Update doc about minimum max_ops value

Ok, so the original plan was to make mpi_inv_mod() the smallest block that
could not be divided. Updated plan is that the smallest block will be either:
- ecp_normalize_jac_many() (one mpi_inv_mod() + a number or mpi_mul_mpi()s)
- or the second loop in ecp_precompute_comb()

With default settings, the minimum non-restartable sequence is:
- for P-256: 222M
- for P-384: 341M

This is within a 2-3x factor of originally planned value of 120M. However,
that value can be approached, at the cost of some performance, by setting
ECP_WINDOW_SIZE (w below) lower than the default of 6. For example:
- w=4 -> 166M for any curve (perf. impact < 10%)
- w=2 -> 130M for any curve (perf. impact ~ 30%)

My opinion is that the current state with w=4 is a good compromise, and the
code complexity need to attain 120M is not warranted by the 1.4 factor between
that and the current minimum with w=4 (which is close to optimal perf).
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Manuel Pégourié-Gonnard 2017-03-20 13:39:39 +01:00
parent 213541a548
commit 1c678e0e06
2 changed files with 11 additions and 5 deletions

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@ -274,8 +274,14 @@ mbedtls_ecp_keypair;
* of the order of 3600 "basic operations" with default
* settings.
*
* \warning Values lower than 120 are currently not well-supported, in
* that sometimes functions will have to block for longer.
* \warning Very low values are not always respected: sometimes
* functions need to block for a minimum number of
* operations, and will do so even if max_ops is set to a
* lower value. That minimum depends on the curve size, and
* can be made lower by decreasing the value of
* \c MBEDTLS_ECP_WINDOW_SIZE. As an indication, the minimum
* is around 160 for P-256 with \c MBEDTLS_ECP_WINDOW_SIZE
* set to 4.
*/
void mbedtls_ecp_set_max_ops( unsigned max_ops );
#endif /* MBEDTLS_ECP_EARLY_RETURN */

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@ -1397,7 +1397,7 @@ norm_dbl:
for( i = 1; i < T_len; i <<= 1 )
TT[j++] = T + i;
ECP_BUDGET( ECP_OPS_INV + 6 * j - 2 ); // XXX: split next function?
ECP_BUDGET( ECP_OPS_INV + 6 * j - 2 );
MBEDTLS_MPI_CHK( ecp_normalize_jac_many( grp, TT, j ) );
@ -1414,7 +1414,7 @@ norm_dbl:
add:
#endif
ECP_BUDGET( ( T_len - 1 ) * ECP_OPS_ADD ); // XXX: split loop?
ECP_BUDGET( ( T_len - 1 ) * ECP_OPS_ADD );
for( i = 1; i < T_len; i <<= 1 )
{
@ -1440,7 +1440,7 @@ norm_add:
for( j = 0; j + 1 < T_len; j++ )
TT[j] = T + j + 1;
ECP_BUDGET( ECP_OPS_INV + 6 * j - 2 ); // XXX: split next function?
ECP_BUDGET( ECP_OPS_INV + 6 * j - 2 );
MBEDTLS_MPI_CHK( ecp_normalize_jac_many( grp, TT, j ) );