On Fri, Jun 08, 2007 at 05:42:42PM -0400, Benjamin Gilbert wrote:
> The following 3-part series adds assembly implementations of the SHA-1
> transform for x86 and x86_64. For x86_64 the optimized code is always
> selected; on x86 it is selected if the kernel is compiled for i486 or above
> (since the code needs BSWAP). These changes primarily improve the
> performance of the CryptoAPI SHA-1 module and of /dev/urandom. I've
> included some performance data from my test boxes below.
>
> This version incorporates feedback from Herbert Xu. Andrew, I'm sending
> this to you because of the (admittedly tiny) intersection with arm and s390
> in part 1.
>
> -
>
> tcrypt performance tests:
>
> === Pentium IV in 32-bit mode, average of 5 trials ===
> Test# Bytes/ Bytes/ Cyc/B Cyc/B Change
>...
> I've also done informal tests on other boxes, and the performance
> improvement has been in the same ballpark.
>
> On the aforementioned Pentium IV, /dev/urandom throughput goes from 3.7 MB/s
> to 5.6 MB/s with the patches; on the Core 2, it increases from 5.5 MB/s to
> 8.1 MB/s.
>...
With which gcc version and compiler flags?
And why is the C code slower?
Problems in the C code?
gcc problems?
Generally, I'd really prefer one C implementation that works good on all
platforms over getting dozens of different assembler implemenations,
each potentially with different bugs.
cu
Adrian
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