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1=pod
2
3=head1 NAME
4
5bn_mul_words, bn_mul_add_words, bn_sqr_words, bn_div_words,
6bn_add_words, bn_sub_words, bn_mul_comba4, bn_mul_comba8,
7bn_sqr_comba4, bn_sqr_comba8, bn_cmp_words, bn_mul_normal,
8bn_mul_low_normal, bn_mul_recursive, bn_mul_part_recursive,
9bn_mul_low_recursive, bn_sqr_normal, bn_sqr_recursive,
10bn_expand, bn_wexpand, bn_expand2, bn_fix_top, bn_check_top,
11mul, mul_add, sqr - BIGNUM
12library internal functions
13
14=head1 SYNOPSIS
15
16 #include <openssl/bn.h>
17
18 BN_ULONG bn_mul_words(BN_ULONG *rp, BN_ULONG *ap, int num, BN_ULONG w);
19 BN_ULONG bn_mul_add_words(BN_ULONG *rp, BN_ULONG *ap, int num,
20   BN_ULONG w);
21 void     bn_sqr_words(BN_ULONG *rp, BN_ULONG *ap, int num);
22 BN_ULONG bn_div_words(BN_ULONG h, BN_ULONG l, BN_ULONG d);
23 BN_ULONG bn_add_words(BN_ULONG *rp, BN_ULONG *ap, BN_ULONG *bp,
24   int num);
25 BN_ULONG bn_sub_words(BN_ULONG *rp, BN_ULONG *ap, BN_ULONG *bp,
26   int num);
27
28 void bn_mul_comba4(BN_ULONG *r, BN_ULONG *a, BN_ULONG *b);
29 void bn_mul_comba8(BN_ULONG *r, BN_ULONG *a, BN_ULONG *b);
30 void bn_sqr_comba4(BN_ULONG *r, BN_ULONG *a);
31 void bn_sqr_comba8(BN_ULONG *r, BN_ULONG *a);
32
33 int bn_cmp_words(BN_ULONG *a, BN_ULONG *b, int n);
34
35 void bn_mul_normal(BN_ULONG *r, BN_ULONG *a, int na, BN_ULONG *b,
36   int nb);
37 void bn_mul_low_normal(BN_ULONG *r, BN_ULONG *a, BN_ULONG *b, int n);
38 void bn_mul_recursive(BN_ULONG *r, BN_ULONG *a, BN_ULONG *b, int n2,
39   int dna, int dnb, BN_ULONG *tmp);
40 void bn_mul_part_recursive(BN_ULONG *r, BN_ULONG *a, BN_ULONG *b,
41   int n, int tna, int tnb, BN_ULONG *tmp);
42 void bn_mul_low_recursive(BN_ULONG *r, BN_ULONG *a, BN_ULONG *b,
43   int n2, BN_ULONG *tmp);
44
45 void bn_sqr_normal(BN_ULONG *r, BN_ULONG *a, int n, BN_ULONG *tmp);
46 void bn_sqr_recursive(BN_ULONG *r, BN_ULONG *a, int n2, BN_ULONG *tmp);
47
48 BIGNUM *bn_expand(BIGNUM *a, int bits);
49 BIGNUM *bn_wexpand(BIGNUM *a, int n);
50 BIGNUM *bn_expand2(BIGNUM *a, int n);
51 void bn_fix_top(BIGNUM *a);
52
53The following are macros:
54
55 void mul(BN_ULONG r, BN_ULONG a, BN_ULONG w, BN_ULONG c);
56 void mul_add(BN_ULONG r, BN_ULONG a, BN_ULONG w, BN_ULONG c);
57 void sqr(BN_ULONG r0, BN_ULONG r1, BN_ULONG a);
58
59 void bn_check_top(BIGNUM *a);
60
61=head1 DESCRIPTION
62
63This page documents the internal functions used by the OpenSSL
64B<BIGNUM> implementation. They are described here to facilitate
65debugging and extending the library. They are I<not> to be used by
66applications.
