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authorPieter Wuille <pieter@wuille.net>2020-06-09 13:39:09 -0700
committerPieter Wuille <pieter@wuille.net>2020-06-09 13:39:09 -0700
commit8903a1a0a78a705402123d2a5c465217cb9d791c (patch)
tree0b03f9c68f9d9b0568f678804fbebe997e5fc549 /src/secp256k1/include/secp256k1.h
parent9ad6f14175c19b5d47267c3dd5840c14bad43c83 (diff)
parent67f232b5d874b501c114bced5d764db7f4f5ce99 (diff)
downloadbitcoin-8903a1a0a78a705402123d2a5c465217cb9d791c.tar.xz
Update src/secp256k1 subtree
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diff --git a/src/secp256k1/include/secp256k1.h b/src/secp256k1/include/secp256k1.h
index 43af09c330..2ba2dca388 100644
--- a/src/secp256k1/include/secp256k1.h
+++ b/src/secp256k1/include/secp256k1.h
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ extern "C" {
* 2. Array lengths always immediately the follow the argument whose length
* they describe, even if this violates rule 1.
* 3. Within the OUT/OUTIN/IN groups, pointers to data that is typically generated
- * later go first. This means: signatures, public nonces, private nonces,
+ * later go first. This means: signatures, public nonces, secret nonces,
* messages, public keys, secret keys, tweaks.
* 4. Arguments that are not data pointers go last, from more complex to less
* complex: function pointers, algorithm names, messages, void pointers,
@@ -33,9 +33,10 @@ extern "C" {
* verification).
*
* A constructed context can safely be used from multiple threads
- * simultaneously, but API call that take a non-const pointer to a context
+ * simultaneously, but API calls that take a non-const pointer to a context
* need exclusive access to it. In particular this is the case for
- * secp256k1_context_destroy and secp256k1_context_randomize.
+ * secp256k1_context_destroy, secp256k1_context_preallocated_destroy,
+ * and secp256k1_context_randomize.
*
* Regarding randomization, either do it once at creation time (in which case
* you do not need any locking for the other calls), or use a read-write lock.
@@ -161,14 +162,17 @@ typedef int (*secp256k1_nonce_function)(
/** The higher bits contain the actual data. Do not use directly. */
#define SECP256K1_FLAGS_BIT_CONTEXT_VERIFY (1 << 8)
#define SECP256K1_FLAGS_BIT_CONTEXT_SIGN (1 << 9)
+#define SECP256K1_FLAGS_BIT_CONTEXT_DECLASSIFY (1 << 10)
#define SECP256K1_FLAGS_BIT_COMPRESSION (1 << 8)
-/** Flags to pass to secp256k1_context_create. */
+/** Flags to pass to secp256k1_context_create, secp256k1_context_preallocated_size, and
+ * secp256k1_context_preallocated_create. */
#define SECP256K1_CONTEXT_VERIFY (SECP256K1_FLAGS_TYPE_CONTEXT | SECP256K1_FLAGS_BIT_CONTEXT_VERIFY)
#define SECP256K1_CONTEXT_SIGN (SECP256K1_FLAGS_TYPE_CONTEXT | SECP256K1_FLAGS_BIT_CONTEXT_SIGN)
+#define SECP256K1_CONTEXT_DECLASSIFY (SECP256K1_FLAGS_TYPE_CONTEXT | SECP256K1_FLAGS_BIT_CONTEXT_DECLASSIFY)
#define SECP256K1_CONTEXT_NONE (SECP256K1_FLAGS_TYPE_CONTEXT)
-/** Flag to pass to secp256k1_ec_pubkey_serialize and secp256k1_ec_privkey_export. */
+/** Flag to pass to secp256k1_ec_pubkey_serialize. */
#define SECP256K1_EC_COMPRESSED (SECP256K1_FLAGS_TYPE_COMPRESSION | SECP256K1_FLAGS_BIT_COMPRESSION)
#define SECP256K1_EC_UNCOMPRESSED (SECP256K1_FLAGS_TYPE_COMPRESSION)
@@ -186,7 +190,11 @@ typedef int (*secp256k1_nonce_function)(
*/
SECP256K1_API extern const secp256k1_context *secp256k1_context_no_precomp;
-/** Create a secp256k1 context object.
