Squeeze out another 5% of performance by minimizing the number
of invocations of kernel_neon_begin()/kernel_neon_end() on the
common path, which also allows some reloads of the key schedule
to be optimized away.

The resulting code runs at 2.3 cycles per byte on a Cortex-A53.

Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheu...@linaro.org>
---
Raw numbers after the patch.

 arch/arm64/crypto/ghash-ce-core.S |  9 ++-
 arch/arm64/crypto/ghash-ce-glue.c | 81 +++++++++++---------
 2 files changed, 49 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/crypto/ghash-ce-core.S 
b/arch/arm64/crypto/ghash-ce-core.S
index f7281e7a592f..913e49932ae6 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/crypto/ghash-ce-core.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/crypto/ghash-ce-core.S
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * Accelerated GHASH implementation with ARMv8 PMULL instructions.
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2014 - 2017 Linaro Ltd. <ard.biesheu...@linaro.org>
+ * Copyright (C) 2014 - 2018 Linaro Ltd. <ard.biesheu...@linaro.org>
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
  * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published
@@ -332,8 +332,6 @@ ENDPROC(pmull_ghash_update_p8)
        ld1             {XL.2d}, [x1]
        ldr             x8, [x5, #8]                    // load lower counter
 
-       load_round_keys w7, x6
-
        movi            MASK.16b, #0xe1
        trn1            SHASH2.2d, SHASH.2d, HH.2d
        trn2            T1.2d, SHASH.2d, HH.2d
@@ -346,6 +344,8 @@ CPU_LE(     rev             x8, x8          )
        ld1             {KS0.16b-KS1.16b}, [x10]
        .endif
 
+       cbnz            x6, 4f
+
 0:     ld1             {INP0.16b-INP1.16b}, [x3], #32
 
        rev             x9, x8
@@ -471,6 +471,9 @@ CPU_LE(     rev             x8, x8          )
        enc_round       KS0, v20
        enc_round       KS1, v20
        b               1b
+
+4:     load_round_keys w7, x6
+       b               0b
        .endm
 
        /*
diff --git a/arch/arm64/crypto/ghash-ce-glue.c 
b/arch/arm64/crypto/ghash-ce-glue.c
index c41ac62c90e9..88e3d93fa7c7 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/crypto/ghash-ce-glue.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/crypto/ghash-ce-glue.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * Accelerated GHASH implementation with ARMv8 PMULL instructions.
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2014 - 2017 Linaro Ltd. <ard.biesheu...@linaro.org>
+ * Copyright (C) 2014 - 2018 Linaro Ltd. <ard.biesheu...@linaro.org>
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
  * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published
@@ -374,37 +374,39 @@ static int gcm_encrypt(struct aead_request *req)
        memcpy(iv, req->iv, GCM_IV_SIZE);
        put_unaligned_be32(1, iv + GCM_IV_SIZE);
 
-       if (likely(may_use_simd())) {
-               kernel_neon_begin();
+       err = skcipher_walk_aead_encrypt(&walk, req, false);
 
+       if (likely(may_use_simd() && walk.total >= 2 * AES_BLOCK_SIZE)) {
+               u32 const *rk = NULL;
+
+               kernel_neon_begin();
                pmull_gcm_encrypt_block(tag, iv, ctx->aes_key.key_enc, nrounds);
                put_unaligned_be32(2, iv + GCM_IV_SIZE);
                pmull_gcm_encrypt_block(ks, iv, NULL, nrounds);
                put_unaligned_be32(3, iv + GCM_IV_SIZE);
                pmull_gcm_encrypt_block(ks + AES_BLOCK_SIZE, iv, NULL, nrounds);
                put_unaligned_be32(4, iv + GCM_IV_SIZE);
-               kernel_neon_end();
-
-               err = skcipher_walk_aead_encrypt(&walk, req, false);
 
-               while (walk.nbytes >= 2 * AES_BLOCK_SIZE) {
+               do {
                        int blocks = walk.nbytes / (2 * AES_BLOCK_SIZE) * 2;
 
