[v2,7/7] AES for PPC/SPE - kernel config

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Markus Stockhausen Feb. 22, 2015, 9 a.m. UTC

[PATCH v2 7/7] AES for PPC/SPE - kernel config

Integrate the module into the kernel configuration

v2 changes
- better explanation of use case in help text

Signed-off-by: Markus Stockhausen <[e-mail]>
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Patch

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/crypto/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/crypto/Makefile
index a07e763..1698fb9 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/crypto/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/crypto/Makefile
@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@ 
 # Arch-specific CryptoAPI modules.
 #
 
+obj-$(CONFIG_CRYPTO_AES_PPC_SPE) += aes-ppc-spe.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CRYPTO_SHA1_PPC) += sha1-powerpc.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CRYPTO_SHA256_PPC_SPE) += sha256-ppc-spe.o
 
+aes-ppc-spe-y := aes-spe-core.o aes-spe-keys.o aes-tab-4k.o aes-spe-modes.o aes_spe_glue.o
 sha1-powerpc-y := sha1-powerpc-asm.o sha1.o
 sha256-ppc-spe-y := sha256-spe-asm.o sha256_spe_glue.o
diff --git a/crypto/Kconfig b/crypto/Kconfig
index 86d35be..f34d136 100644
--- a/crypto/Kconfig
+++ b/crypto/Kconfig
@@ -857,6 +857,19 @@  config CRYPTO_AES_ARM_BS
 	  This implementation does not rely on any lookup tables so it is
 	  believed to be invulnerable to cache timing attacks.
 
+config CRYPTO_AES_PPC_SPE
+	tristate "AES cipher algorithms (PPC SPE)"
+	depends on PPC && SPE
+	help
+	  AES cipher algorithms (FIPS-197). Additionally the acceleration
+	  for popular block cipher modes ECB, CBC, CTR and XTS is supported.
+	  This module should only be used for low power (router) devices
+	  without hardware AES acceleration (e.g. caam crypto). It reduces the
+	  size of the AES tables from 16KB to 8KB + 256 bytes and mitigates
+	  timining attacks. Nevertheless it might be not as secure as other
+	  architecture specific assembler implementations that work on 1KB
+	  tables or 256 bytes S-boxes.
+
 config CRYPTO_ANUBIS
 	tristate "Anubis cipher algorithm"
 	select CRYPTO_ALGAPI