BN_mod_mul_reciprocal.3ssl - Man Page
modular multiplication using reciprocal
Synopsis
#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, BIGNUM *a, BN_RECP_CTX *recp, BN_CTX *ctx); int BN_mod_mul_reciprocal(BIGNUM *r, BIGNUM *a, BIGNUM *b, BN_RECP_CTX *recp, BN_CTX *ctx);
Description
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).
See Also
History
BN_RECP_CTX_init() was removed in OpenSSL 1.1.0
Copyright
Copyright 2000-2017 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
Licensed under the OpenSSL license (the "License"). You may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at <https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.
Referenced By
The man pages BN_div_recp.3ssl(3), BN_RECP_CTX_free.3ssl(3), BN_RECP_CTX_new.3ssl(3) and BN_RECP_CTX_set.3ssl(3) are aliases of BN_mod_mul_reciprocal.3ssl(3).