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2025-07-04	lib/crypto: sha256: Remove sha256_blocks_simd()	Eric Biggers
	Instead of having both sha256_blocks_arch() and sha256_blocks_simd(), instead have just sha256_blocks_arch() which uses the most efficient implementation that is available in the calling context. This is simpler, as it reduces the API surface. It's also safer, since sha256_blocks_arch() just works in all contexts, including contexts where the FPU/SIMD/vector registers cannot be used. This doesn't mean that SHA-256 computations should be done in such contexts, but rather we should just do the right thing instead of corrupting a random task's registers. Eliminating this footgun and simplifying the code is well worth the very small performance cost of doing the check. Note: in the case of arm and arm64, what used to be sha256_blocks_arch() is renamed back to its original name of sha256_block_data_order(). sha256_blocks_arch() is now used for the higher-level dispatch function. This renaming also required an update to lib/crypto/arm64/sha512.h, since sha2-armv8.pl is shared by both SHA-256 and SHA-512. Acked-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250630160645.3198-5-ebiggers@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
2025-06-30	lib/crypto: arm: Move arch/arm/lib/crypto/ into lib/crypto/	Eric Biggers
	Move the contents of arch/arm/lib/crypto/ into lib/crypto/arm/. The new code organization makes a lot more sense for how this code actually works and is developed. In particular, it makes it possible to build each algorithm as a single module, with better inlining and dead code elimination. For a more detailed explanation, see the patchset which did this for the CRC library code: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250607200454.73587-1-ebiggers@kernel.org/. Also see the patchset which did this for SHA-512: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-crypto/20250616014019.415791-1-ebiggers@kernel.org/ This is just a preparatory commit, which does the move to get the files into their new location but keeps them building the same way as before. Later commits will make the actual improvements to the way the arch-optimized code is integrated for each algorithm. Add a gitignore entry for the removed directory arch/arm/lib/crypto/ so that people don't accidentally commit leftover generated files. Acked-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com> Reviewed-by: Sohil Mehta <sohil.mehta@intel.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250619191908.134235-2-ebiggers@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>