cvs commit: src/lib/libmp mpasbn.c

Stefan Farfeleder stefanf at FreeBSD.org
Sat Jul 29 20:39:00 UTC 2006


On Sat, Jul 29, 2006 at 01:09:24PM +0200, Simon L. Nielsen wrote:
> On 2006.07.29 08:14:27 +0200, Stefan Farfeleder wrote:
> > On Fri, Jul 28, 2006 at 11:00:16PM +0000, Simon L. Nielsen wrote:
> > > simon       2006-07-28 23:00:16 UTC
> > > 
> > >   FreeBSD src repository
> > > 
> > >   Modified files:
> > >     lib/libmp            mpasbn.c 
> > >   Log:
> > >   Do not put BN_CTX structures on the stack, but instead allocate them
> > >   runtime using BN_CTX_new().  This is done since in OpenSSL 0.9.7e we
> > >   can only allocate BN_CTX on the stack by including an internal OpenSSL
> > >   header file, and in OpenSSL 0.9.8 BN_CTX is entirely opaque, so having
> > >   it on the stack is not possible at all.
> > >   
> > >   This is done as preparation for OpenSSL 0.9.8b import.
> > 
> > It might be preferable to pass the allocated BN_CTXs to _mdiv(),
> > _mult() and _sdiv() because then msqrt() would have to call
> > BN_CTX_new() only once.
> 
> Sounds like a good idea.  How about the attached patch?

Thanks, looks good.


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