Re: [PATCH -mm crypto] AES: x86_64 asm implementation optimization

["Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@intel.com>]

On Wed, 2008-04-16 at 20:40 +0200, Sebastian Siewior wrote:
[...]
> >> >--- a/include/crypto/aes.h
> >> >+++ b/include/crypto/aes.h
> >> >@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
> >> > 
> >> > struct crypto_aes_ctx {
> >> > 	u32 key_length;
> >> >+	u32 _pad1;
> >> 
> >> Why is this pad required? Do you want special alignment of the keys?
> >
> >Because the key is loaded in 64bit in this patch, I want to align the
> >key with 64bit address.
> 
> Than this won't work all the time. To make it bulletproof
> - set .cra_alignmask in the glue code properly
> - use the attribute aligned thing
> - retrieve your private struct via crypto_tfm_ctx_aligned()

As far as I know, the CRYPTO_MINALIGN is defined in
include/linux/crypto.h as __alignof__(unsigned long long), and the
__crt_ctx in crypto_tfm is aligned in CRYPTO_MINALIGN. So I think adding
a pad is sufficient for x86_64 implementation.

Best Regards,
Huang Ying