Re: [PATCH 0/7] block-sha1: improved SHA1 hashing

Linus Torvalds wrote:

where the thing is loosely based on the Mozilla SHA1 routines but by the 
end doesn't really resemble them all that much. The Mozilla ones suck 
donkey d*ck in so many ways - unnecessary copies, idiotic byte-at-a-time 
build-up of the hash input etc.

The end result is pretty much equivalent in performance to the OpenSSL 
SHA1 code for me on x86-64. Getting rid of OpenSSL gets rid of another 

For those curious just how close the C version is to the various
asm and C implementations, the q&d microbenchmark is at 
http://www.src.multimo.pl/YDpqIo7Li27O0L0h/sha1bench.tar.gz

In short: 88% of openssl speed on P3, 42% on P4, 66% on Atom.

artur