On Wed, Oct 24, 2018 at 03:06:17PM -0700, Eric Biggers wrote: > > The patch I've been using just exposes a file /proc/cryptobench (note: it maybe > should be made into a char device instead) to which you can write commands like: > > algtype=skcipher algname=adiantum(xchacha12,aes) keysize=32 bufsize=4096 niter=1000 > > Then userspace reads back the result: > > SUCCESS algname=adiantum(xchacha12,aes) driver_name=adiantum(xchacha12-software,aes-aesni,nhpoly1305-generic) measurement=0x30a5abd5776e0af enc_time=44831104 dec_time=38303077 > > It's then pretty straightforward to wrap this API in a userspace script that > does all the benchmarks you need, and formats the results nicely. > > For correctness testing there's also an option 'sgl_fuzz' that randomizes the > scatterlist division. > > Currently the patch is missing some features such as AEAD support, but at some > point I'd like to get it into a state where it can be included upstream. I completely agree that a new interface would be much better for tcrypt. However, we're trying to avoid using /proc for new APIs. So perhaps netlink would be a better choice given the existing configuration and stats APIs that already exist for it. Thanks, -- Email: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Home Page: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/ PGP Key: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/pubkey.txt
