Re: [RFC PATCH v4] IV Generation algorithms for dm-crypt

[Gilad Ben-Yossef]

On Tue, Feb 7, 2017 at 12:35 PM, Binoy Jayan <binoy.jayan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> ===============================================================================
> dm-crypt optimization for larger block sizes
> ===============================================================================
>
> Currently, the iv generation algorithms are implemented in dm-crypt.c. The goal
> is to move these algorithms from the dm layer to the kernel crypto layer by
> implementing them as template ciphers so they can be used in relation with
> algorithms like aes, and with multiple modes like cbc, ecb etc. As part of this
> patchset, the iv-generation code is moved from the dm layer to the crypto layer
> and adapt the dm-layer to send a whole 'bio' (as defined in the block layer)
> at a time. Each bio contains the in memory representation of physically
> contiguous disk blocks. Since the bio itself may not be contiguous in main
> memory, the dm layer sets up a chained scatterlist of these blocks split into
> physically contiguous segments in memory so that DMA can be performed.
...
> Binoy Jayan (1):
>   crypto: Add IV generation algorithms
>
>  drivers/md/dm-crypt.c  | 1894 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
>  include/crypto/geniv.h |   47 ++
>  2 files changed, 1402 insertions(+), 539 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 include/crypto/geniv.h

Ran Bonnie++ on it last night  (Luks mode, plain64, Qemu Virt platform
Arm64) and it works just fine.

Tested-by: Gilad Ben-Yossef <gilad@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Gilad

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