The ARMv8 assembly code in this commit is mostly taken from OpenSSL's `ecp_nistz256-armv8.pl` at 19e277dd19/crypto/ec/asm/ecp_nistz256-armv8.pl (see Note 1), adapting it to the implementation in p256-x86_64.c.
Most of the assembly functions found in `crypto/fipsmodule/ec/asm/p256-x86_64-asm.pl` required to support that code have their analogous functions in the imported OpenSSL ARMv8 Perl assembly implementation with the exception of the functions:
- ecp_nistz256_select_w5
- ecp_nistz256_select_w7
An implementation for these functions was added.
Summary of modifications to the imported code:
* Renamed to `p256-armv8-asm.pl`
* Modified the location of `arm-xlate.pl` and `arm_arch.h`
* Replaced the `scatter-gather subroutines` with `select subroutines`. The `select subroutines` are implemented for ARMv8 similarly to their x86_64 counterparts, `ecp_nistz256_select_w5` and `ecp_nistz256_select_w7`.
* `ecp_nistz256_add` is removed because it was conflicting during the static build with the function of the same name in p256-nistz.c. The latter calls another assembly function, `ecp_nistz256_point_add`.
* `__ecp_nistz256_add` renamed to `__ecp_nistz256_add_to` to avoid the conflict with the function `ecp_nistz256_add` during the static build.
* l. 924 `add sp,sp,#256` the calculation of the constant, 32*(12-4), is not left for the assembler to perform.
Other modifications:
* `beeu_mod_inverse_vartime()` was implemented for AArch64 in `p256_beeu-armv8-asm.pl` similarly to its implementation in `p256_beeu-x86_64-asm.pl`.
* The files containing `p256-x86_64` in their name were renamed to, `p256-nistz` since the functions and tests defined in them are hereby running on ARMv8 as well, if enabled.
* Updated `delocate.go` and `delocate.peg` to handle the offset calculation in the assembly instructions.
* Regenerated `delocate.peg.go`.
Notes:
1- The last commit in the history of the file is in master only, the previous commits are in OpenSSL 3.0.1
2- This change focuses on AArch64 (64-bit architecture of ARMv8). It does not support ARMv4 or ARMv7.
Testing the performance on Armv8 platform using -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release:
Before:
```
Did 2596 ECDH P-256 operations in 1093956us (2373.0 ops/sec)
Did 6996 ECDSA P-256 signing operations in 1044630us (6697.1 ops/sec)
Did 2970 ECDSA P-256 verify operations in 1084848us (2737.7 ops/sec)
```
After:
```
Did 6699 ECDH P-256 operations in 1091684us (6136.4 ops/sec)
Did 20000 ECDSA P-256 signing operations in 1012944us (19744.4 ops/sec)
Did 7051 ECDSA P-256 verify operations in 1060000us (6651.9 ops/sec)
```
Change-Id: I9fdef12db365967a9264b5b32c07967b55ea48bd
Reviewed-on: https://boringssl-review.googlesource.com/c/boringssl/+/51805
Reviewed-by: Adam Langley <agl@google.com>
Commit-Queue: Adam Langley <agl@google.com>
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