67
68=head2 The BIGNUM structure
69
70 typedef struct bignum_st BIGNUM;
71
72 struct bignum_st
73        {
74        BN_ULONG *d;    /* Pointer to an array of 'BN_BITS2' bit chunks. */
75        int top;        /* Index of last used d +1. */
76        /* The next are internal book keeping for bn_expand. */
77        int dmax;       /* Size of the d array. */
78        int neg;        /* one if the number is negative */
79        int flags;
80        };
81
82
83The integer value is stored in B<d>, a malloc()ed array of words (B<BN_ULONG>),
84least significant word first. A B<BN_ULONG> can be either 16, 32 or 64 bits
85in size, depending on the 'number of bits' (B<BITS2>) specified in
86C<openssl/bn.h>.
87
88B<dmax> is the size of the B<d> array that has been allocated.  B<top>
89is the number of words being used, so for a value of 4, bn.d[0]=4 and
90bn.top=1.  B<neg> is 1 if the number is negative.  When a B<BIGNUM> is
91B<0>, the B<d> field can be B<NULL> and B<top> == B<0>.
92
93B<flags> is a bit field of flags which are defined in C<openssl/bn.h>. The
94flags begin with B<BN_FLG_>. The macros BN_set_flags(b, n) and
95BN_get_flags(b, n) exist to enable or fetch flag(s) B<n> from B<BIGNUM>
96structure B<b>.
97
98Various routines in this library require the use of temporary
99B<BIGNUM> variables during their execution.  Since dynamic memory
100allocation to create B<BIGNUM>s is rather expensive when used in
101conjunction with repeated subroutine calls, the B<BN_CTX> structure is
102used.  This structure contains B<BN_CTX_NUM> B<BIGNUM>s, see
103L<BN_CTX_start(3)>.
104
105=head2 Low-level arithmetic operations
106
107These functions are implemented in C and for several platforms in
108assembly language:
109
110bn_mul_words(B<rp>, B<ap>, B<num>, B<w>) operates on the B<num> word
111arrays B<rp> and B<ap>.  It computes B<ap> * B<w>, places the result
112in B<rp>, and returns the high word (carry).
113
114bn_mul_add_words(B<rp>, B<ap>, B<num>, B<w>) operates on the B<num>
115word arrays B<rp> and B<ap>.  It computes B<ap> * B<w> + B<rp>, places
116the result in B<rp>, and returns the high word (carry).
117
118bn_sqr_words(B<rp>, B<ap>, B<n>) operates on the B<num> word array
119B<ap> and the 2*B<num> word array B<ap>.  It computes B<ap> * B<ap>
120word-wise, and places the low and high bytes of the result in B<rp>.
121
122bn_div_words(B<h>, B<l>, B<d>) divides the two word number (B<h>, B<l>)
123by B<d> and returns the result.
124
125bn_add_words(B<rp>, B<ap>, B<bp>, B<num>) operates on the B<num> word
126arrays B<ap>, B<bp> and B<rp>.  It computes B<ap> + B<bp>, places the
127result in B<rp>, and returns the high word (carry).
128
129bn_sub_words(B<rp>, B<ap>, B<bp>, B<num>) operates on the B<num> word
130arrays B<ap>, B<bp> and B<rp>.  It computes B<ap> - B<bp>, places the
131result in B<rp>, and returns the carry (1 if B<bp> E<gt> B<ap>, 0
132otherwise).
133
134bn_mul_comba4(B<r>, B<a>, B<b>) operates on the 4 word arrays B<a> and
135B<b> and the 8 word array B<r>.  It computes B<a>*B<b> and places the
136result in B<r>.
137
138bn_mul_comba8(B<r>, B<a>, B<b>) operates on the 8 word arrays B<a> and
139B<b> and the 16 word array B<r>.  It computes B<a>*B<b> and places the
140result in B<r>.
141
142bn_sqr_comba4(B<r>, B<a>, B<b>) operates on the 4 word arrays B<a> and
143B<b> and the 8 word array B<r>.
144
145bn_sqr_comba8(B<r>, B<a>, B<b>) operates on the 8 word arrays B<a> and
146B<b> and the 16 word array B<r>.
