <megha.dey@...el.com>
To:     Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>
Cc:     Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Linux Crypto Mailing List <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        ravi.v.shankar@...el.com, tim.c.chen@...el.com,
        andi.kleen@...el.com, Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
        wajdi.k.feghali@...el.com, greg.b.tucker@...el.com,
        robert.a.kasten@...el.com, rajendrakumar.chinnaiyan@...el.com,
        tomasz.kantecki@...el.com, ryan.d.saffores@...el.com,
        ilya.albrekht@...el.com, kyung.min.park@...el.com,
        Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>, ira.weiny@...el.com
Subject: Re: [RFC V1 5/7] crypto: aesni - AES CTR x86_64 "by16" AVX512
 optimization

Hi Ard,

On 1/16/2021 9:03 AM, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Dec 2020 at 22:08, Megha Dey <megha.dey@...el.com> wrote:
>> Introduce the "by16" implementation of the AES CTR mode using AVX512
>> optimizations. "by16" means that 16 independent blocks (each block
>> being 128 bits) can be ciphered simultaneously as opposed to the
>> current 8 blocks.
>>
>> The glue code in AESNI module overrides the existing "by8" CTR mode
>> encryption/decryption routines with the "by16" ones when the following
>> criteria are met:
>> At compile time:
>> 1. CONFIG_CRYPTO_AVX512 is enabled
>> 2. toolchain(assembler) supports VAES instructions
>> At runtime:
>> 1. VAES and AVX512VL features are supported on platform (currently
>>     only Icelake)
>> 2. aesni_intel.use_avx512 module parameter is set at boot time. For this
>>     algorithm, switching from AVX512 optimized version is not possible once
>>     set at boot time because of how the code is structured today.(Can be
>>     changed later if required)
>>
>> The functions aes_ctr_enc_128_avx512_by16(), aes_ctr_enc_192_avx512_by16()
>> and aes_ctr_enc_256_avx512_by16() are adapted from Intel Optimized IPSEC
>> Cryptographic library.
>>
>> On a Icelake desktop, with turbo disabled and all CPUs running at maximum
>> frequency, the "by16" CTR mode optimization shows better performance
>> across data & key sizes as measured by tcrypt.
>>
>> The average performance improvement of the "by16" version over the "by8"
>> version is as follows:
>> For all key sizes(128/192/256 bits),
>>          data sizes < 128 bytes/block, negligible improvement(~3% loss)
>>          data sizes > 128 bytes/block, there is an average improvement of
>> 48% for both encryption and decryption.
>>
>> A typical run of tcrypt with AES CTR mode encryption/decryption of the
>> "by8" and "by16" optimization on a Icelake desktop shows the following
>> results:
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------------------
>> |  key   | bytes | cycles/op (lower is better)| percentage   |
>> | length |  per  |  encryption  |  decryption |  loss/gain   |
>> | (bits) | block |-------------------------------------------|
>> |        |       | by8  | by16  | by8  | by16 |  enc | dec   |
>> |------------------------------------------------------------|
>> |  128   |  16   | 156  | 168   | 164  | 168  | -7.7 |  -2.5 |
>> |  128   |  64   | 180  | 190   | 157  | 146  | -5.6 |   7.1 |
>> |  128   |  256  | 248  | 158   | 251  | 161  | 36.3 |  35.9 |
>> |  128   |  1024 | 633  | 316   | 642  | 319  | 50.1 |  50.4 |
>> |  128   |  1472 | 853  | 411   | 877  | 407  | 51.9 |  53.6 |
>> |  128   |  8192 | 4463 | 1959  | 4447 | 1940 | 56.2 |  56.4 |
>> |  192   |  16   | 136  | 145   | 149  | 166  | -6.7 | -11.5 |
>> |  192   |  64   | 159  | 154   | 157  | 160  |  3.2 |  -2   |
>> |  192   |  256  | 268  | 172   | 274  | 177  | 35.9 |  35.5 |
>> |  192   |  1024 | 710  | 358   | 720  | 355  | 49.6 |  50.7 |
>> |  192   |  1472 | 989  | 468   | 983  | 469  | 52.7 |  52.3 |
>> |  192   |  8192 | 6326 | 3551  | 6301 | 3567 | 43.9 |  43.4 |
>> |  256   |  16   | 153  | 165   | 139  | 156  | -7.9 | -12.3 |
>> |  256   |  64   | 158  | 152   | 174  | 161  |  3.8 |   7.5 |
>> |  256   |  256  | 283  | 176   | 287  | 202  | 37.9 |  29.7 |
>> |  256   |  1024 | 797  | 393   | 807  | 395  | 50.7 |  51.1 |
>> |  256   |  1472 | 1108 | 534   | 1107 | 527  | 51.9 |  52.4 |
>> |  256   |  8192 | 5763 | 2616  | 5773 | 2617 | 54.7 |  54.7 |
>> --------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> This work was inspired by the AES CTR mode optimization published
>> in Intel Optimized IPSEC Cryptographic library.
>> https://github.com/intel/intel-ipsec-mb/blob/master/lib/avx512/cntr_vaes_avx512.asm
>>
>> Co-developed-by: Tomasz Kantecki <tomasz.kantecki@...el.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Tomasz Kantecki <tomasz.kantecki@...el.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Megha Dey <megha.dey@...el.com>
>> ---
>>   arch/x86/crypto/Makefile                    |   1 +
>>   arch/x86/crypto/aes_ctrby16_avx512-x86_64.S | 856 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>   arch/x86/crypto/aesni-intel_glue.c          |  57 +-
>>   arch/x86/crypto/avx512_vaes_common.S        | 422 ++++++++++++++
>>   arch/x86/include/asm/disabled-features.h    |   8 +-
>>   crypto/Kconfig                              |  12 +
