1 files changed, 22 insertions, 15 deletions

diff --git a/src/secp256k1/include/secp256k1_ecdh.h b/src/secp256k1/include/secp256k1_ecdh.h
index df5fde235c..4058e9c043 100644
--- a/src/secp256k1/include/secp256k1_ecdh.h
+++ b/src/secp256k1/include/secp256k1_ecdh.h
@@ -7,43 +7,50 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
-/** A pointer to a function that applies hash function to a point
+/** A pointer to a function that hashes an EC point to obtain an ECDH secret
  *
- *  Returns: 1 if a point was successfully hashed. 0 will cause ecdh to fail
- *  Out:    output:     pointer to an array to be filled by the function
- *  In:     x:          pointer to a 32-byte x coordinate
- *          y:          pointer to a 32-byte y coordinate
- *          data:       Arbitrary data pointer that is passed through
+ *  Returns: 1 if the point was successfully hashed.
+ *           0 will cause secp256k1_ecdh to fail and return 0.
+ *           Other return values are not allowed, and the behaviour of
+ *           secp256k1_ecdh is undefined for other return values.
+ *  Out:     output:     pointer to an array to be filled by the function
+ *  In:      x32:        pointer to a 32-byte x coordinate
+ *           y32:        pointer to a 32-byte y coordinate
+ *           data:       arbitrary data pointer that is passed through
  */
 typedef int (*secp256k1_ecdh_hash_function)(
   unsigned char *output,
-  const unsigned char *x,
-  const unsigned char *y,
+  const unsigned char *x32,
+  const unsigned char *y32,
   void *data
 );
 
-/** An implementation of SHA256 hash function that applies to compressed public key. */
+/** An implementation of SHA256 hash function that applies to compressed public key.
+ * Populates the output parameter with 32 bytes. */
 SECP256K1_API extern const secp256k1_ecdh_hash_function secp256k1_ecdh_hash_function_sha256;
 
-/** A default ecdh hash function (currently equal to secp256k1_ecdh_hash_function_sha256). */
+/** A default ECDH hash function (currently equal to secp256k1_ecdh_hash_function_sha256).
+ * Populates the output parameter with 32 bytes. */
 SECP256K1_API extern const secp256k1_ecdh_hash_function secp256k1_ecdh_hash_function_default;
 
 /** Compute an EC Diffie-Hellman secret in constant time
+ *
  *  Returns: 1: exponentiation was successful
- *           0: scalar was invalid (zero or overflow)
+ *           0: scalar was invalid (zero or overflow) or hashfp returned 0
  *  Args:    ctx:        pointer to a context object (cannot be NULL)
- *  Out:     output:     pointer to an array to be filled by the function
+ *  Out:     output:     pointer to an array to be filled by hashfp
  *  In:      pubkey:     a pointer to a secp256k1_pubkey containing an
  *                       initialized public key
- *           privkey:    a 32-byte scalar with which to multiply the point
+ *           seckey:     a 32-byte scalar with which to multiply the point
  *           hashfp:     pointer to a hash function. If NULL, secp256k1_ecdh_hash_function_sha256 is used
- *           data:       Arbitrary data pointer that is passed through
+ *                       (in which case, 32 bytes will be written to output)
+ *           data:       arbitrary data pointer that is passed through to hashfp
  */
 SECP256K1_API SECP256K1_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT int secp256k1_ecdh(
   const secp256k1_context* ctx,
   unsigned char *output,
   const secp256k1_pubkey *pubkey,
-  const unsigned char *privkey,
+  const unsigned char *seckey,
   secp256k1_ecdh_hash_function hashfp,
   void *data
 ) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(1) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(2) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(3) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(4);