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@@ -172,7 +172,8 @@ See the `examples/` directory for more. To use this library in your application: 1. Copy `sha3.h` and `sha3.c` into your source tree. -2. Update your build system to compile `sha3.o`. +2. Update your build system to compile `sha3.o`. See the `Makefile` for + compiler flags. 3. Include `sha3.h` in your application. See the top-level `Makefile` and the examples for recommended @@ -199,6 +200,67 @@ the [Cryptographic Algorithm Validation Program (CAVP)][cavp] byte test vectors, and are excluded from the main test suite because of their size. +## Backends + +This library includes several accelerated backends which are selectable +at compile time via the `SHA3_BACKEND` make argument and define. By +default the fastest backend is selected at compile-time. + +The available backends are: + +- Scalar (`SHA3_BACKEND=1`): Default if no faster backend is available. +- [AVX-512][] (`SHA3_BACKEND=2`): [AVX-512][] acceleration. Selected by + default if [AVX-512][] is supported. +- [Neon][] (`SHA3_BACKEND=3`): ARM [Neon][] acceleration. Currently + slower than the scalar backend on ARM CPUs and not enabled by default. + +The name of the selected backend is available at run-time via the +`sha3_backend()` function. See the `tests/bench/` for examples of the +`SHA3_BACKEND` make argument and the `sha3_backend()` function. + +## Benchmarks + +A minimal [libcpucycles][]-based benchmarking tool is available in +`tests/bench/`. The `bench` tool measures the [median][] [cycles per +byte (cpb)][cpb] for a variety of message lengths, then prints a table +of results to standard output in [CSV][] format. + +The results from running `bench` on a couple of my systems are available +in the tables below. + +### Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon, 6th Gen (i7-1185G7, AVX-512 Backend) + +| function | 64 | 256 | 1024 | 4096 | 16384 | +| -------- | -- | --- | ---- | ---- | ----- | +| sha3-224 | 15.4 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.1 | 7.0 | +| sha3-256 | 15.4 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 7.4 | +| sha3-384 | 15.5 | 11.7 | 9.8 | 9.8 | 9.7 | +| sha3-512 | 15.4 | 15.5 | 14.6 | 13.9 | 13.9 | +| shake128 | 15.5 | 7.8 | 6.9 | 6.2 | 6.1 | +| shake256 | 15.6 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 7.6 | 7.4 | + +### Raspberry Pi 5 (Cortex-A76, Scalar Backend) + +| function | 64 | 256 | 1024 | 4096 | 16384 | +| -------- | -- | --- | ---- | ---- | ----- | +| sha3-224 | 20.2 | 10.3 | 10.3 | 9.3 | 9.2 | +| sha3-256 | 20.2 | 10.3 | 10.3 | 9.9 | 9.7 | +| sha3-384 | 20.9 | 15.3 | 12.8 | 12.7 | 12.5 | +| sha3-512 | 20.2 | 20.2 | 18.9 | 25.3 | 17.9 | +| shake128 | 20.2 | 10.1 | 9.0 | 8.1 | 7.9 | +| shake256 | 20.2 | 10.3 | 10.3 | 9.9 | 9.7 | + +### Odroid N2L (Cortex-A73, Scalar Backend) + +| function | 64 | 256 | 1024 | 4096 | 16384 | +| -------- | -- | --- | ---- | ---- | ----- | +| sha3-224 | 34.0 | 16.1 | 15.5 | 14.0 | 13.7 | +| sha3-256 | 34.0 | 16.1 | 15.4 | 14.8 | 14.4 | +| sha3-384 | 34.0 | 23.4 | 19.0 | 18.8 | 18.6 | +| sha3-512 | 34.0 | 30.8 | 28.1 | 26.5 | 26.5 | +| shake128 | 34.0 | 16.1 | 13.6 | 12.1 | 11.8 | +| shake256 | 34.0 | 16.1 | 15.5 | 14.8 | 14.4 | + ## References * [FIPS 202 - SHA-3 Standard: Permutation-Based Hash and Extendable-Output Functions][FIPS 202] @@ -280,3 +342,11 @@ SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. "sha3 API documentation." [cavp]: https://csrc.nist.gov/Projects/Cryptographic-Algorithm-Validation-Program/Secure-Hashing "Cryptographic Algorithm Validation Program (CAVP)" +[neon]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARM_architecture_family#Advanced_SIMD_(Neon) + "Advanced SIMD extension for ARM CPUs" +[csv]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comma-separated_values + "Comma-Separated Value (CSV)" +[libcpucycles]: https://cpucycles.cr.yp.to/ + "Microlibrary for counting CPU cycles." +[cpb]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encryption_software#Performance + "Observed CPU cycles divided by the number of input bytes." |