+/** Create a secp256k1 context object (in dynamically allocated memory).
+ *
+ * This function uses malloc to allocate memory. It is guaranteed that malloc is
+ * called at most once for every call of this function. If you need to avoid dynamic
+ * memory allocation entirely, see the functions in secp256k1_preallocated.h.
*
* Returns: a newly created context object.
* In: flags: which parts of the context to initialize.
@@ -197,7 +205,11 @@ SECP256K1_API secp256k1_context* secp256k1_context_create(
unsigned int flags
) SECP256K1_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
-/** Copies a secp256k1 context object.
+/** Copy a secp256k1 context object (into dynamically allocated memory).
+ *
+ * This function uses malloc to allocate memory. It is guaranteed that malloc is
+ * called at most once for every call of this function. If you need to avoid dynamic
+ * memory allocation entirely, see the functions in secp256k1_preallocated.h.
*
* Returns: a newly created context object.
* Args: ctx: an existing context to copy (cannot be NULL)
@@ -206,10 +218,18 @@ SECP256K1_API secp256k1_context* secp256k1_context_clone(
const secp256k1_context* ctx
) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(1) SECP256K1_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
-/** Destroy a secp256k1 context object.
+/** Destroy a secp256k1 context object (created in dynamically allocated memory).
*
* The context pointer may not be used afterwards.
- * Args: ctx: an existing context to destroy (cannot be NULL)
+ *
+ * The context to destroy must have been created using secp256k1_context_create
+ * or secp256k1_context_clone. If the context has instead been created using
+ * secp256k1_context_preallocated_create or secp256k1_context_preallocated_clone, the
+ * behaviour is undefined. In that case, secp256k1_context_preallocated_destroy must
+ * be used instead.
+ *
+ * Args: ctx: an existing context to destroy, constructed using
+ * secp256k1_context_create or secp256k1_context_clone
*/
SECP256K1_API void secp256k1_context_destroy(
secp256k1_context* ctx
@@ -229,11 +249,28 @@ SECP256K1_API void secp256k1_context_destroy(
* to cause a crash, though its return value and output arguments are
* undefined.
*
+ * When this function has not been called (or called with fn==NULL), then the
+ * default handler will be used. The library provides a default handler which
+ * writes the message to stderr and calls abort. This default handler can be
+ * replaced at link time if the preprocessor macro
+ * USE_EXTERNAL_DEFAULT_CALLBACKS is defined, which is the case if the build
+ * has been configured with --enable-external-default-callbacks. Then the
+ * following two symbols must be provided to link against:
+ * - void secp256k1_default_illegal_callback_fn(const char* message, void* data);
+ * - void secp256k1_default_error_callback_fn(const char* message, void* data);
+ * The library can call these default handlers even before a proper callback data
+ * pointer could have been set using secp256k1_context_set_illegal_callback or
+ * secp256k1_context_set_error_callback, e.g., when the creation of a context
+ * fails. In this case, the corresponding default handler will be called with
+ * the data pointer argument set to NULL.
+ *
* Args: ctx: an existing context object (cannot be NULL)
* In: fun: a pointer to a function to call when an illegal argument is
- * passed to the API, taking a message and an opaque pointer
- * (NULL restores a default handler that calls abort).
+ * passed to the API, taking a message and an opaque pointer.
+ * (NULL restores the default handler.)
* data: the opaque pointer to pass to fun above.
+ *
+ * See also secp256k1_context_set_error_callback.
*/
SECP256K1_API void secp256k1_context_set_illegal_callback(
secp256k1_context* ctx,
@@ -253,9 +290,12 @@ SECP256K1_API void secp256k1_context_set_illegal_callback(
*
* Args: ctx: an existing context object (cannot be NULL)
* In: fun: a pointer to a function to call when an internal error occurs,
- * taking a message and an opaque pointer (NULL restores a default
- * handler that calls abort).
