From: Aaron Patterson <tenderlove@...>
Date: 2015-10-28T07:52:13-07:00
Subject: [ruby-core:71247] Re: [Ruby trunk - Feature #11625] Unlock GVL for SHA1 calculations

On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 09:07:17AM +0000, Eric Wong wrote:
> �������� �������������� <funny.falcon@gmail.com> wrote:
> > What's about other hashsum algos? MD5, SHA2, etc
> 
> Not speaking for Aaron, but I assume he was just testing the waters
> and would follow-up with additional changes once/if the SHA1 change
> were refined and deemed acceptable.

That's correct.  The patch has trade-offs, and I want to make sure we're
all on the same page.

> Anyways I think it's a good change; and even more beneficial to the
> slower SHA2 variants.

Right.  Another reason I didn't do them all.  I think (though I haven't
tested) that md5 is fast enough that it might not be worthwhile in that
case.

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Aaron Patterson
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