[PATCH 2/9] crypto: tcrypt - rename CRYPTO_TEST to CRYPTO_BENCHMARK

Eric Biggers
2025-04-19T16:17:33Z

tcrypt is actually a benchmarking module and not the actual tests. This
regularly causes confusion. Update the kconfig option name and help
text accordingly.

Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com>
---
crypto/Kconfig | 10 +++++++---
crypto/Makefile | 2 +-
crypto/tcrypt.c | 8 ++++----
crypto/tcrypt.h | 4 ++--
4 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/crypto/Kconfig b/crypto/Kconfig
index 9322e42e562d..48283975fb2b 100644
--- a/crypto/Kconfig
+++ b/crypto/Kconfig
@@ -244,16 +244,20 @@ config CRYPTO_KRB5ENC
help
Combined hash and cipher support for Kerberos 5 RFC3961 simplified
profile. This is required for Kerberos 5-style encryption, used by
sunrpc/NFS and rxrpc/AFS.

-config CRYPTO_TEST
- tristate "Testing module"
+config CRYPTO_BENCHMARK
+ tristate "Crypto benchmarking module"
depends on m || EXPERT
select CRYPTO_MANAGER
help
- Quick & dirty crypto test module.
+ Quick & dirty crypto benchmarking module.
+
+ This is mainly intended for use by people developing cryptographic
+ algorithms in the kernel. It should not be enabled in production
+ kernels.

config CRYPTO_SIMD
tristate
select CRYPTO_CRYPTD

diff --git a/crypto/Makefile b/crypto/Makefile
index 5d2f2a28d8a0..18b057a799b0 100644
--- a/crypto/Makefile
+++ b/crypto/Makefile
@@ -171,11 +171,11 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_CRYPTO_JITTERENTROPY) += jitterentropy_rng.o
CFLAGS_jitterentropy.o = -O0
KASAN_SANITIZE_jitterentropy.o = n
UBSAN_SANITIZE_jitterentropy.o = n
jitterentropy_rng-y := jitterentropy.o jitterentropy-kcapi.o
obj-$(CONFIG_CRYPTO_JITTERENTROPY_TESTINTERFACE) += jitterentropy-testing.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_CRYPTO_TEST) += tcrypt.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_CRYPTO_BENCHMARK) += tcrypt.o
obj-$(CONFIG_CRYPTO_GHASH) += ghash-generic.o
obj-$(CONFIG_CRYPTO_POLYVAL) += polyval-generic.o
obj-$(CONFIG_CRYPTO_USER_API) += af_alg.o
obj-$(CONFIG_CRYPTO_USER_API_HASH) += algif_hash.o
obj-$(CONFIG_CRYPTO_USER_API_SKCIPHER) += algif_skcipher.o
diff --git a/crypto/tcrypt.c b/crypto/tcrypt.c
index 879fc21dcc16..d1d88debbd71 100644
--- a/crypto/tcrypt.c
+++ b/crypto/tcrypt.c
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
/*
- * Quick & dirty crypto testing module.
+ * Quick & dirty crypto benchmarking module.
*
- * This will only exist until we have a better testing mechanism
+ * This will only exist until we have a better benchmarking mechanism
* (e.g. a char device).
*
* Copyright (c) 2002 James Morris <jmorris@intercode.com.au>
* Copyright (c) 2002 Jean-Francois Dive <jef@linuxbe.org>
* Copyright (c) 2007 Nokia Siemens Networks
@@ -37,11 +37,11 @@

#include "internal.h"
#include "tcrypt.h"

/*
- * Need slab memory for testing (size in number of pages).
+ * Need slab memory for benchmarking (size in number of pages).
*/
#define TVMEMSIZE 4

/*
* Used by test_cipher_speed()
@@ -2866,7 +2866,7 @@ module_param(num_mb, uint, 0000);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(num_mb, "Number of concurrent requests to be used in mb speed tests (defaults to 8)");
module_param(klen, uint, 0);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(klen, "Key length (defaults to 0)");

MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Quick & dirty crypto testing module");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Quick & dirty crypto benchmarking module");
MODULE_AUTHOR("James Morris <jmorris@intercode.com.au>");
diff --git a/crypto/tcrypt.h b/crypto/tcrypt.h
index 96c843a24607..7f938ac93e58 100644
--- a/crypto/tcrypt.h
+++ b/crypto/tcrypt.h
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */
/*
- * Quick & dirty crypto testing module.
+ * Quick & dirty crypto benchmarking module.
*
- * This will only exist until we have a better testing mechanism
+ * This will only exist until we have a better benchmarking mechanism
* (e.g. a char device).
*
* Copyright (c) 2002 James Morris <jmorris@intercode.com.au>
* Copyright (c) 2002 Jean-Francois Dive <jef@linuxbe.org>
* Copyright (c) 2007 Nokia Siemens Networks
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