RE: [PATCH] cifs: Remove locking in smb2_verify_signature() when calculating SMB2/SMB3 signature on receiving packets

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Long Li <longli@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>need for locks). AFAIK there's no state that need to be kept between
>>signing/encrypting calls beside the access to keys. Is it that expensive to
>>create/release?
>
> My guess is that crypto_alloc_shash() is a heavy call?

AFAIK there's no IO, just some memory allocation. Could be faster than
locking. Something to look into, maybe...

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