+ * taking a message and an opaque pointer (NULL restores the
+ * default handler, see secp256k1_context_set_illegal_callback
+ * for details).
* data: the opaque pointer to pass to fun above.
+ *
+ * See also secp256k1_context_set_illegal_callback.
*/
SECP256K1_API void secp256k1_context_set_error_callback(
secp256k1_context* ctx,
@@ -267,21 +307,24 @@ SECP256K1_API void secp256k1_context_set_error_callback(
*
* Returns: a newly created scratch space.
* Args: ctx: an existing context object (cannot be NULL)
- * In: max_size: maximum amount of memory to allocate
+ * In: size: amount of memory to be available as scratch space. Some extra
+ * (<100 bytes) will be allocated for extra accounting.
*/
SECP256K1_API SECP256K1_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT secp256k1_scratch_space* secp256k1_scratch_space_create(
const secp256k1_context* ctx,
- size_t max_size
+ size_t size
) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(1);
/** Destroy a secp256k1 scratch space.
*
* The pointer may not be used afterwards.
- * Args: scratch: space to destroy
+ * Args: ctx: a secp256k1 context object.
+ * scratch: space to destroy
*/
SECP256K1_API void secp256k1_scratch_space_destroy(
+ const secp256k1_context* ctx,
secp256k1_scratch_space* scratch
-);
+) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(1);
/** Parse a variable-length public key into the pubkey object.
*
@@ -488,7 +531,7 @@ SECP256K1_API extern const secp256k1_nonce_function secp256k1_nonce_function_def
/** Create an ECDSA signature.
*
* Returns: 1: signature created
- * 0: the nonce generation function failed, or the private key was invalid.
+ * 0: the nonce generation function failed, or the secret key was invalid.
* Args: ctx: pointer to a context object, initialized for signing (cannot be NULL)
* Out: sig: pointer to an array where the signature will be placed (cannot be NULL)
* In: msg32: the 32-byte message hash being signed (cannot be NULL)
@@ -510,6 +553,11 @@ SECP256K1_API int secp256k1_ecdsa_sign(
/** Verify an ECDSA secret key.
*
+ * A secret key is valid if it is not 0 and less than the secp256k1 curve order
+ * when interpreted as an integer (most significant byte first). The
+ * probability of choosing a 32-byte string uniformly at random which is an
+ * invalid secret key is negligible.
+ *
* Returns: 1: secret key is valid
* 0: secret key is invalid
* Args: ctx: pointer to a context object (cannot be NULL)
@@ -526,7 +574,7 @@ SECP256K1_API SECP256K1_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT int secp256k1_ec_seckey_verify(
* 0: secret was invalid, try again
* Args: ctx: pointer to a context object, initialized for signing (cannot be NULL)
* Out: pubkey: pointer to the created public key (cannot be NULL)
- * In: seckey: pointer to a 32-byte private key (cannot be NULL)
+ * In: seckey: pointer to a 32-byte secret key (cannot be NULL)
*/
SECP256K1_API SECP256K1_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT int secp256k1_ec_pubkey_create(
const secp256k1_context* ctx,
@@ -534,12 +582,24 @@ SECP256K1_API SECP256K1_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT int secp256k1_ec_pubkey_create(
const unsigned char *seckey
) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(1) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(2) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(3);
-/** Negates a private key in place.
+/** Negates a secret key in place.
*
- * Returns: 1 always
- * Args: ctx: pointer to a context object
- * In/Out: seckey: pointer to the 32-byte private key to be negated (cannot be NULL)
+ * Returns: 0 if the given secret key is invalid according to
+ * secp256k1_ec_seckey_verify. 1 otherwise
+ * Args: ctx: pointer to a context object
+ * In/Out: seckey: pointer to the 32-byte secret key to be negated. If the
+ * secret key is invalid according to
+ * secp256k1_ec_seckey_verify, this function returns 0 and
+ * seckey will be set to some unspecified value. (cannot be
+ * NULL)
*/
+SECP256K1_API SECP256K1_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT int secp256k1_ec_seckey_negate(
+ const secp256k1_context* ctx,
+ unsigned char *seckey
+) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(1) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(2);
+
+/** Same as secp256k1_ec_seckey_negate, but DEPRECATED. Will be removed in
+ * future versions. */
SECP256K1_API SECP256K1_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT int secp256k1_ec_privkey_negate(
const secp256k1_context* ctx,
unsigned char *seckey
@@ -556,15 +616,29 @@ SECP256K1_API SECP256K1_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT int secp256k1_ec_pubkey_negate(
secp256k1_pubkey *pubkey
) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(1) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(2);
-/** Tweak a private key by adding tweak to it.
