On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 2:56 PM, Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hey Tom, > > On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 10:35 PM, Tom Herbert <tom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Those look good, although I would probably just do 1,2,3 words and >> then have a function that takes n words like jhash. Might want to call >> these dword to distinguish from 32 bit words in jhash. > > So actually jhash_Nwords makes no sense, since it takes dwords > (32-bits) not words (16-bits). The siphash analog should be called > siphash24_Nqwords. > Yeah, that's a "bug" with jhash function names. > I think what I'll do is change what I already have to: > siphash24_1qword > siphash24_2qword > siphash24_3qword > siphash24_4qword > > And then add some static inline helpers to assist with smaller u32s > like ipv4 addresses called: > > siphash24_2dword > siphash24_4dword > siphash24_6dword > siphash24_8dword > > While we're having something new, might as well call it the right thing. > I'm confused, doesn't 2dword == 1qword? Anyway, I think the qword functions are good enough. If someone needs to hash over some odd length they can either put them in a structure padded to 64 bits or call the hash function that takes a byte length. > >> Also, what is the significance of "24" in the function and constant >> names? Can we just drop that and call this siphash? > > SipHash is actually a family of PRFs, differentiated by the number of > SIPROUNDs after each 64-bit input is processed and the number of > SIPROUNDs at the very end of the function. The best trade-off of speed > and security for kernel usage is 2 rounds after each 64-bit input and > 4 rounds at the end of the function. This doesn't fall to any known > cryptanalysis and it's very fast. I'd still drop the "24" unless you really think we're going to have multiple variants coming into the kernel. Tom -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-crypto" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
