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Re: Wish for 2002 ...
- From: Kaz Kylheku <kaz at ashi dot footprints dot net>
- To: "Thomas Bushnell, BSG" <tb at becket dot net>
- Cc: Francois Leclerc <leclerc at austin dot sns dot slb dot com>, Security Audit <security-audit at ferret dot lmh dot ox dot ac dot uk>, Andrew Josey <a dot josey at opengroup dot org>, Tiemann <tiemann at redhat dot com>, <libc-alpha at sources dot redhat dot com>, Robust Open Source <open-source at csl dot sri dot com>
- Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 18:23:29 -0800 (PST)
- Subject: Re: Wish for 2002 ...
On 10 Jan 2002, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote:
> Date: 10 Jan 2002 16:56:19 -0800
> From: "Thomas Bushnell, BSG" <tb@becket.net>
> To: Kaz Kylheku <kaz@ashi.footprints.net>
> Cc: Francois Leclerc <leclerc@austin.sns.slb.com>,
> Security Audit <security-audit@ferret.lmh.ox.ac.uk>,
> Andrew Josey <a.josey@opengroup.org>, Tiemann <tiemann@redhat.com>,
> libc-alpha@sources.redhat.com,
> Robust Open Source <open-source@csl.sri.com>
> Subject: Re: Wish for 2002 ...
>
> Kaz Kylheku <kaz@ashi.footprints.net> writes:
>
> > So you are saying this software doesn't run on GNU/Linux?
>
> No, but it requires the use of a suboptimal autoconf version of the
> function.
So in fact this is not an example of a program which needs these entry
points to be present in the library, which tends to explain why it
actually runs.
Is there any profiling data available that would reveal how much time
OpenSSH spends executing these functions?
Imagine that you have magic versions of these functions which run in
zero time, regardless of input length. How much faster would OpenSSH be
with these magic functions, based on the profiling data?
Are any GNU/Linux users of OpenSSH complaining about performance problems?
Lastly, whose job is it really to optimize OpenSSH?
These are questions that any competent development manager at a software
company might ask you when you come to him or her with dreams about
gold-plating. And you'd be immediately assigned to some work, seeing
that you have lots of time on your hands.