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  135. .IX Title "OPENSSL_IA32CAP 3ossl"
  136. .TH OPENSSL_IA32CAP 3ossl "2024-09-03" "3.3.2" "OpenSSL"
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  140. .nh
  141. .SH "NAME"
  142. OPENSSL_ia32cap \- the x86[_64] processor capabilities vector
  143. .SH "SYNOPSIS"
  144. .IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
  145. .Vb 1
  146. \& env OPENSSL_ia32cap=... <application>
  147. .Ve
  148. .SH "DESCRIPTION"
  149. .IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
  150. OpenSSL supports a range of x86[_64] instruction set extensions. These
  151. extensions are denoted by individual bits in capability vector returned
  152. by processor in \s-1EDX:ECX\s0 register pair after executing \s-1CPUID\s0 instruction
  153. with EAX=1 input value (see Intel Application Note #241618). This vector
  154. is copied to memory upon toolkit initialization and used to choose
  155. between different code paths to provide optimal performance across wide
  156. range of processors. For the moment of this writing following bits are
  157. significant:
  158. .IP "bit #4 denoting presence of Time-Stamp Counter." 4
  159. .IX Item "bit #4 denoting presence of Time-Stamp Counter."
  160. .PD 0
  161. .IP "bit #19 denoting availability of \s-1CLFLUSH\s0 instruction;" 4
  162. .IX Item "bit #19 denoting availability of CLFLUSH instruction;"
  163. .IP "bit #20, reserved by Intel, is used to choose among \s-1RC4\s0 code paths;" 4
  164. .IX Item "bit #20, reserved by Intel, is used to choose among RC4 code paths;"
  165. .IP "bit #23 denoting \s-1MMX\s0 support;" 4
  166. .IX Item "bit #23 denoting MMX support;"
  167. .IP "bit #24, \s-1FXSR\s0 bit, denoting availability of \s-1XMM\s0 registers;" 4
  168. .IX Item "bit #24, FXSR bit, denoting availability of XMM registers;"
  169. .IP "bit #25 denoting \s-1SSE\s0 support;" 4
  170. .IX Item "bit #25 denoting SSE support;"
  171. .IP "bit #26 denoting \s-1SSE2\s0 support;" 4
  172. .IX Item "bit #26 denoting SSE2 support;"
  173. .IP "bit #28 denoting Hyperthreading, which is used to distinguish cores with shared cache;" 4
  174. .IX Item "bit #28 denoting Hyperthreading, which is used to distinguish cores with shared cache;"
  175. .IP "bit #30, reserved by Intel, denotes specifically Intel CPUs;" 4
  176. .IX Item "bit #30, reserved by Intel, denotes specifically Intel CPUs;"
  177. .IP "bit #33 denoting availability of \s-1PCLMULQDQ\s0 instruction;" 4
  178. .IX Item "bit #33 denoting availability of PCLMULQDQ instruction;"
  179. .IP "bit #41 denoting \s-1SSSE3,\s0 Supplemental \s-1SSE3,\s0 support;" 4
  180. .IX Item "bit #41 denoting SSSE3, Supplemental SSE3, support;"
  181. .IP "bit #43 denoting \s-1AMD XOP\s0 support (forced to zero on non-AMD CPUs);" 4
  182. .IX Item "bit #43 denoting AMD XOP support (forced to zero on non-AMD CPUs);"
  183. .IP "bit #54 denoting availability of \s-1MOVBE\s0 instruction;" 4
  184. .IX Item "bit #54 denoting availability of MOVBE instruction;"
  185. .IP "bit #57 denoting AES-NI instruction set extension;" 4
  186. .IX Item "bit #57 denoting AES-NI instruction set extension;"
  187. .IP "bit #58, \s-1XSAVE\s0 bit, lack of which in combination with \s-1MOVBE\s0 is used to identify Atom Silvermont core;" 4
  188. .IX Item "bit #58, XSAVE bit, lack of which in combination with MOVBE is used to identify Atom Silvermont core;"
  189. .IP "bit #59, \s-1OSXSAVE\s0 bit, denoting availability of \s-1YMM\s0 registers;" 4
  190. .IX Item "bit #59, OSXSAVE bit, denoting availability of YMM registers;"
  191. .IP "bit #60 denoting \s-1AVX\s0 extension;" 4
  192. .IX Item "bit #60 denoting AVX extension;"
  193. .IP "bit #62 denoting availability of \s-1RDRAND\s0 instruction;" 4
  194. .IX Item "bit #62 denoting availability of RDRAND instruction;"
  195. .PD
  196. .PP
  197. For example, in 32\-bit application context clearing bit #26 at run-time
  198. disables high-performance \s-1SSE2\s0 code present in the crypto library, while
  199. clearing bit #24 disables \s-1SSE2\s0 code operating on 128\-bit \s-1XMM\s0 register
  200. bank. You might have to do the latter if target OpenSSL application is
  201. executed on \s-1SSE2\s0 capable \s-1CPU,\s0 but under control of \s-1OS\s0 that does not
  202. enable \s-1XMM\s0 registers. Historically address of the capability vector copy
  203. was exposed to application through \fBOPENSSL_ia32cap_loc()\fR, but not
  204. anymore. Now the only way to affect the capability detection is to set
  205. \&\fBOPENSSL_ia32cap\fR environment variable prior target application start. To
  206. give a specific example, on Intel P4 processor
  207. \&\f(CW\*(C`env OPENSSL_ia32cap=0x16980010 apps/openssl\*(C'\fR, or better yet
  208. \&\f(CW\*(C`env OPENSSL_ia32cap=~0x1000000 apps/openssl\*(C'\fR would achieve the desired
  209. effect. Alternatively you can reconfigure the toolkit with no\-sse2
  210. option and recompile.