- * Returns: 0 if the tweak was out of range (chance of around 1 in 2^128 for
- * uniformly random 32-byte arrays, or if the resulting private key
- * would be invalid (only when the tweak is the complement of the
- * private key). 1 otherwise.
- * Args: ctx: pointer to a context object (cannot be NULL).
- * In/Out: seckey: pointer to a 32-byte private key.
- * In: tweak: pointer to a 32-byte tweak.
- */
+/** Tweak a secret key by adding tweak to it.
+ *
+ * Returns: 0 if the arguments are invalid or the resulting secret key would be
+ * invalid (only when the tweak is the negation of the secret key). 1
+ * otherwise.
+ * Args: ctx: pointer to a context object (cannot be NULL).
+ * In/Out: seckey: pointer to a 32-byte secret key. If the secret key is
+ * invalid according to secp256k1_ec_seckey_verify, this
+ * function returns 0. seckey will be set to some unspecified
+ * value if this function returns 0. (cannot be NULL)
+ * In: tweak: pointer to a 32-byte tweak. If the tweak is invalid according to
+ * secp256k1_ec_seckey_verify, this function returns 0. For
+ * uniformly random 32-byte arrays the chance of being invalid
+ * is negligible (around 1 in 2^128) (cannot be NULL).
+ */
+SECP256K1_API SECP256K1_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT int secp256k1_ec_seckey_tweak_add(
+ const secp256k1_context* ctx,
+ unsigned char *seckey,
+ const unsigned char *tweak
+) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(1) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(2) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(3);
+
+/** Same as secp256k1_ec_seckey_tweak_add, but DEPRECATED. Will be removed in
+ * future versions. */
SECP256K1_API SECP256K1_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT int secp256k1_ec_privkey_tweak_add(
const secp256k1_context* ctx,
unsigned char *seckey,
@@ -572,14 +646,18 @@ SECP256K1_API SECP256K1_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT int secp256k1_ec_privkey_tweak_add(
) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(1) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(2) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(3);
/** Tweak a public key by adding tweak times the generator to it.
- * Returns: 0 if the tweak was out of range (chance of around 1 in 2^128 for
- * uniformly random 32-byte arrays, or if the resulting public key
- * would be invalid (only when the tweak is the complement of the
- * corresponding private key). 1 otherwise.
- * Args: ctx: pointer to a context object initialized for validation
+ *
+ * Returns: 0 if the arguments are invalid or the resulting public key would be
+ * invalid (only when the tweak is the negation of the corresponding
+ * secret key). 1 otherwise.
+ * Args: ctx: pointer to a context object initialized for validation
* (cannot be NULL).
- * In/Out: pubkey: pointer to a public key object.
- * In: tweak: pointer to a 32-byte tweak.
+ * In/Out: pubkey: pointer to a public key object. pubkey will be set to an
+ * invalid value if this function returns 0 (cannot be NULL).
+ * In: tweak: pointer to a 32-byte tweak. If the tweak is invalid according to
+ * secp256k1_ec_seckey_verify, this function returns 0. For
+ * uniformly random 32-byte arrays the chance of being invalid
+ * is negligible (around 1 in 2^128) (cannot be NULL).
*/
SECP256K1_API SECP256K1_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT int secp256k1_ec_pubkey_tweak_add(
const secp256k1_context* ctx,
@@ -587,13 +665,27 @@ SECP256K1_API SECP256K1_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT int secp256k1_ec_pubkey_tweak_add(
const unsigned char *tweak
) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(1) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(2) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(3);
-/** Tweak a private key by multiplying it by a tweak.
