Subject: [PATCH v2 23/35] crypto: arm/ghash - Use new AES library API

From: Eric Biggers <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2026 11:20:21 -0800

Switch from the old AES library functions (which use struct
crypto_aes_ctx) to the new ones (which use struct aes_enckey).  This
eliminates the unnecessary computation and caching of the decryption
round keys.  The new AES en/decryption functions are also much faster
and use AES instructions when supported by the CPU.

Note that in addition to the change in the key preparation function and
the key struct type itself, the change in the type of the key struct
results in aes_encrypt() (which is temporarily a type-generic macro)
calling the new encryption function rather than the old one.

Acked-by: Ard Biesheuvel <[email-masked]>
Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <[email-masked]>
---
 arch/arm/crypto/ghash-ce-glue.c | 14 +++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm/crypto/ghash-ce-glue.c b/arch/arm/crypto/ghash-ce-glue.c
index a52dcc8c1e33..454adcc62cc6 100644
--- a/arch/arm/crypto/ghash-ce-glue.c
+++ b/arch/arm/crypto/ghash-ce-glue.c
@@ -202,24 +202,28 @@ int pmull_gcm_dec_final(int bytes, u64 dg[], char *tag,
 
 static int gcm_aes_setkey(struct crypto_aead *tfm, const u8 *inkey,
 			  unsigned int keylen)
 {
 	struct gcm_key *ctx = crypto_aead_ctx(tfm);
-	struct crypto_aes_ctx aes_ctx;
+	struct aes_enckey aes_key;
 	be128 h, k;
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = aes_expandkey(&aes_ctx, inkey, keylen);
+	ret = aes_prepareenckey(&aes_key, inkey, keylen);
 	if (ret)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	aes_encrypt(&aes_ctx, (u8 *)&k, (u8[AES_BLOCK_SIZE]){});
+	aes_encrypt(&aes_key, (u8 *)&k, (u8[AES_BLOCK_SIZE]){});
 
-	memcpy(ctx->rk, aes_ctx.key_enc, sizeof(ctx->rk));
+	/*
+	 * Note: this assumes that the arm implementation of the AES library
+	 * stores the standard round keys in k.rndkeys.
+	 */
+	memcpy(ctx->rk, aes_key.k.rndkeys, sizeof(ctx->rk));
 	ctx->rounds = 6 + keylen / 4;
 
-	memzero_explicit(&aes_ctx, sizeof(aes_ctx));
+	memzero_explicit(&aes_key, sizeof(aes_key));
 
 	ghash_reflect(ctx->h[0], &k);
 
 	h = k;
 	gf128mul_lle(&h, &k);
-- 
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