Re: [PATCH v3 11/15] crypto: x86/aes-kl - Support AES algorithm using Key Locker instructions

From: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
To: "Bae, Chang Seok" <chang.seok.bae@intel.com>
Cc: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
	"mingo@kernel.org" <mingo@kernel.org>,
	"Lutomirski, Andy" <luto@kernel.org>,
	"x86@kernel.org" <x86@kernel.org>,
	"herbert@gondor.apana.org.au" <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org" <linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org>,
	"Gairuboyina, Charishma1" <charishma1.gairuboyina@intel.com>,
	"Dwarakanath, Kumar N" <kumar.n.dwarakanath@intel.com>,
	"Krishnakumar,
	Lalithambika" <lalithambika.krishnakumar@intel.com>,
	"Shankar, Ravi V" <ravi.v.shankar@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 11/15] crypto: x86/aes-kl - Support AES algorithm using Key Locker instructions
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2021 23:03:24 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAPcyv4jst3PSPU5HFdcrzQ2Bxt1uXd_-cbundYRP_i=fUsd5-g@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <011B53ED-6D9E-41EB-834B-8A64485DBED5@intel.com>

On Mon, Nov 29, 2021 at 10:57 PM Bae, Chang Seok
<chang.seok.bae@intel.com> wrote:
>
> On Nov 29, 2021, at 19:48, Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org> wrote:
> > On Wed, Nov 24, 2021 at 12:06:56PM -0800, Chang S. Bae wrote:
> >> diff --git a/arch/x86/crypto/Makefile b/arch/x86/crypto/Makefile
> >> index ef6c0b9f69c6..f696b037faa5 100644
> >> --- a/arch/x86/crypto/Makefile
> >> +++ b/arch/x86/crypto/Makefile
> >> @@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_CRYPTO_AES_NI_INTEL) += aesni-intel.o
> >> aesni-intel-y := aesni-intel_asm.o aesni-intel_glue.o aes-intel_glue.o
> >> aesni-intel-$(CONFIG_64BIT) += aesni-intel_avx-x86_64.o aes_ctrby8_avx-x86_64.o
> >>
> >> +obj-$(CONFIG_CRYPTO_AES_KL) += aeskl-intel.o
> >> +aeskl-intel-y := aeskl-intel_asm.o aesni-intel_asm.o aeskl-intel_glue.o aes-intel_glue.o
> >
> > This makes the object files aesni-intel_asm.o and aes-intel_glue.o each be built
> > into two separate kernel modules.  My understanding is that duplicating code
> > like that is generally frowned upon.  These files should either be built into a
> > separate module, which both aesni-intel.ko and aeskl-intel.ko would depend on,
> > or aeskl-intel.ko should depend on aesni-intel.ko.
>
> The only reason to include the AES-NI object here is that AES-KL does not
> support the 192-bit key.
>
> Maybe the fallback can be the aes-generic driver [1] instead of AES-NI here.
>
> >> diff --git a/arch/x86/crypto/aeskl-intel_asm.S b/arch/x86/crypto/aeskl-intel_asm.S
> >> new file mode 100644
> >> index 000000000000..d56ec8dd6644
> >> --- /dev/null
> >> +++ b/arch/x86/crypto/aeskl-intel_asm.S
> >
> > This file gets very long after all the modes are added (> 1100 lines).  Is there
> > really no feasible way to share code between this and aesni-intel_asm.S, similar
> > to how the arm64 AES implementations work?  Surely most of the logic is the
> > same, and it's just the actual AES instructions that differ?
>
> No, these two instruction sets are separate. So I think no room to share the
> ASM code.
>
> >> +config CRYPTO_AES_KL
> >> +    tristate "AES cipher algorithms (AES-KL)"
> >> +    depends on (LD_VERSION >= 23600) || (LLD_VERSION >= 120000)
> >> +    depends on DM_CRYPT
> >
> > 'depends on DM_CRYPT' doesn't really make sense here, since there is no actual
> > dependency on dm-crypt in the code.
>
> I think the intention here is to build a policy that the library is available
> only when there is a clear use case.
>
> But maybe putting such restriction is too much here.
>

Yeah, my bad the "depends on DM_CRYPT" can go. Even though the Key
Locker support has no real pressing reason to be built without it,
there is still no actual code dependency.