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    fscrypt: log the crypto algorithm implementations · e1cc40e5
    Eric Biggers authored
    
    
    Log the crypto algorithm driver name for each fscrypt encryption mode on
    its first use, also showing a friendly name for the mode.
    
    This will help people determine whether the expected implementations are
    being used.  In some cases we've seen people do benchmarks and reject
    using encryption for performance reasons, when in fact they used a much
    slower implementation of AES-XTS than was possible on the hardware.  It
    can make an enormous difference; e.g., AES-XTS on ARM is about 10x
    faster with the crypto extensions (AES instructions) than without.
    
    This also makes it more obvious which modes are being used, now that
    fscrypt supports multiple combinations of modes.
    
    Example messages (with default modes, on x86_64):
    
    [   35.492057] fscrypt: AES-256-CTS-CBC using implementation "cts(cbc-aes-aesni)"
    [   35.492171] fscrypt: AES-256-XTS using implementation "xts-aes-aesni"
    
    Note: algorithms can be dynamically added to the crypto API, which can
    result in different implementations being used at different times.  But
    this is rare; for most users, showing the first will be good enough.
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarEric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarTheodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
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