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crypto: x86/aes - drop scalar assembler implementations
authorArd Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>
Tue, 2 Jul 2019 19:41:24 +0000 (21:41 +0200)
committerHerbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Fri, 26 Jul 2019 04:56:02 +0000 (14:56 +1000)
commit1d2c3279311e4f03fcf164e1366f2fda9f4bfccf
treedaa7ed11b3c4f2ad83b1f1432e27accfccd635a9
parent2c53fd11f7624658222d175ec27e6c07b20b63d0
crypto: x86/aes - drop scalar assembler implementations

The AES assembler code for x86 isn't actually faster than code
generated by the compiler from aes_generic.c, and considering
the disproportionate maintenance burden of assembler code on
x86, it is better just to drop it entirely. Modern x86 systems
will use AES-NI anyway, and given that the modules being removed
have a dependency on aes_generic already, we can remove them
without running the risk of regressions.

Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
arch/x86/crypto/Makefile
arch/x86/crypto/aes-i586-asm_32.S [deleted file]
arch/x86/crypto/aes-x86_64-asm_64.S [deleted file]
arch/x86/crypto/aes_glue.c
crypto/Kconfig