[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH 2/2] avutil/x86/aes: remove a few branches

James Almer jamrial at gmail.com
Mon Apr 7 19:26:32 EEST 2025


The rounds value is constant and can be one of three hardcoded values, so
instead of checking it on every loop, just split the function into three
different implementations for each value.

Before:
aes_decrypt_128_aesni:                                  93.8 (47.58x)
aes_decrypt_192_aesni:                                 106.9 (49.30x)
aes_decrypt_256_aesni:                                 109.8 (56.50x)
aes_encrypt_128_aesni:                                  93.2 (47.70x)
aes_encrypt_192_aesni:                                 111.1 (48.36x)
aes_encrypt_256_aesni:                                 113.6 (56.27x)

After:
aes_decrypt_128_aesni:                                  71.5 (63.31x)
aes_decrypt_192_aesni:                                  96.8 (55.64x)
aes_decrypt_256_aesni:                                 106.1 (58.51x)
aes_encrypt_128_aesni:                                  81.3 (55.92x)
aes_encrypt_192_aesni:                                  91.2 (59.78x)
aes_encrypt_256_aesni:                                 109.0 (58.26x)

Signed-off-by: James Almer <jamrial at gmail.com>
---
 libavutil/aes.c          |  3 +--
 libavutil/x86/aes.asm    | 24 +++++++++++++-----------
 libavutil/x86/aes_init.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++++----
 3 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/libavutil/aes.c b/libavutil/aes.c
index 5f31412149..52a250bc00 100644
--- a/libavutil/aes.c
+++ b/libavutil/aes.c
@@ -234,6 +234,7 @@ int av_aes_init(AVAES *a, const uint8_t *key, int key_bits, int decrypt)
     int KC = key_bits >> 5;
     int rounds = KC + 6;
 
+    a->rounds = rounds;
     a->crypt = decrypt ? aes_decrypt : aes_encrypt;
     if (ARCH_X86)
         ff_init_aes_x86(a, decrypt);
@@ -243,8 +244,6 @@ int av_aes_init(AVAES *a, const uint8_t *key, int key_bits, int decrypt)
     if (key_bits != 128 && key_bits != 192 && key_bits != 256)
         return AVERROR(EINVAL);
 
-    a->rounds = rounds;
-
     memcpy(tk, key, KC * 4);
     memcpy(a->round_key[0].u8, key, KC * 4);
 
diff --git a/libavutil/x86/aes.asm b/libavutil/x86/aes.asm
index 7084c46055..e985a94685 100644
--- a/libavutil/x86/aes.asm
+++ b/libavutil/x86/aes.asm
@@ -26,12 +26,11 @@ SECTION .text
 ; void ff_aes_decrypt(AVAES *a, uint8_t *dst, const uint8_t *src,
 ;                     int count, uint8_t *iv, int rounds)
 ;-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-%macro AES_CRYPT 1
-cglobal aes_%1rypt, 6,6,2
+%macro AES_CRYPT 2
+cglobal aes_%1rypt_%2, 5, 5, 2
     test     r3d, r3d
     je .ret
     shl      r3d, 4
-    add      r5d, r5d
     add       r0, 0x60
     add       r2, r3
     add       r1, r3
@@ -45,16 +44,15 @@ cglobal aes_%1rypt, 6,6,2
 %ifidn %1, enc
     pxor      m0, m1
 %endif
-    pxor      m0, [r0+8*r5-0x60]
-    cmp      r5d, 24
-    je .rounds12
-    jl .rounds10
+    pxor      m0, [r0+8*2*%2-0x60]
+%if %2 > 12
     aes%1     m0, [r0+0x70]
     aes%1     m0, [r0+0x60]
-.rounds12:
+%endif
+%if %2 > 10
     aes%1     m0, [r0+0x50]
     aes%1     m0, [r0+0x40]
-.rounds10:
+%endif
     aes%1     m0, [r0+0x30]
     aes%1     m0, [r0+0x20]
     aes%1     m0, [r0+0x10]
@@ -90,6 +88,10 @@ cglobal aes_%1rypt, 6,6,2
 
 %if HAVE_AESNI_EXTERNAL
 INIT_XMM aesni
-AES_CRYPT enc
-AES_CRYPT dec
+AES_CRYPT enc, 10
+AES_CRYPT enc, 12
+AES_CRYPT enc, 14
+AES_CRYPT dec, 10
+AES_CRYPT dec, 12
+AES_CRYPT dec, 14
 %endif
diff --git a/libavutil/x86/aes_init.c b/libavutil/x86/aes_init.c
index 0ac8c20239..c3e2003c07 100644
--- a/libavutil/x86/aes_init.c
+++ b/libavutil/x86/aes_init.c
@@ -22,15 +22,29 @@
 #include "libavutil/aes_internal.h"
 #include "libavutil/x86/cpu.h"
 
-void ff_aes_decrypt_aesni(AVAES *a, uint8_t *dst, const uint8_t *src,
+void ff_aes_decrypt_10_aesni(AVAES *a, uint8_t *dst, const uint8_t *src,
                           int count, uint8_t *iv, int rounds);
-void ff_aes_encrypt_aesni(AVAES *a, uint8_t *dst, const uint8_t *src,
+void ff_aes_decrypt_12_aesni(AVAES *a, uint8_t *dst, const uint8_t *src,
                           int count, uint8_t *iv, int rounds);
+void ff_aes_decrypt_14_aesni(AVAES *a, uint8_t *dst, const uint8_t *src,
+                             int count, uint8_t *iv, int rounds);
+void ff_aes_encrypt_10_aesni(AVAES *a, uint8_t *dst, const uint8_t *src,
+                             int count, uint8_t *iv, int rounds);
+void ff_aes_encrypt_12_aesni(AVAES *a, uint8_t *dst, const uint8_t *src,
+                             int count, uint8_t *iv, int rounds);
+void ff_aes_encrypt_14_aesni(AVAES *a, uint8_t *dst, const uint8_t *src,
+                             int count, uint8_t *iv, int rounds);
 
 void ff_init_aes_x86(AVAES *a, int decrypt)
 {
     int cpu_flags = av_get_cpu_flags();
 
-    if (EXTERNAL_AESNI(cpu_flags))
-        a->crypt = decrypt ? ff_aes_decrypt_aesni : ff_aes_encrypt_aesni;
+    if (EXTERNAL_AESNI(cpu_flags)) {
+        if (a->rounds == 10)
+            a->crypt = decrypt ? ff_aes_decrypt_10_aesni : ff_aes_encrypt_10_aesni;
+        else if (a->rounds == 12)
+            a->crypt = decrypt ? ff_aes_decrypt_12_aesni : ff_aes_encrypt_12_aesni;
+        else if (a->rounds == 14)
+            a->crypt = decrypt ? ff_aes_decrypt_14_aesni : ff_aes_encrypt_14_aesni;
+    }
 }
-- 
2.49.0



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