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    Phoronix: Linux DM-Crypt Being Parallelized

    Red Hat's Mikulas Patocka has posted a set of Linux kernel patches that parallelize the dm-crypt sub-system...

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  • #2
    On modern hardware, I suspect this is pretty much moot anyway, thanks to AES-NI, right?

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    • #3
      Originally posted by pdffs View Post
      On modern hardware, I suspect this is pretty much moot anyway, thanks to AES-NI, right?
      probably, but that's only available since the last 2 processor "generations", or something like that. for normal workloads most people don't need anything faster than a core2quad and these don't have it.

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      • #4
        AES-NI can be used by dm-crypt, TrueCrypt, 7-Zip, OpenSSL, and by libraries such as Network Security Services (NSS), and the Crypto API in the Linux kernel.
        Last edited by uid313; 10 April 2013, 05:36 AM.

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        • #5
          Not everything is x86 or x86_64. Recent quad-core ARM CPUs obviously lack AES-NI and could conceivably benefit from this.

          Also, AES-NI only improves performance for AES. AES is probably the most common algorithm for bulk encryption, but it is not the only algorithm out there.

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          • #6
            AES-NI isn't available in low-end intel processors. Not even the last generation of i3's has it (i3-3240 for example: http://ark.intel.com/products/65690/...Cache-3_40-GHz). Most i5 has it, but not all (2nd gen i5: i5-750 http://ark.intel.com/products/42917/...Cache-2_40-GHz). Intels "market segmentation is a bit weird and not always easy to follow. I always check ark.intel.com before pressing "buy" on processors to make sure I get the features I want.

            Either way, parallelization seems reasonable if it can be made to not hurt efficiency when io-loads are low.

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            • #7
              More things parallelizable

              What else hasn't been made parallel that would benefit most Linux users?
              Honest question. This is basically low-hanging fruit nowadays.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Qaz` View Post
                AES-NI isn't available in low-end intel processors.
                I wouldn't even go so far as to call it low-end, AES-NI is unfortunately disabled on the majority of Intels CPUs:

                According to Geizhals.de/Skinflint.co.uk there are currently 117 socket 1155 CPUs available from Intel. Of those, slightly less than half (58) support AES-NI.

                That looks good initially until you notice there is just a SINGLE dual core cpu with AES-NI support: Core i5-3470T.
                Basically, unless you get a quad core today (which will cost you upwards of 150€) you will not have AES-NI from Intel. And of course, four cores in a file-server are a bit of a waste...

                Fortunately, AMD offers AES-capable CPUs starting at 40€ so not all is lost!

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                • #9
                  With the AES talk I wondered how Via's old hw block Padlock stacked up against AES-NI instructions. Voila google: http://grantmcwilliams.com/tech/tech...s-amd-hexacore

                  AES-NI has 2-3x more performance over a C3 Padlock, which still beats a 6-core cpu without those instructions.

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by anybody View Post
                    I wouldn't even go so far as to call it low-end, AES-NI is unfortunately disabled on the majority of Intels CPUs:

                    According to Geizhals.de/Skinflint.co.uk there are currently 117 socket 1155 CPUs available from Intel. Of those, slightly less than half (58) support AES-NI.

                    That looks good initially until you notice there is just a SINGLE dual core cpu with AES-NI support: Core i5-3470T.
                    Basically, unless you get a quad core today (which will cost you upwards of 150€) you will not have AES-NI from Intel. And of course, four cores in a file-server are a bit of a waste...

                    Fortunately, AMD offers AES-capable CPUs starting at 40€ so not all is lost!
                    Wow, that is really pathetic, Intel. Glad AMD is doing it right...

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