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Make tcp-md5 use the MD5 library API (added in 6.18) instead of the
crypto_ahash API. This is much simpler and also more efficient:
- The library API just operates on struct md5_ctx. Just allocate this
struct on the stack instead of using a pool of pre-allocated
crypto_ahash and ahash_request objects.
- The library API accepts standard pointers and doesn't require
scatterlists. So, for hashing the headers just use an on-stack buffer
instead of a pool of pre-allocated kmalloc'ed scratch buffers.
- The library API never fails. Therefore, checking for MD5 hashing
errors is no longer necessary. Update tcp_v4_md5_hash_skb(),
tcp_v6_md5_hash_skb(), tcp_v4_md5_hash_hdr(), tcp_v6_md5_hash_hdr(),
tcp_md5_hash_key(), tcp_sock_af_ops::calc_md5_hash, and
tcp_request_sock_ops::calc_md5_hash to return void instead of int.
- The library API provides direct access to the MD5 code, eliminating
unnecessary overhead such as indirect function calls and scatterlist
management. Microbenchmarks of tcp_v4_md5_hash_skb() on x86_64 show a
speedup from 7518 to 7041 cycles (6% fewer) with skb->len == 1440, or
from 1020 to 678 cycles (33% fewer) with skb->len == 140.
Since tcp_sigpool_hash_skb_data() can no longer be used, add a function
tcp_md5_hash_skb_data() which is specialized to MD5. Of course, to the
extent that this duplicates any code, it's well worth it.
To preserve the existing behavior of TCP-MD5 support being disabled when
the kernel is booted with "fips=1", make tcp_md5_do_add() check
fips_enabled itself. Previously it relied on the error from
crypto_alloc_ahash("md5") being bubbled up. I don't know for sure that
this is actually needed, but this preserves the existing behavior.
Tested with bidirectional TCP-MD5, both IPv4 and IPv6, between a kernel
that includes this commit and a kernel that doesn't include this commit.
(Side note: please don't use TCP-MD5! It's cryptographically weak. But
as long as Linux supports it, it might as well be implemented properly.)
Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251014215836.115616-1-ebiggers@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
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