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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2018-10-25 16:43:35 -0700
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Merge branch 'linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6
Pull crypto updates from Herbert Xu: "API: - Remove VLA usage - Add cryptostat user-space interface - Add notifier for new crypto algorithms Algorithms: - Add OFB mode - Remove speck Drivers: - Remove x86/sha*-mb as they are buggy - Remove pcbc(aes) from x86/aesni - Improve performance of arm/ghash-ce by up to 85% - Implement CTS-CBC in arm64/aes-blk, faster by up to 50% - Remove PMULL based arm64/crc32 driver - Use PMULL in arm64/crct10dif - Add aes-ctr support in s5p-sss - Add caam/qi2 driver Others: - Pick better transform if one becomes available in crc-t10dif" * 'linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6: (124 commits) crypto: chelsio - Update ntx queue received from cxgb4 crypto: ccree - avoid implicit enum conversion crypto: caam - add SPDX license identifier to all files crypto: caam/qi - simplify CGR allocation, freeing crypto: mxs-dcp - make symbols 'sha1_null_hash' and 'sha256_null_hash' static crypto: arm64/aes-blk - ensure XTS mask is always loaded crypto: testmgr - fix sizeof() on COMP_BUF_SIZE crypto: chtls - remove set but not used variable 'csk' crypto: axis - fix platform_no_drv_owner.cocci warnings crypto: x86/aes-ni - fix build error following fpu template removal crypto: arm64/aes - fix handling sub-block CTS-CBC inputs crypto: caam/qi2 - avoid double export crypto: mxs-dcp - Fix AES issues crypto: mxs-dcp - Fix SHA null hashes and output length crypto: mxs-dcp - Implement sha import/export crypto: aegis/generic - fix for big endian systems crypto: morus/generic - fix for big endian systems crypto: lrw - fix rebase error after out of bounds fix crypto: cavium/nitrox - use pci_alloc_irq_vectors() while enabling MSI-X. crypto: cavium/nitrox - NITROX command queue changes. ...
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@@ -191,21 +191,11 @@ Currently, the following pairs of encryption modes are supported:
- AES-256-XTS for contents and AES-256-CTS-CBC for filenames
- AES-128-CBC for contents and AES-128-CTS-CBC for filenames
-- Speck128/256-XTS for contents and Speck128/256-CTS-CBC for filenames
It is strongly recommended to use AES-256-XTS for contents encryption.
AES-128-CBC was added only for low-powered embedded devices with
crypto accelerators such as CAAM or CESA that do not support XTS.
-Similarly, Speck128/256 support was only added for older or low-end
-CPUs which cannot do AES fast enough -- especially ARM CPUs which have
-NEON instructions but not the Cryptography Extensions -- and for which
-it would not otherwise be feasible to use encryption at all. It is
-not recommended to use Speck on CPUs that have AES instructions.
-Speck support is only available if it has been enabled in the crypto
-API via CONFIG_CRYPTO_SPECK. Also, on ARM platforms, to get
-acceptable performance CONFIG_CRYPTO_SPECK_NEON must be enabled.
-
New encryption modes can be added relatively easily, without changes
to individual filesystems. However, authenticated encryption (AE)
modes are not currently supported because of the difficulty of dealing