tree 9f58772f97dd77b8fa72f26c2bd6b6cbde0d82be
parent 213541a548ca56bd9adc9b4ed3a2ac68a11a76cf
author Manuel Pégourié-Gonnard <manuel.pegourie-gonnard@arm.com> 1490013579 +0100
committer Manuel Pégourié-Gonnard <manuel.pegourie-gonnard@arm.com> 1502271893 +0200

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).