crypto: sha512-mb - Enable SHA512 multibuffer support

Add the config CRYPTO_SHA512_MB which will enable the computation using the SHA512 multi-buffer algorithm. Signed-off-by: Megha Dey <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Fenghua Yu <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Tim Chen <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <[email protected]>
ambv · Jun 28, 2016 · 026bb8a · 026bb8a
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@@ -720,6 +720,22 @@ config CRYPTO_SHA256_MB
 	  lanes remain unfilled, a flush operation will be initiated to
 	  process the crypto jobs, adding a slight latency.
 
+config CRYPTO_SHA512_MB
+        tristate "SHA512 digest algorithm (x86_64 Multi-Buffer, Experimental)"
+        depends on X86 && 64BIT
+        select CRYPTO_SHA512
+        select CRYPTO_HASH
+        select CRYPTO_MCRYPTD
+        help
+          SHA-512 secure hash standard (FIPS 180-1/DFIPS 180-2) implemented
+          using multi-buffer technique.  This algorithm computes on
+          multiple data lanes concurrently with SIMD instructions for
+          better throughput.  It should not be enabled by default but
+          used when there is significant amount of work to keep the keep
+          the data lanes filled to get performance benefit.  If the data
+          lanes remain unfilled, a flush operation will be initiated to
+          process the crypto jobs, adding a slight latency.
+
 config CRYPTO_SHA256
 	tristate "SHA224 and SHA256 digest algorithm"
 	select CRYPTO_HASH