linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 00/12] RISC-V: support some cryptography accelerations

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Date:   Tue, 28 Nov 2023 12:19:28 -0800
From:   Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>
To:     Christoph Müllner <christoph.muellner@...ll.eu>
Cc:     Jerry Shih <jerry.shih@...ive.com>,
        Charlie Jenkins <charlie@...osinc.com>,
        Heiko Stuebner <heiko@...ech.de>, palmer@...belt.com,
        paul.walmsley@...ive.com, aou@...s.berkeley.edu,
        herbert@...dor.apana.org.au, davem@...emloft.net,
        conor.dooley@...rochip.com, linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
        Heiko Stuebner <heiko.stuebner@...ll.eu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 00/12] RISC-V: support some cryptography accelerations

On Thu, Nov 23, 2023 at 01:36:34AM +0100, Christoph Müllner wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 23, 2023 at 12:43 AM Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, Nov 22, 2023 at 03:58:17PM +0800, Jerry Shih wrote:
> > > On Nov 22, 2023, at 07:51, Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org> wrote:
> > > > On Wed, Nov 01, 2023 at 09:03:33PM -0700, Eric Biggers wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >> It would be nice to use a real assembler, so that people won't have to worry
> > > >> about potential mistakes or inconsistencies in the perl-based "assembler".  Also
> > > >> keep in mind that if we allow people to compile this code without the real
> > > >> assembler support from the beginning, it might end up staying that way for quite
> > > >> a while in order to avoid breaking the build for people.
> > > >>
> > > >> Ultimately it's up to you though; I think that you and others who have been
> > > >> working on RISC-V crypto can make the best decision about what to do here.  I
> > > >> also don't want this patchset to be delayed waiting for other projects, so maybe
> > > >> that indeed means the perl-based "assembler" needs to be used for now.
> > > >
> > > > Just wanted to bump up this discussion again.  In binutils, the vector crypto
> > > > v1.0.0 support was released 4 months ago in 2.41.  See the NEWS file at
> > > > https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=blob_plain;f=binutils/NEWS;hb=refs/heads/binutils-2_41-branch
> > > >
> > > >    * The RISC-V port now supports the following new standard extensions:
> > > >      - Zicond (conditional zero instructions)
> > > >      - Zfa (additional floating-point instructions)
> > > >      - Zvbb, Zvbc, Zvkg, Zvkned, Zvknh[ab], Zvksed, Zvksh, Zvkn, Zvknc, Zvkng,
> > > >        Zvks, Zvksc, Zvkg, Zvkt (vector crypto instructions)
> > > >
> > > > That's every extension listed in the vector crypto v1.0.0 specification
> > > > (https://github.com/riscv/riscv-crypto/releases/download/v1.0.0/riscv-crypto-spec-vector.pdf).
> > >
> > > It doesn't fit all v1.0 spec.
> > > The `Zvkb` is missed in binutils. It's the subset of `Zvbb`. We needs some extra
> > > works if user just try to use `Zvkb`.
> > > https://github.com/riscv/riscv-crypto/blob/main/doc/vector/riscv-crypto-vector-zvkb.adoc
> > > Some crypto algorithms are already checking for `Zvkb` instead of `Zvbb`.
> >
> > Yeah, that's unfortunate that Zvkb got missed in binutils.  However, since all
> > Zvkb instructions are part of Zvbb, which is supported, assembling Zvkb
> > instructions should still work --- right?
> 
> Not forgotten, but the Zvkb extension did not exist when the patchset
> was merged.
> RISC-V extension support is typically merged when specifications are "frozen".
> This means a high bar for changes, but they are possible until the
> spec is ratified.
> Often nothing is changed until ratification, but here Zvkb has been
> (re-)introduced.
> 
> I was not aware of this untils I read this email, so I just wrote a
> patch that fills the gap:
>   https://sourceware.org/pipermail/binutils/2023-November/130762.html
> 

Thanks Christoph!  That binutils patch looks good to me.

- Eric