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+package stupidgcm
+
+import (
+	"golang.org/x/sys/cpu"
+)
+
+// PreferOpenSSL tells us if OpenSSL is faster than Go GCM on this machine.
+//
+// Go GCM is only faster if the CPU:
+//
+// 1) Is X86
+// 2) Has AES instructions
+// 3) Go is v1.6 or higher
+//
+// See https://github.com/rfjakob/gocryptfs/wiki/CPU-Benchmarks
+// for benchmarks.
+func PreferOpenSSL() bool {
+	if BuiltWithoutOpenssl {
+		return false
+	}
+	// Safe to call on other architectures - will just read false.
+	if cpu.X86.HasAES {
+		return false
+	}
+	return true
+}