-                       kernel_neon_begin();
+                       if (rk)
+                               kernel_neon_begin();
+
                        pmull_gcm_encrypt(blocks, dg, walk.dst.virt.addr,
                                          walk.src.virt.addr, ctx->h2, iv,
-                                         ctx->aes_key.key_enc, nrounds, ks);
+                                         rk, nrounds, ks);
                        kernel_neon_end();
 
                        err = skcipher_walk_done(&walk,
                                        walk.nbytes % (2 * AES_BLOCK_SIZE));
-               }
+
+                       rk = ctx->aes_key.key_enc;
+               } while (walk.nbytes >= 2 * AES_BLOCK_SIZE);
        } else {
                __aes_arm64_encrypt(ctx->aes_key.key_enc, tag, iv, nrounds);
                put_unaligned_be32(2, iv + GCM_IV_SIZE);
 
-               err = skcipher_walk_aead_encrypt(&walk, req, false);
-
                while (walk.nbytes >= AES_BLOCK_SIZE) {
                        int blocks = walk.nbytes / AES_BLOCK_SIZE;
                        u8 *dst = walk.dst.virt.addr;
@@ -486,50 +488,53 @@ static int gcm_decrypt(struct aead_request *req)
        memcpy(iv, req->iv, GCM_IV_SIZE);
        put_unaligned_be32(1, iv + GCM_IV_SIZE);
 
-       if (likely(may_use_simd())) {
+       err = skcipher_walk_aead_decrypt(&walk, req, false);
+
+       if (likely(may_use_simd() && walk.total >= 2 * AES_BLOCK_SIZE)) {
+               u32 const *rk = NULL;
+
                kernel_neon_begin();
                pmull_gcm_encrypt_block(tag, iv, ctx->aes_key.key_enc, nrounds);
                put_unaligned_be32(2, iv + GCM_IV_SIZE);
-               kernel_neon_end();
 
-               err = skcipher_walk_aead_decrypt(&walk, req, false);
-
-               while (walk.nbytes >= 2 * AES_BLOCK_SIZE) {
+               do {
                        int blocks = walk.nbytes / (2 * AES_BLOCK_SIZE) * 2;
+                       int rem = walk.total - blocks * AES_BLOCK_SIZE;
+
+                       if (rk)
+                               kernel_neon_begin();
 
-                       kernel_neon_begin();
                        pmull_gcm_decrypt(blocks, dg, walk.dst.virt.addr,
                                          walk.src.virt.addr, ctx->h2, iv,
-                                         ctx->aes_key.key_enc, nrounds);
-                       kernel_neon_end();
+                                         rk, nrounds);
 
-                       err = skcipher_walk_done(&walk,
-                                       walk.nbytes % (2 * AES_BLOCK_SIZE));
-               }
+                       /* check if this is the final iteration of the loop */
+                       if (rem < (2 * AES_BLOCK_SIZE)) {
+                               u8 *iv2 = iv + AES_BLOCK_SIZE;
 
-               if (walk.nbytes) {
-                       u8 *iv2 = iv + AES_BLOCK_SIZE;
+                               if (rem > AES_BLOCK_SIZE) {
+                                       memcpy(iv2, iv, AES_BLOCK_SIZE);
+                                       crypto_inc(iv2, AES_BLOCK_SIZE);
+                               }
 
-                       if (walk.nbytes > AES_BLOCK_SIZE) {
-                               memcpy(iv2, iv, AES_BLOCK_SIZE);
-                               crypto_inc(iv2, AES_BLOCK_SIZE);
-                       }
+                               pmull_gcm_encrypt_block(iv, iv, NULL, nrounds);
 
-                       kernel_neon_begin();
-                       pmull_gcm_encrypt_block(iv, iv, ctx->aes_key.key_enc,
-                                               nrounds);
+                               if (rem > AES_BLOCK_SIZE)
+                                       pmull_gcm_encrypt_block(iv2, iv2, NULL,
+                                                               nrounds);
+                       }
 
