[PATCH 04/20] lib/crypto: x86/aes-ecb: Add AES-NI optimization

From: Eric Biggers

Date: Mon Sep 21 2026 - 01:17:29 EST


Optimize the crypto library's AES-ECB support with AES-NI, making its
performance be at least at parity with the "ecb-aes-aesni" skcipher
algorithm that it will supersede.

The new assembly functions are written from scratch to fit well into the
crypto library. However, they are functionally very similar to the
functions in arch/x86/crypto/aesni-intel_asm.S that they will supersede
and are intended to provide parity with those -- including supporting
32-bit mode, having the inner loops do 4 AES blocks per iteration, etc.

Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
crypto/aes.c | 2 +-
lib/crypto/x86/aes-aesni.S | 54 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
lib/crypto/x86/aes.h | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 88 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/crypto/aes.c b/crypto/aes.c
index e6ba3899d868..5a97dc812e8b 100644
--- a/crypto/aes.c
+++ b/crypto/aes.c
@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ static struct skcipher_alg skcipher_algs[] = {
{
.base.cra_name = "ecb(aes)",
.base.cra_driver_name = "ecb-aes-lib",
- .base.cra_priority = 110,
+ .base.cra_priority = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_X86) ? 300 : 110,
.base.cra_blocksize = AES_BLOCK_SIZE,
.base.cra_ctxsize = sizeof(struct aes_key),
.base.cra_module = THIS_MODULE,
diff --git a/lib/crypto/x86/aes-aesni.S b/lib/crypto/x86/aes-aesni.S
index 90a3765d35b8..fdb2917deb59 100644
--- a/lib/crypto/x86/aes-aesni.S
+++ b/lib/crypto/x86/aes-aesni.S
@@ -348,3 +348,57 @@ SYM_FUNC_END(aes_encrypt_aesni)
SYM_FUNC_START(aes_decrypt_aesni)
_aes_crypt_aesni 0
SYM_FUNC_END(aes_decrypt_aesni)
+
+.macro _ecb_crypt enc
+ // Arguments
+ .set DST, ARG0
+ .set SRC, ARG1
+ .set NBLOCKS, ARG2
+ .set NBLOCKS32, ARG2_32 // Used for improved code density
+ .set KEY, ARG3
+
+ // Other local variables
+ .set RNDKEY_PTR, ARG4 // Temporary register for _do_aes
+ .set NROUNDS, TMP_32 // Temporary register for _do_aes
+ .set AESDATA0, %xmm0
+ .set AESDATA1, %xmm1
+ .set AESDATA2, %xmm2
+ .set AESDATA3, %xmm3
+ .set RNDKEY, %xmm4 // Temporary register for _do_aes
+ _prologue uses_arg3=2, uses_arg4=1
+
+ sub $4, NBLOCKS
+ jl .Lecb_loop4_done\@
+.p2align 5
+.Lecb_loop4\@:
+ _do_aes_ecb \enc, 0,1,2,3
+ add $64, DST
+ add $64, SRC
+ sub $4, NBLOCKS
+ jge .Lecb_loop4\@
+.Lecb_loop4_done\@:
+ add $4, NBLOCKS32
+ jz .Lecb_done\@
+
+.Lecb_loop1\@:
+ _do_aes_ecb \enc, 0
+ add $16, DST
+ add $16, SRC
+ dec NBLOCKS32
+ jnz .Lecb_loop1\@
+
+.Lecb_done\@:
+ _epilogue
+.endm
+
+// void aes_ecb_encrypt_aesni(u8 *dst, const u8 *src, long nblocks,
+// const struct aes_enckey *key);
+SYM_FUNC_START(aes_ecb_encrypt_aesni)
+ _ecb_crypt 1
+SYM_FUNC_END(aes_ecb_encrypt_aesni)
+
+// void aes_ecb_decrypt_aesni(u8 *dst, const u8 *src, long nblocks,
+// const struct aes_key *key);
+SYM_FUNC_START(aes_ecb_decrypt_aesni)
+ _ecb_crypt 0
+SYM_FUNC_END(aes_ecb_decrypt_aesni)
diff --git a/lib/crypto/x86/aes.h b/lib/crypto/x86/aes.h
index 06146fef06be..9ad4a84f0378 100644
--- a/lib/crypto/x86/aes.h
+++ b/lib/crypto/x86/aes.h
@@ -81,6 +81,39 @@ static void aes_decrypt_arch(const struct aes_key *key,
}
}

+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CRYPTO_LIB_AES_ECB)
+void aes_ecb_encrypt_aesni(u8 *dst, const u8 *src, long nblocks,
+ const struct aes_enckey *key);
+void aes_ecb_decrypt_aesni(u8 *dst, const u8 *src, long nblocks,
+ const struct aes_key *key);
+
+/* len is always a positive multiple of AES_BLOCK_SIZE here. */
+#define aes_ecb_encrypt_arch aes_ecb_encrypt_arch
+static bool aes_ecb_encrypt_arch(u8 *dst, const u8 *src, size_t len,
+ const struct aes_enckey *key)
+{
+ if (!static_branch_likely(&have_aesni) || unlikely(!irq_fpu_usable()))
+ return false;
+ kernel_fpu_begin();
+ aes_ecb_encrypt_aesni(dst, src, len / AES_BLOCK_SIZE, key);
+ kernel_fpu_end();
+ return true;
+}
+
+/* len is always a positive multiple of AES_BLOCK_SIZE here. */
+#define aes_ecb_decrypt_arch aes_ecb_decrypt_arch
+static bool aes_ecb_decrypt_arch(u8 *dst, const u8 *src, size_t len,
+ const struct aes_key *key)
+{
+ if (!static_branch_likely(&have_aesni) || unlikely(!irq_fpu_usable()))
+ return false;
+ kernel_fpu_begin();
+ aes_ecb_decrypt_aesni(dst, src, len / AES_BLOCK_SIZE, key);
+ kernel_fpu_end();
+ return true;
+}
+#endif /* CONFIG_CRYPTO_LIB_AES_ECB */
+
#define aes_mod_init_arch aes_mod_init_arch
static void aes_mod_init_arch(void)
{
--
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