Merge magnitude/normalized fields, move/improve comments

Also split secp256k1_fe_verify into a generic and an implementation
specific part.
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Pieter Wuille
2022-01-28 17:39:30 -05:00
parent 341cc19726
commit b29566c51b
6 changed files with 96 additions and 61 deletions

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#include <stdint.h>
/** This field implementation represents the value as 10 uint32_t limbs in base
* 2^26. */
typedef struct {
/* X = sum(i=0..9, n[i]*2^(i*26)) mod p
* where p = 2^256 - 0x1000003D1
*/
/* A field element f represents the sum(i=0..9, f.n[i] << (i*26)) mod p,
* where p is the field modulus, 2^256 - 2^32 - 977.
*
* The individual limbs f.n[i] can exceed 2^26; the field's magnitude roughly
* corresponds to how much excess is allowed. The value
* sum(i=0..9, f.n[i] << (i*26)) may exceed p, unless the field element is
* normalized. */
uint32_t n[10];
#ifdef VERIFY
int magnitude;
int normalized;
#endif
/*
* Magnitude m requires:
* n[i] <= 2 * m * (2^26 - 1) for i=0..8
* n[9] <= 2 * m * (2^22 - 1)
*
* Normalized requires:
* n[i] <= (2^26 - 1) for i=0..8
* sum(i=0..9, n[i] << (i*26)) < p
* (together these imply n[9] <= 2^22 - 1)
*/
SECP256K1_FE_VERIFY_FIELDS
} secp256k1_fe;
/* Unpacks a constant into a overlapping multi-limbed FE element. */