Remove certain redundant BN_zero() initialisations, because BN_CTX_get(),
BN_init(), [etc] already initialise to zero.
Correct error checking in bn_sqr.c, and be less wishy-wash about how/why
the result's 'top' value is set (note also, 'max' is always > 0 at this
point).
bignums are passed in and out of functions and APIs in a consistent form
has highlighted that zero-valued bignums don't need any allocated word
data. The use of BN_set_word() to initialise a bignum to zero causes
needless allocation and gives it a return value that must be checked. This
change converts BN_zero() to a self-contained macro that has no
return/expression value and does not cause any expansion of bignum data.
Note, it would be tempting to rewrite the deprecated version as a
success-valued comma expression, such as;
#define BN_zero(a) ((a)->top = (a)->neg = 0, 1)
However, this evaluates 'a' twice and would confuse initialisation loops
(eg. while(..) { BN_zero(bn++) } ). As such, the deprecated version
continues to use BN_set_word().
For reference. Note that both cc and gcc support -Wl flag, but we can't
use -Wl,-[not]all with both drivers, because cc rearranges options
passed through -Wl. We can't use -Wl,-all,libcrypto.a,-notall with cc
either, because it refuses to start with "no input" error.
redefine bn_clear_top2max() to be a NOP in the non-debugging case, and
remove some unnecessary usages in bn_nist.c.
Submitted by: Nils Larsch
Reviewed by: Geoff Thorpe, Ulf Möller
return a "zero" bignum as BN_new() does - so reset 'top'. During
BN_CTX_end(), released bignums should be consistent so enforce this in
debug builds. Also, reduce the number of wasted BN_clear_free() calls from
BN_CTX_end() (typically by 75% or so).
Submitted by: Nils Larsch
Reviewed by: Geoff Thorpe, Ulf Möller
If -offset exceeds -length of data available exit with an error.
Don't read past end of total data available when -offset supplied.
If -length exceeds total available truncate it.
automatically to accomodate the value, some compilers fail to do so. Most
notably 0x0123456789ABCDEF should come out as long long in 32-bit context,
but HP compiler truncates it to 32-bit value. Which in turn breaks GF(2^m)
arithmetics in hpux-parisc2-cc build. Therefore this fix...