147
148The following functions are implemented in C:
149
150bn_cmp_words(B<a>, B<b>, B<n>) operates on the B<n> word arrays B<a>
151and B<b>.  It returns 1, 0 and -1 if B<a> is greater than, equal and
152less than B<b>.
153
154bn_mul_normal(B<r>, B<a>, B<na>, B<b>, B<nb>) operates on the B<na>
155word array B<a>, the B<nb> word array B<b> and the B<na>+B<nb> word
156array B<r>.  It computes B<a>*B<b> and places the result in B<r>.
157
158bn_mul_low_normal(B<r>, B<a>, B<b>, B<n>) operates on the B<n> word
159arrays B<r>, B<a> and B<b>.  It computes the B<n> low words of
160B<a>*B<b> and places the result in B<r>.
161
162bn_mul_recursive(B<r>, B<a>, B<b>, B<n2>, B<dna>, B<dnb>, B<t>) operates
163on the word arrays B<a> and B<b> of length B<n2>+B<dna> and B<n2>+B<dnb>
164(B<dna> and B<dnb> are currently allowed to be 0 or negative) and the 2*B<n2>
165word arrays B<r> and B<t>.  B<n2> must be a power of 2.  It computes
166B<a>*B<b> and places the result in B<r>.
167
168bn_mul_part_recursive(B<r>, B<a>, B<b>, B<n>, B<tna>, B<tnb>, B<tmp>)
169operates on the word arrays B<a> and B<b> of length B<n>+B<tna> and
170B<n>+B<tnb> and the 4*B<n> word arrays B<r> and B<tmp>.
171
172bn_mul_low_recursive(B<r>, B<a>, B<b>, B<n2>, B<tmp>) operates on the
173B<n2> word arrays B<r> and B<tmp> and the B<n2>/2 word arrays B<a>
174and B<b>.
175
176BN_mul() calls bn_mul_normal(), or an optimized implementation if the
177factors have the same size: bn_mul_comba8() is used if they are 8
178words long, bn_mul_recursive() if they are larger than
179B<BN_MULL_SIZE_NORMAL> and the size is an exact multiple of the word
180size, and bn_mul_part_recursive() for others that are larger than
181B<BN_MULL_SIZE_NORMAL>.
182
183bn_sqr_normal(B<r>, B<a>, B<n>, B<tmp>) operates on the B<n> word array
184B<a> and the 2*B<n> word arrays B<tmp> and B<r>.
185
186The implementations use the following macros which, depending on the
187architecture, may use "long long" C operations or inline assembler.
188They are defined in C<bn_local.h>.
189
190mul(B<r>, B<a>, B<w>, B<c>) computes B<w>*B<a>+B<c> and places the
191low word of the result in B<r> and the high word in B<c>.
192
193mul_add(B<r>, B<a>, B<w>, B<c>) computes B<w>*B<a>+B<r>+B<c> and
194places the low word of the result in B<r> and the high word in B<c>.
195
196sqr(B<r0>, B<r1>, B<a>) computes B<a>*B<a> and places the low word
197of the result in B<r0> and the high word in B<r1>.
198
199=head2 Size changes
200
201bn_expand() ensures that B<b> has enough space for a B<bits> bit
202number.  bn_wexpand() ensures that B<b> has enough space for an
203B<n> word number.  If the number has to be expanded, both macros
204call bn_expand2(), which allocates a new B<d> array and copies the
205data.  They return B<NULL> on error, B<b> otherwise.
206
207The bn_fix_top() macro reduces B<a-E<gt>top> to point to the most
208significant nonzero word plus one when B<a> has shrunk.
209
210=head2 Debugging
211
212bn_check_top() verifies that C<((a)-E<gt>top E<gt>= 0 && (a)-E<gt>top
213E<lt>= (a)-E<gt>dmax)>.  A violation will cause the program to abort.
214
215If B<BN_DEBUG> is not defined, bn_check_top() is
216defined as an empty macro.
217
218=head1 RETURN VALUES
219
220Described above.
221
222=head1 COPYRIGHT
223
224Copyright 2000-2025 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
225
226Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License").  You may not use
227this file except in compliance with the License.  You can obtain a copy
228in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
229L<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.
230
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