  211. .PP
  212. Less intuitive is clearing bit #28, or ~0x10000000 in the \*(L"environment
  213. variable\*(R" terms. The truth is that it's not copied from \s-1CPUID\s0 output
  214. verbatim, but is adjusted to reflect whether or not the data cache is
  215. actually shared between logical cores. This in turn affects the decision
  216. on whether or not expensive countermeasures against cache-timing attacks
  217. are applied, most notably in \s-1AES\s0 assembler module.
  218. .PP
  219. The capability vector is further extended with \s-1EBX\s0 value returned by
  220. \&\s-1CPUID\s0 with EAX=7 and ECX=0 as input. Following bits are significant:
  221. .IP "bit #64+3 denoting availability of \s-1BMI1\s0 instructions, e.g. \s-1ANDN\s0;" 4
  222. .IX Item "bit #64+3 denoting availability of BMI1 instructions, e.g. ANDN;"
  223. .PD 0
  224. .IP "bit #64+5 denoting availability of \s-1AVX2\s0 instructions;" 4
  225. .IX Item "bit #64+5 denoting availability of AVX2 instructions;"
  226. .IP "bit #64+8 denoting availability of \s-1BMI2\s0 instructions, e.g. \s-1MULX\s0 and \s-1RORX\s0;" 4
  227. .IX Item "bit #64+8 denoting availability of BMI2 instructions, e.g. MULX and RORX;"
  228. .IP "bit #64+16 denoting availability of \s-1AVX512F\s0 extension;" 4
  229. .IX Item "bit #64+16 denoting availability of AVX512F extension;"
  230. .IP "bit #64+17 denoting availability of \s-1AVX512DQ\s0 extension;" 4
  231. .IX Item "bit #64+17 denoting availability of AVX512DQ extension;"
  232. .IP "bit #64+18 denoting availability of \s-1RDSEED\s0 instruction;" 4
  233. .IX Item "bit #64+18 denoting availability of RDSEED instruction;"
  234. .IP "bit #64+19 denoting availability of \s-1ADCX\s0 and \s-1ADOX\s0 instructions;" 4
  235. .IX Item "bit #64+19 denoting availability of ADCX and ADOX instructions;"
  236. .IP "bit #64+21 denoting availability of VPMADD52[\s-1LH\s0]UQ instructions, aka \s-1AVX512IFMA\s0 extension;" 4
  237. .IX Item "bit #64+21 denoting availability of VPMADD52[LH]UQ instructions, aka AVX512IFMA extension;"
  238. .IP "bit #64+29 denoting availability of \s-1SHA\s0 extension;" 4
  239. .IX Item "bit #64+29 denoting availability of SHA extension;"
  240. .IP "bit #64+30 denoting availability of \s-1AVX512BW\s0 extension;" 4
  241. .IX Item "bit #64+30 denoting availability of AVX512BW extension;"
  242. .IP "bit #64+31 denoting availability of \s-1AVX512VL\s0 extension;" 4
  243. .IX Item "bit #64+31 denoting availability of AVX512VL extension;"
  244. .IP "bit #64+41 denoting availability of \s-1VAES\s0 extension;" 4
  245. .IX Item "bit #64+41 denoting availability of VAES extension;"
  246. .IP "bit #64+42 denoting availability of \s-1VPCLMULQDQ\s0 extension;" 4
  247. .IX Item "bit #64+42 denoting availability of VPCLMULQDQ extension;"
  248. .PD
  249. .PP
  250. To control this extended capability word use \f(CW\*(C`:\*(C'\fR as delimiter when
  251. setting up \fBOPENSSL_ia32cap\fR environment variable. For example assigning
  252. \&\f(CW\*(C`:~0x20\*(C'\fR would disable \s-1AVX2\s0 code paths, and \f(CW\*(C`:0\*(C'\fR \- all post-AVX
  253. extensions.
  254. .SH "RETURN VALUES"
  255. .IX Header "RETURN VALUES"
  256. Not available.
  257. .SH "COPYRIGHT"
  258. .IX Header "COPYRIGHT"
  259. Copyright 2004\-2021 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
  260. .PP
  261. Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the \*(L"License\*(R"). You may not use
  262. this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy
  263. in the file \s-1LICENSE\s0 in the source distribution or at
  264. <https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.