>>   6 files changed, 1354 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>   create mode 100644 arch/x86/crypto/aes_ctrby16_avx512-x86_64.S
>>
> ...
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/crypto/aesni-intel_glue.c b/arch/x86/crypto/aesni-intel_glue.c
>> index ad8a718..f45059e 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/crypto/aesni-intel_glue.c
>> +++ b/arch/x86/crypto/aesni-intel_glue.c
>> @@ -46,6 +46,10 @@
>>   #define CRYPTO_AES_CTX_SIZE (sizeof(struct crypto_aes_ctx) + AESNI_ALIGN_EXTRA)
>>   #define XTS_AES_CTX_SIZE (sizeof(struct aesni_xts_ctx) + AESNI_ALIGN_EXTRA)
>>
>> +static bool use_avx512;
>> +module_param(use_avx512, bool, 0644);
>> +MODULE_PARM_DESC(use_avx512, "Use AVX512 optimized algorithm, if available");
>> +
>>   /* This data is stored at the end of the crypto_tfm struct.
>>    * It's a type of per "session" data storage location.
>>    * This needs to be 16 byte aligned.
>> @@ -191,6 +195,35 @@ asmlinkage void aes_ctr_enc_192_avx_by8(const u8 *in, u8 *iv,
>>                  void *keys, u8 *out, unsigned int num_bytes);
>>   asmlinkage void aes_ctr_enc_256_avx_by8(const u8 *in, u8 *iv,
>>                  void *keys, u8 *out, unsigned int num_bytes);
>> +
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_CRYPTO_AES_CTR_AVX512
>> +asmlinkage void aes_ctr_enc_128_avx512_by16(void *keys, u8 *out,
>> +                                           const u8 *in,
>> +                                           unsigned int num_bytes,
>> +                                           u8 *iv);
>> +asmlinkage void aes_ctr_enc_192_avx512_by16(void *keys, u8 *out,
>> +                                           const u8 *in,
>> +                                           unsigned int num_bytes,
>> +                                           u8 *iv);
>> +asmlinkage void aes_ctr_enc_256_avx512_by16(void *keys, u8 *out,
>> +                                           const u8 *in,
>> +                                           unsigned int num_bytes,
>> +                                           u8 *iv);
>> +#else
>> +static inline void aes_ctr_enc_128_avx512_by16(void *keys, u8 *out,
>> +                                              const u8 *in,
>> +                                              unsigned int num_bytes,
>> +                                              u8 *iv) {}
>> +static inline void aes_ctr_enc_192_avx512_by16(void *keys, u8 *out,
>> +                                              const u8 *in,
>> +                                              unsigned int num_bytes,
>> +                                              u8 *iv) {}
>> +static inline void aes_ctr_enc_256_avx512_by16(void *keys, u8 *out,
>> +                                              const u8 *in,
>> +                                              unsigned int num_bytes,
>> +                                              u8 *iv) {}
>> +#endif
>> +
> Please drop these alternatives.
ok
>
>>   /*
>>    * asmlinkage void aesni_gcm_init_avx_gen2()
>>    * gcm_data *my_ctx_data, context data
>> @@ -487,6 +520,23 @@ static void aesni_ctr_enc_avx_tfm(struct crypto_aes_ctx *ctx, u8 *out,
>>                  aes_ctr_enc_256_avx_by8(in, iv, (void *)ctx, out, len);
>>   }
>>
>> +static void aesni_ctr_enc_avx512_tfm(struct crypto_aes_ctx *ctx, u8 *out,
>> +                                    const u8 *in, unsigned int len, u8 *iv)
>> +{
>> +       /*
>> +        * based on key length, override with the by16 version
>> +        * of ctr mode encryption/decryption for improved performance.
>> +        * aes_set_key_common() ensures that key length is one of
>> +        * {128,192,256}
>> +        */
>> +       if (ctx->key_length == AES_KEYSIZE_128)
>> +               aes_ctr_enc_128_avx512_by16((void *)ctx, out, in, len, iv);
>> +       else if (ctx->key_length == AES_KEYSIZE_192)
>> +               aes_ctr_enc_192_avx512_by16((void *)ctx, out, in, len, iv);
>> +       else
>> +               aes_ctr_enc_256_avx512_by16((void *)ctx, out, in, len, iv);
>> +}
>> +
>>   static int ctr_crypt(struct skcipher_request *req)
>>   {
>>          struct crypto_skcipher *tfm = crypto_skcipher_reqtfm(req);
>> @@ -1076,7 +1126,12 @@ static int __init aesni_init(void)
>>                  aesni_gcm_tfm = &aesni_gcm_tfm_sse;
>>          }
>>          aesni_ctr_enc_tfm = aesni_ctr_enc;
>> -       if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_AVX)) {
>> +       if (use_avx512 && IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CRYPTO_AES_CTR_AVX512) &&
>> +           cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_VAES)) {
>> +               /* Ctr mode performance optimization using AVX512 */
>> +               aesni_ctr_enc_tfm = aesni_ctr_enc_avx512_tfm;
>> +               pr_info("AES CTR mode by16 optimization enabled\n");
> This will need to be changed to a static_call_update() once my
> outstanding patch is merged.
yeah will do!
>
>> +       } else if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_AVX)) {
>>                  /* optimize performance of ctr mode encryption transform */
>>                  aesni_ctr_enc_tfm = aesni_ctr_enc_avx_tfm;
>>                  pr_info("AES CTR mode by8 optimization enabled\n");

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