-                       if (walk.nbytes > AES_BLOCK_SIZE)
-                               pmull_gcm_encrypt_block(iv2, iv2, NULL,
-                                                       nrounds);
                        kernel_neon_end();
-               }
+
+                       err = skcipher_walk_done(&walk,
+                                       walk.nbytes % (2 * AES_BLOCK_SIZE));
+
+                       rk = ctx->aes_key.key_enc;
+               } while (walk.nbytes >= 2 * AES_BLOCK_SIZE);
        } else {
                __aes_arm64_encrypt(ctx->aes_key.key_enc, tag, iv, nrounds);
                put_unaligned_be32(2, iv + GCM_IV_SIZE);
 
-               err = skcipher_walk_aead_decrypt(&walk, req, false);
-
                while (walk.nbytes >= AES_BLOCK_SIZE) {
                        int blocks = walk.nbytes / AES_BLOCK_SIZE;
                        u8 *dst = walk.dst.virt.addr;
-- 
2.18.0

testing speed of gcm(aes) (gcm-aes-ce) encryption
test  0 (128 bit key,   16 byte blocks): 365343 operations in 1 seconds (  
5845488 bytes)
test  1 (128 bit key,   64 byte blocks): 504620 operations in 1 seconds ( 
32295680 bytes)
test  2 (128 bit key,  256 byte blocks): 418881 operations in 1 seconds 
(107233536 bytes)
test  3 (128 bit key,  512 byte blocks): 343166 operations in 1 seconds 
(175700992 bytes)
test  4 (128 bit key, 1024 byte blocks): 252229 operations in 1 seconds 
(258282496 bytes)
test  5 (128 bit key, 2048 byte blocks): 164862 operations in 1 seconds 
(337637376 bytes)
test  6 (128 bit key, 4096 byte blocks):  98274 operations in 1 seconds 
(402530304 bytes)
test  7 (128 bit key, 8192 byte blocks):  52530 operations in 1 seconds 
(430325760 bytes)
test  8 (192 bit key,   16 byte blocks): 343221 operations in 1 seconds (  
5491536 bytes)
test  9 (192 bit key,   64 byte blocks): 495929 operations in 1 seconds ( 
31739456 bytes)
test 10 (192 bit key,  256 byte blocks): 404755 operations in 1 seconds 
(103617280 bytes)
test 11 (192 bit key,  512 byte blocks): 326728 operations in 1 seconds 
(167284736 bytes)
test 12 (192 bit key, 1024 byte blocks): 235987 operations in 1 seconds 
(241650688 bytes)
test 13 (192 bit key, 2048 byte blocks): 151724 operations in 1 seconds 
(310730752 bytes)
test 14 (192 bit key, 4096 byte blocks):  89285 operations in 1 seconds 
(365711360 bytes)
test 15 (192 bit key, 8192 byte blocks):  47432 operations in 1 seconds 
(388562944 bytes)
test 16 (256 bit key,   16 byte blocks): 323574 operations in 1 seconds (  
5177184 bytes)
test 17 (256 bit key,   64 byte blocks): 489854 operations in 1 seconds ( 
31350656 bytes)
test 18 (256 bit key,  256 byte blocks): 396979 operations in 1 seconds 
(101626624 bytes)
test 19 (256 bit key,  512 byte blocks): 317923 operations in 1 seconds 
(162776576 bytes)
test 20 (256 bit key, 1024 byte blocks): 211440 operations in 1 seconds 
(216514560 bytes)
test 21 (256 bit key, 2048 byte blocks): 145407 operations in 1 seconds 
(297793536 bytes)
test 22 (256 bit key, 4096 byte blocks):  85050 operations in 1 seconds 
(348364800 bytes)
test 23 (256 bit key, 8192 byte blocks):  45068 operations in 1 seconds 
(369197056 bytes)

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