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perf(ed25519): verify without ADX through curve25519-dalek's AVX2 backend - #415
On x86_64 CPUs without ADX, rind runs s2n-bignum's _alt routines. That includes cloud VPSes whose hypervisors hide ADX, such as the OVH report hosts that moq-dev/rind#397 adds. There, Ed25519 verification took 1.29 to 1.30× RustCrypto's (curve25519-dalek's) time. Profiling showed 88% of verification inside edwards25519_scalarmuldouble_alt's 386 point operations: a constant-time 4-bit fixed window with a full table scan per lookup, although every input is public. dalek runs a variable-time wNAF over its 4-way AVX2 field arithmetic.
Approach
Port dalek's AVX2 backend to rind/src/low/x86_64/edwards25519_scalarmuldouble_avx2.rs. It covers the radix-2^25.5 field arithmetic, the parallel extended-coordinate formulas, the width-5 and width-8 non-adjacent forms, and the 64-entry table of the base point's odd multiples. It is written over raw __m256i in rind's style, keeping dalek's operation order and limb bounds.
rind's conversions on either side. The point comes in as rind's affine (x, y), so no second square root is needed. Its T and the affine result use two newly imported, verified s2n-bignum routines, bignum_mul_p25519_alt and bignum_inv_p25519.
Dispatch (adx_mux::edwards25519_scalarmuldouble): with ADX, s2n-bignum's routine as before. Without ADX, HaveAvx2 picks the port, and _alt remains for CPUs without AVX2.
Choice of source. AGENTS.md prefers verified code unless another source is more than about 10% faster. On this tier dalek's backend is 24 to 30% faster than the verified _alt routine. With ADX, s2n-bignum stays within 10% of dalek on every report host, so that path is unchanged.
Proofs.admin/prove translates adx_mux's dispatch, so the port is opaque to Aeneas, and a new RunsDouble hypothesis says it is not taken: on x86_64, a CPU without ADX lacks AVX2; on aarch64, True. Only the two theorems that verify assume it. The proven x86_64 tier (Intel without AVX2) satisfies it, so no ✓ changes, and the #print axioms guards are unchanged.
Docs and license: PLATFORMS.md (CPU requirements), ALGORITHMS.md (intro, Sources, ECC), LICENSE (curve25519-dalek's BSD-3-Clause), and rind's license expression (AND BSD-3-Clause). The p256-ecdsa-verify no-ADX gap entry no longer claims only pre-Broadwell CPUs lack ADX. moq-dev/rind#397's ed25519-verify gap entry for ovh-iad and ovh-sea now says this PR closed it at 1.08×, and the next refresh drops it; BENCHMARKS.md is re-rendered.
Measurements
nixos2 (i7-8700), held with quest gate --host, ADX denied through --cfg rind_cpu_disable, two interleaved rounds of ed25519-verify:
main
this PR
dalek
aws-lc-rs
ring
round 1
39.59 µs
30.21 µs
27.78 µs
34.13 µs
40.82 µs
round 2
39.71 µs
30.66 µs
27.97 µs
32.03 µs
40.95 µs
That is 1.31 to 1.40× dalek before and 1.09 to 1.10× after. rind's bench row times PublicKey::new inside its loop, which decodes the key with a square root (about 4.0 µs here). dalek's and aws-lc-rs's rows build their keys outside the loop. With the key parsed once, rind's verification was level with dalek's or faster in an interleaved run (25 to 27 µs against 29 to 30). Under callgrind, which hides ADX, one verification with a parsed key runs 304k instructions against dalek's 350k (446k on main).
admin/bench-report collect (from moq-dev/rind#397's version, run from nixos under each VPS's lease) at a local merge of this branch's 9c853067 with moq-dev/rind#397's head, both runs quiet:
The Ed25519-certificate rustls handshake went to 0.85× aws-lc-rs on ovh-iad (396.67 µs against 468.25) and 0.87× on ovh-sea. In the same runs, P-256 verification measured 1.03× and 1.00× aws-lc-rs.
Validation
just check: passes (lint, compile, 624 tests), before and after merging main.
New tests: matches_alt checks the port against s2n-bignum's verified _alt routine on random points and scalars, the identity, and the edge scalars 0, 1, L - 1, and 2^255 - 1. base_odd_multiples rebuilds the 64-entry basepoint table from B through the port and matches dalek's limbs bit for bit.
