On Thu, Dec 29, 2016 at 02:09:08PM +0000, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > In some cases, SIMD algorithms can only perform optimally when > allowed to operate on multiple input blocks in parallel. This is > especially true for bit slicing algorithms, which typically take > the same amount of time processing a single block or 8 blocks in > parallel. However, other SIMD algorithms may benefit as well from > bigger strides. > > So add a walksize attribute to the skcipher algorithm definition, and > wire it up to the skcipher walk API. To avoid confusion between the > skcipher and AEAD attributes, rename the skcipher_walk chunksize > attribute to 'stride', and set it from the walksize (in the skcipher > case) or from the chunksize (in the AEAD case). > > Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@xxxxxxxxxx> Patch applied. Thanks. -- Email: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Home Page: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/ PGP Key: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/pubkey.txt -- 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