- * Returns: 0 if the tweak was out of range (chance of around 1 in 2^128 for
- * uniformly random 32-byte arrays, or equal to zero. 1 otherwise.
- * Args: ctx: pointer to a context object (cannot be NULL).
- * In/Out: seckey: pointer to a 32-byte private key.
- * In: tweak: pointer to a 32-byte tweak.
+/** Tweak a secret key by multiplying it by a tweak.
+ *
+ * Returns: 0 if the arguments are invalid. 1 otherwise.
+ * Args: ctx: pointer to a context object (cannot be NULL).
+ * In/Out: seckey: pointer to a 32-byte secret key. If the secret key is
+ * invalid according to secp256k1_ec_seckey_verify, this
+ * function returns 0. seckey will be set to some unspecified
+ * value if this function returns 0. (cannot be NULL)
+ * In: tweak: pointer to a 32-byte tweak. If the tweak is invalid according to
+ * secp256k1_ec_seckey_verify, this function returns 0. For
+ * uniformly random 32-byte arrays the chance of being invalid
+ * is negligible (around 1 in 2^128) (cannot be NULL).
*/
+SECP256K1_API SECP256K1_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT int secp256k1_ec_seckey_tweak_mul(
+ const secp256k1_context* ctx,
+ unsigned char *seckey,
+ const unsigned char *tweak
+) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(1) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(2) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(3);
+
+/** Same as secp256k1_ec_seckey_tweak_mul, but DEPRECATED. Will be removed in
+ * future versions. */
SECP256K1_API SECP256K1_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT int secp256k1_ec_privkey_tweak_mul(
const secp256k1_context* ctx,
unsigned char *seckey,
@@ -601,12 +693,16 @@ SECP256K1_API SECP256K1_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT int secp256k1_ec_privkey_tweak_mul(
) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(1) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(2) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(3);
/** Tweak a public key by multiplying it by a tweak value.
- * Returns: 0 if the tweak was out of range (chance of around 1 in 2^128 for
- * uniformly random 32-byte arrays, or equal to zero. 1 otherwise.
- * Args: ctx: pointer to a context object initialized for validation
- * (cannot be NULL).
- * In/Out: pubkey: pointer to a public key obkect.
- * In: tweak: pointer to a 32-byte tweak.
+ *
+ * Returns: 0 if the arguments are invalid. 1 otherwise.
+ * Args: ctx: pointer to a context object initialized for validation
+ * (cannot be NULL).
+ * In/Out: pubkey: pointer to a public key object. pubkey will be set to an
+ * invalid value if this function returns 0 (cannot be NULL).
+ * In: tweak: pointer to a 32-byte tweak. If the tweak is invalid according to
+ * secp256k1_ec_seckey_verify, this function returns 0. For
+ * uniformly random 32-byte arrays the chance of being invalid
+ * is negligible (around 1 in 2^128) (cannot be NULL).
*/
SECP256K1_API SECP256K1_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT int secp256k1_ec_pubkey_tweak_mul(
const secp256k1_context* ctx,
@@ -636,7 +732,8 @@ SECP256K1_API SECP256K1_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT int secp256k1_ec_pubkey_tweak_mul(
* contexts not initialized for signing; then it will have no effect and return 1.
*
* You should call this after secp256k1_context_create or
- * secp256k1_context_clone, and may call this repeatedly afterwards.
+ * secp256k1_context_clone (and secp256k1_context_preallocated_create or
+ * secp256k1_context_clone, resp.), and you may call this repeatedly afterwards.
*/
SECP256K1_API SECP256K1_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT int secp256k1_context_randomize(
secp256k1_context* ctx,
@@ -644,6 +741,7 @@ SECP256K1_API SECP256K1_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT int secp256k1_context_randomize(
) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(1);
/** Add a number of public keys together.
+ *
* Returns: 1: the sum of the public keys is valid.
* 0: the sum of the public keys is not valid.
* Args: ctx: pointer to a context object