RIND_CPU_DISABLE_adx=1 cargo test -p rind -- ed25519 eddsa: passes, Wycheproof's Ed25519 vectors included, so the public API runs the port on this host.
nix develop .#prove --command admin/prove, then lake build: passes, before and after merging main.
admin/bench-report render --check and quest check: pass.
Impact
No public API change. x86_64 CPUs without ADX but with AVX2 run new, unverified, variable-time code for Ed25519 verification, over public inputs only.
rind's license expression gains AND BSD-3-Clause.
Alternatives
Depend on curve25519-dalek on x86_64, as armv7 already does. Its EdwardsPoint cannot be built from coordinates, so each key would need a second decompression (about 4 µs). It would also bring its own runtime backend selection and a second x86_64 backend crate. Every x86_64 primitive is copied into low/x86_64 instead.
A variable-time wNAF over s2n-bignum's scalar _alt field operations. Its instruction count projected to about 20% under main, short of dalek's measured speed, and it would be new arithmetic rather than a source with a record.
A MULX-without-ADX twin of the _alt routines. MULX alone saves little without ADX's two carry chains, and it leaves the constant-time fixed-window algorithm.
Choices made without asking
Ported rather than depended on curve25519-dalek (see Alternatives).
Left the bench's PublicKey::new-inside-the-loop asymmetry alone, since the goal holds without changing it (see Follow-ups).
Kept moq-dev/rind#397's VPS data in BENCHMARKS.md rather than splicing in this PR's collects, and rewrote its ed25519-verify gap entry instead: its reason, _alt routines, no longer holds. The next scheduled refresh measures this PR's code.
Follow-ups
Time rind's and graviola's ed25519-verify rows with the key parsed outside the loop, as the dalek and aws-lc-rs rows already are. Recommend: plan it. It is a small bench fix, and today it charges rind about 4 µs per verify (a square root) that dalek's row leaves out, on every host.
Caused by
No single PR: the _alt path is as old as the x86_64 backend, and the VPS hosts only exposed it.
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Implementer: Claude Code, claude-opus-5-5, high effort
Score: 10/10, The merge preserves the reviewed Ed25519 implementation and correctly carries forward its documentation and benchmark results, with no actionable issues found; fresh builds were not rerun in the read-only checkout.
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No actionable findings. The variable-time path is confined to verification with public, reduced scalars; signing retains the existing path. The field/point operations, wNAF bounds and basepoint table agree with curve25519-dalek 5.0.0, and the imported inversion/multiplication routines match the pinned s2n-bignum source. The proof changes explicitly exclude the new AVX2 path rather than claim it is verified. Direction: the targeted source choice is consistent with the stated performance goal; no code changes requested.
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The change adds an AVX2 implementation for x86_64 Ed25519 verification when AVX2 is available but ADX is not. Dispatch selects the ADX, AVX2, or _alt routine based on CPU features. The change also updates verification proof assumptions, adds x86_64 field routines, documents and licenses the implementation, and revises benchmark records.
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The change is mergeable with bounded follow-up: add mixed-order differential coverage and correct the documented table size. Neither finding establishes incorrect signature verification today.
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Add a mixed-order point to the differential test.
matches_alt uses only basepoint multiples and the identity. It would not detect an implementation that reduces the variable-point scalar modulo the subgroup order, which gives incorrect results for mixed-order points. Compare a mixed-order point against _alt with a scalar at least as large as the subgroup order.
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Finishes quest/m2/speed/ed25519-no-adx.md.
