BN_mod_mul_reciprocal3ssl
Modular multiplication using reciprocal
Usage
#include <openssl/bn.h>BN_RECP_CTX *BN_RECP_CTX_new(void);void BN_RECP_CTX_free(BN_RECP_CTX *recp);int BN_RECP_CTX_set(BN_RECP_CTX *recp, const BIGNUM *m, BN_CTX *ctx);int BN_div_recp(BIGNUM *dv, BIGNUM *rem, const BIGNUM *a, BN_RECP_CTX *recp,BN_CTX *ctx);int BN_mod_mul_reciprocal(BIGNUM *r, const BIGNUM *a, const BIGNUM *b,BN_RECP_CTX *recp, BN_CTX *ctx);
Overview
BN_mod_mul_reciprocal() can be used to perform an efficient BN_mod_mul(3) operation when the operation will be performed repeatedly with the same modulus. It computes r=(a*b)%m using recp=1/m, which is set as described below. ctx is a previously allocated BN_CTX used for temporary variables.
BN_RECP_CTX_new() allocates and initializes a BN_RECP structure.
BN_RECP_CTX_free() frees the components of the BN_RECP, and, if it was created by BN_RECP_CTX_new(), also the structure itself. If recp is NULL, nothing is done.
BN_RECP_CTX_set() stores m in recp and sets it up for computing 1/m and shifting it left by BN_num_bits(m)+1 to make it an integer. The result and the number of bits it was shifted left will later be stored in recp.
BN_div_recp() divides a by m using recp. It places the quotient in dv and the remainder in rem.
The BN_RECP_CTX structure cannot be shared between threads.
Return values
BN_RECP_CTX_new() returns the newly allocated BN_RECP_CTX, and NULL on error.
BN_RECP_CTX_free() has no return value.
For the other functions, 1 is returned for success, 0 on error. The error codes can be obtained by ERR_get_error(3).
Releases
13 releases since Debian 3.0 (Woody); the text changed 12 times.