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Add an AES-XTS implementation "xts-aes-vaes-avx10_512" for x86_64 CPUs with the VAES, VPCLMULQDQ, and either AVX10/512 or AVX512BW + AVX512VL extensions. This implementation uses zmm registers to operate on four AES blocks at a time. The assembly code is instantiated using a macro so that most of the source code is shared with other implementations. To avoid downclocking on older Intel CPU models, an exclusion list is used to prevent this 512-bit implementation from being used by default on some CPU models. They will use xts-aes-vaes-avx10_256 instead. For now, this exclusion list is simply coded into aesni-intel_glue.c. It may make sense to eventually move it into a more central location. xts-aes-vaes-avx10_512 is slightly faster than xts-aes-vaes-avx10_256 on some current CPUs. E.g., on AMD Zen 4, AES-256-XTS decryption throughput increases by 13% with 4096-byte inputs, or 14% with 512-byte inputs. On Intel Sapphire Rapids, AES-256-XTS decryption throughput increases by 2% with 4096-byte inputs, or 3% with 512-byte inputs. Future CPUs may provide stronger 512-bit support, in which case a larger benefit should be seen. Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com> Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
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