Problem
On x86_64 CPUs without ADX, rind runs s2n-bignum's
_altroutines. That includes cloud VPSes whose hypervisors hide ADX, such as the OVH report hosts that moq-dev/rind#397 adds. There, Ed25519 verification took 1.29 to 1.30× RustCrypto's (curve25519-dalek's) time. Profiling showed 88% of verification insideedwards25519_scalarmuldouble_alt's 386 point operations: a constant-time 4-bit fixed window with a full table scan per lookup, although every input is public. dalek runs a variable-time wNAF over its 4-way AVX2 field arithmetic.Approach
rind/src/low/x86_64/edwards25519_scalarmuldouble_avx2.rs. It covers the radix-2^25.5 field arithmetic, the parallel extended-coordinate formulas, the width-5 and width-8 non-adjacent forms, and the 64-entry table of the base point's odd multiples. It is written over raw__m256iin rind's style, keeping dalek's operation order and limb bounds.(x, y), so no second square root is needed. ItsTand the affine result use two newly imported, verified s2n-bignum routines,bignum_mul_p25519_altandbignum_inv_p25519.adx_mux::edwards25519_scalarmuldouble): with ADX, s2n-bignum's routine as before. Without ADX,HaveAvx2picks the port, and_altremains for CPUs without AVX2._altroutine. With ADX, s2n-bignum stays within 10% of dalek on every report host, so that path is unchanged.admin/provetranslatesadx_mux's dispatch, so the port is opaque to Aeneas, and a newRunsDoublehypothesis says it is not taken: on x86_64, a CPU without ADX lacks AVX2; on aarch64,True. Only the two theorems that verify assume it. The proven x86_64 tier (Intel without AVX2) satisfies it, so no ✓ changes, and the#print axiomsguards are unchanged.rind's license expression (AND BSD-3-Clause). Thep256-ecdsa-verifyno-ADX gap entry no longer claims only pre-Broadwell CPUs lack ADX. moq-dev/rind#397'sed25519-verifygap entry forovh-iadandovh-seanow says this PR closed it at 1.08×, and the next refresh drops it; BENCHMARKS.md is re-rendered.Measurements
nixos2(i7-8700), held withquest gate --host, ADX denied through--cfg rind_cpu_disable, two interleaved rounds ofed25519-verify:That is 1.31 to 1.40× dalek before and 1.09 to 1.10× after. rind's bench row times
PublicKey::newinside its loop, which decodes the key with a square root (about 4.0 µs here). dalek's and aws-lc-rs's rows build their keys outside the loop. With the key parsed once, rind's verification was level with dalek's or faster in an interleaved run (25 to 27 µs against 29 to 30). Under callgrind, which hides ADX, one verification with a parsed key runs 304k instructions against dalek's 350k (446k on main).admin/bench-report collect(from moq-dev/rind#397's version, run fromnixosunder each VPS's lease) at a local merge of this branch's9c853067with moq-dev/rind#397's head, both runs quiet:ed25519-verifyovh-iad, moq-dev/rind#397's reportovh-iad, this PRovh-sea, moq-dev/rind#397's reportovh-sea, this PRThe Ed25519-certificate rustls handshake went to 0.85× aws-lc-rs on
ovh-iad(396.67 µs against 468.25) and 0.87× onovh-sea. In the same runs, P-256 verification measured 1.03× and 1.00× aws-lc-rs.Validation
just check: passes (lint, compile, 624 tests), before and after merging main.matches_altchecks the port against s2n-bignum's verified_altroutine on random points and scalars, the identity, and the edge scalars 0, 1, L - 1, and 2^255 - 1.base_odd_multiplesrebuilds the 64-entry basepoint table from B through the port and matches dalek's limbs bit for bit.RIND_CPU_DISABLE_adx=1 cargo test -p rind -- ed25519 eddsa: passes, Wycheproof's Ed25519 vectors included, so the public API runs the port on this host.nix develop .#prove --command admin/prove, thenlake build: passes, before and after merging main.admin/bench-report render --checkandquest check: pass.Impact
rind's license expression gainsAND BSD-3-Clause.Alternatives
EdwardsPointcannot be built from coordinates, so each key would need a second decompression (about 4 µs). It would also bring its own runtime backend selection and a second x86_64 backend crate. Every x86_64 primitive is copied intolow/x86_64instead._altfield operations. Its instruction count projected to about 20% under main, short of dalek's measured speed, and it would be new arithmetic rather than a source with a record._altroutines. MULX alone saves little without ADX's two carry chains, and it leaves the constant-time fixed-window algorithm.Choices made without asking
PublicKey::new-inside-the-loop asymmetry alone, since the goal holds without changing it (see Follow-ups).ed25519-verifygap entry instead: its reason,_altroutines, no longer holds. The next scheduled refresh measures this PR's code.Follow-ups
ed25519-verifyrows with the key parsed outside the loop, as the dalek and aws-lc-rs rows already are. Recommend: plan it. It is a small bench fix, and today it charges rind about 4 µs per verify (a square root) that dalek's row leaves out, on every host.Caused by
No single PR: the
_altpath is as old as the x86_64 backend, and the VPS hosts only exposed it.Models
Size: M
Implementer: Claude Code, claude-opus-5-5, high effort
(Written by Claude Opus 5.5)
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quest reviewafter each round.01a1b316-70d7-7260-b83f-6e87add1c760, round 3The merge preserves the reviewed Ed25519 implementation and correctly carries forward its documentation and benchmark results, with no actionable issues found; fresh builds were not rerun in the read-only checkout.