[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4] crypto/aesni_gcm: migration from MB library to ISA-L
Thomas Monjalon
thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com
Thu Jan 5 16:12:26 CET 2017
2017-01-05 14:51, Piotr Azarewicz:
> Current Cryptodev AES-NI GCM PMD is implemented using Multi Buffer
> Crypto library.This patch reimplement the device using ISA-L Crypto
> library: https://github.com/01org/isa-l_crypto.
>
> The migration entailed the following additional support for:
> * GMAC algorithm.
> * 256-bit cipher key.
> * Session-less mode.
> * Out-of place processing
> * Scatter-gatter support for chained mbufs (only out-of place and
> destination mbuf must be contiguous)
>
> Verified current unit tests and added new unit tests to verify new
> functionalities.
>
> PERFORMANCE COMPARISON
> ----------------------
> Comparison the new and old implementation is made by running app/test
> and calling cryptodev_aesni_gcm_perftest.
> As we may see below, the new implementation has small performance drop
> when buffer size is above 64B.
I am a bit surprised that you change for lower performance.
I understand that it brings new features.
Is it possible to add such features without performance impact?
> Old implementation with MB library:
> Cipher algo: AES_GCM Cipher hash: AES_GCM ciphr key: 128b burst size: 32
> Buffer Size(B) OPS(M) Throughput(Gbps) Retries EmptyPolls
> 64 4.57 2.34 0 0
> 128 4.28 4.39 0 0
> 256 2.76 5.66 0 0
> 512 1.60 6.56 0 0
> 1024 0.90 7.34 0 0
> 1536 0.62 7.66 0 0
> 2048 0.48 7.84 0 0
>
> New implementation with ISA-L library:
> Cipher algo: AES_GCM Cipher hash: AES_GCM ciphr key: 128b burst size: 32
> Buffer Size(B) OPS(M) Throughput(Gbps) Retries EmptyPolls
> 64 4.62 2.37 0 0
> 128 4.06 4.16 0 0
> 256 2.65 5.44 0 0
> 512 1.57 6.45 0 0
> 1024 0.89 7.26 0 0
> 1536 0.62 7.58 0 0
> 2048 0.47 7.77 0 0
>
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