Eric Biggers ba0f428c9b dm-verity: use SHA-256 library for SHA-256 ...

When the hash algorithm is SHA-256 and the verity version is not 0, use
the SHA-256 library instead of crypto_shash.

This is a prerequisite for making dm-verity interleave the computation
of SHA-256 hashes for increased performance.  That optimization is
available in the SHA-256 library but not in crypto_shash.

Even without interleaved hashing, switching to the library also slightly
improves performance by itself because it avoids the overhead of
crypto_shash, including indirect calls and other API overhead.
(Benchmark on x86_64, AMD Zen 5: hashing 4K blocks gets 2.1% faster.)

SHA-256 is by far the most common hash algorithm used with dm-verity.
It makes sense to optimize for the common case and fall back to the
generic crypto layer for uncommon cases, as suggested by Linus:
https://lore.kernel.org/r/CAHk-=wgp-fOSsZsYrbyzqCAfEvrt5jQs1jL-97Wc4seMNTUyng@mail.gmail.com

Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com>

2025-10-20 15:47:27 +02:00

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