Consolidate the CPU-based SHA-256 code into a single module, following
what I did with SHA-512:
- Each arch now provides a header file lib/crypto/$(SRCARCH)/sha256.h,
replacing lib/crypto/$(SRCARCH)/sha256.c. The header defines
sha256_blocks() and optionally sha256_mod_init_arch(). It is included
by lib/crypto/sha256.c, and thus the code gets built into the single
libsha256 module, with proper inlining and dead code elimination.
- sha256_blocks_generic() is moved from lib/crypto/sha256-generic.c into
lib/crypto/sha256.c. It's now a static function marked with
__maybe_unused, so the compiler automatically eliminates it in any
cases where it's not used.
- Whether arch-optimized SHA-256 is buildable is now controlled
centrally by lib/crypto/Kconfig instead of by
lib/crypto/$(SRCARCH)/Kconfig. The conditions for enabling it remain
the same as before, and it remains enabled by default.
- Any additional arch-specific translation units for the optimized
SHA-256 code (such as assembly files) are now compiled by
lib/crypto/Makefile instead of lib/crypto/$(SRCARCH)/Makefile.
Acked-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250630160645.3198-13-ebiggers@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
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>