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Add ActiveState information about 2.7 update

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ucodery referenced this pull request in ucodery/cpython

Feb 16, 2021 
* bpo-40791: Make compare_digest more constant-time.

The existing volatile `left`/`right` pointers guarantee that the reads will all occur, but does not guarantee that they will be _used_. So a compiler can still short-circuit the loop, saving e.g. the overhead of doing the xors and especially the overhead of the data dependency between `result` and the reads. That would change performance depending on where the first unequal byte occurs. This change removes that optimization.

(This is change #1 from https://bugs.python.org/issue40791 .)

rickprice pushed a commit that referenced this pull request

Aug 8, 2023 
The existing volatile `left`/`right` pointers guarantee that the reads will all occur, but does not guarantee that they will be _used_. So a compiler can still short-circuit the loop, saving e.g. the overhead of doing the xors and especially the overhead of the data dependency between `result` and the reads. That would change performance depending on where the first unequal byte occurs. This change removes that optimization.

(This is change GH-1 from https://bugs.python.org/issue40791 .)
(cherry picked from commit 3172936)

Co-authored-by: Devin Jeanpierre <jeanpierreda@google.com>

rickprice pushed a commit that referenced this pull request

Apr 11, 2024 
bpo-40791: Make compare_digest more constant-time. (pythonGH-23438) (pythonGH-23767)

The existing volatile `left`/`right` pointers guarantee that the reads will all occur, but does not guarantee that they will be _used_. So a compiler can still short-circuit the loop, saving e.g. the overhead of doing the xors and especially the overhead of the data dependency between `result` and the reads. That would change performance depending on where the first unequal byte occurs. This change removes that optimization.

(This is change GH-1 from https://bugs.python.org/issue40791 .)
(cherry picked from commit 3172936)

Co-authored-by: Devin Jeanpierre <jeanpierreda@google.com>
(cherry picked from commit 8bef9eb)

icanhasmath pushed a commit that referenced this pull request

Jun 26, 2024 
bpo-40791: Make compare_digest more constant-time. (pythonGH-23438) (pythonGH-23767)

The existing volatile `left`/`right` pointers guarantee that the reads will all occur, but does not guarantee that they will be _used_. So a compiler can still short-circuit the loop, saving e.g. the overhead of doing the xors and especially the overhead of the data dependency between `result` and the reads. That would change performance depending on where the first unequal byte occurs. This change removes that optimization.

(This is change GH-1 from https://bugs.python.org/issue40791 .)
(cherry picked from commit 3172936)

Co-authored-by: Devin Jeanpierre <jeanpierreda@google.com>
(cherry picked from commit 8bef9eb)

rickprice pushed a commit that referenced this pull request

Jun 26, 2024 
bpo-40791: Make compare_digest more constant-time. (pythonGH-23438) (pythonGH-23767)

The existing volatile `left`/`right` pointers guarantee that the reads will all occur, but does not guarantee that they will be _used_. So a compiler can still short-circuit the loop, saving e.g. the overhead of doing the xors and especially the overhead of the data dependency between `result` and the reads. That would change performance depending on where the first unequal byte occurs. This change removes that optimization.

(This is change GH-1 from https://bugs.python.org/issue40791 .)
(cherry picked from commit 3172936)

Co-authored-by: Devin Jeanpierre <jeanpierreda@google.com>
(cherry picked from commit 8bef9eb)

rickprice pushed a commit that referenced this pull request

Jun 27, 2024 
* bpo-40791: Make compare_digest more constant-time.

The existing volatile `left`/`right` pointers guarantee that the reads will all occur, but does not guarantee that they will be _used_. So a compiler can still short-circuit the loop, saving e.g. the overhead of doing the xors and especially the overhead of the data dependency between `result` and the reads. That would change performance depending on where the first unequal byte occurs. This change removes that optimization.

(This is change GH-1 from https://bugs.python.org/issue40791 .)
(cherry picked from commit 3172936)

Co-authored-by: Devin Jeanpierre <jeanpierreda@google.com>

icanhasmath pushed a commit that referenced this pull request

Jul 30, 2024 
bpo-40791: Make compare_digest more constant-time. (pythonGH-23438) (pythonGH-23767)

The existing volatile `left`/`right` pointers guarantee that the reads will all occur, but does not guarantee that they will be _used_. So a compiler can still short-circuit the loop, saving e.g. the overhead of doing the xors and especially the overhead of the data dependency between `result` and the reads. That would change performance depending on where the first unequal byte occurs. This change removes that optimization.

(This is change GH-1 from https://bugs.python.org/issue40791 .)
(cherry picked from commit 3172936)

Co-authored-by: Devin Jeanpierre <jeanpierreda@google.com>
(cherry picked from commit 8bef9eb)

icanhasmath pushed a commit that referenced this pull request

Jul 30, 2024 
bpo-40791: Make compare_digest more constant-time. (pythonGH-23438) (pythonGH-23767)

The existing volatile `left`/`right` pointers guarantee that the reads will all occur, but does not guarantee that they will be _used_. So a compiler can still short-circuit the loop, saving e.g. the overhead of doing the xors and especially the overhead of the data dependency between `result` and the reads. That would change performance depending on where the first unequal byte occurs. This change removes that optimization.

(This is change GH-1 from https://bugs.python.org/issue40791 .)
(cherry picked from commit 3172936)

Co-authored-by: Devin Jeanpierre <jeanpierreda@google.com>
(cherry picked from commit 8bef9eb)

icanhasmath pushed a commit that referenced this pull request

Aug 6, 2024 
bpo-40791: Make compare_digest more constant-time. (pythonGH-23438) (pythonGH-23767)

The existing volatile `left`/`right` pointers guarantee that the reads will all occur, but does not guarantee that they will be _used_. So a compiler can still short-circuit the loop, saving e.g. the overhead of doing the xors and especially the overhead of the data dependency between `result` and the reads. That would change performance depending on where the first unequal byte occurs. This change removes that optimization.

(This is change GH-1 from https://bugs.python.org/issue40791 .)
(cherry picked from commit 3172936)

Co-authored-by: Devin Jeanpierre <jeanpierreda@google.com>
(cherry picked from commit 8bef9eb)

icanhasmath pushed a commit that referenced this pull request

Aug 7, 2024 
bpo-40791: Make compare_digest more constant-time. (pythonGH-23438) (pythonGH-23767)

The existing volatile `left`/`right` pointers guarantee that the reads will all occur, but does not guarantee that they will be _used_. So a compiler can still short-circuit the loop, saving e.g. the overhead of doing the xors and especially the overhead of the data dependency between `result` and the reads. That would change performance depending on where the first unequal byte occurs. This change removes that optimization.

(This is change GH-1 from https://bugs.python.org/issue40791 .)
(cherry picked from commit 3172936)

Co-authored-by: Devin Jeanpierre <jeanpierreda@google.com>
(cherry picked from commit 8bef9eb)