Clarify Comments and Fix Typos (#651)

Fixes many typos, and errors in comments.

* Clarifies many comments
* Grammar correction in config.pl help text
* Removed comment about MBEDTLS_X509_EXT_NS_CERT_TYPE.
* Comment typo fix (Dont => Don't)
* Comment typo fix (assure => ensure)
* Comment typo fix (byes => bytes)
* Added citation for quoted standard
* Comment typo fix (one complement => 1's complement)

The is some debate about whether to prefer "one's complement",  "ones'
complement", or "1's complement".  The more recent RFCs related to TLS
(RFC 6347,  RFC 4347, etc) use " 1's complement", so I followed that
convention.

* Added missing ")" in comment
* Comment alignment
* Incorrect comment after #endif

include/mbedtls/rsa.h

@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ int mbedtls_rsa_check_pub_priv( const mbedtls_rsa_context *pub, const mbedtls_rs
  * \return         0 if successful, or an MBEDTLS_ERR_RSA_XXX error code
  *
  * \note           This function does NOT take care of message
- *                 padding. Also, be sure to set input[0] = 0 or assure that
+ *                 padding. Also, be sure to set input[0] = 0 or ensure that
  *                 input is smaller than N.
  *
  * \note           The input and output buffers must be large

include/mbedtls/x509.h

@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@
 #define MBEDTLS_X509_EXT_INIHIBIT_ANYPOLICY          (1 << 13)
 #define MBEDTLS_X509_EXT_FRESHEST_CRL                (1 << 14)
 
-#define MBEDTLS_X509_EXT_NS_CERT_TYPE                (1 << 16)   /* Parsed (and then ?) */
+#define MBEDTLS_X509_EXT_NS_CERT_TYPE                (1 << 16)
 
 /*
  * Storage format identifiers

library/cmac.c

@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
 #if defined(MBEDTLS_SELF_TEST)
 #include <stdio.h>
 #define mbedtls_printf     printf
-#endif /* MBEDTLS_SELF_TEST && MBEDTLS_AES_C || MBEDTLS_DES_C */
+#endif /* MBEDTLS_SELF_TEST */
 #endif /* MBEDTLS_PLATFORM_C */
 
 /* Implementation that should never be optimized out by the compiler */
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ static void mbedtls_zeroize( void *v, size_t n ) {
  *   with R_64 = 0x1B and  R_128 = 0x87
  *
  * Input and output MUST NOT point to the same buffer
- * Block size must be 8 byes or 16 bytes - the block sizes for DES and AES.
+ * Block size must be 8 bytes or 16 bytes - the block sizes for DES and AES.
  */
 static int cmac_multiply_by_u( unsigned char *output,
                                const unsigned char *input,

library/net_sockets.c

@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ int mbedtls_net_bind( mbedtls_net_context *ctx, const char *bind_ip, const char
             }
         }
 
-        /* I we ever get there, it's a success */
+        /* Bind was successful */
         ret = 0;
         break;
     }

library/pkparse.c

@@ -1187,12 +1187,12 @@ int mbedtls_pk_parse_key( mbedtls_pk_context *pk,
 #endif /* MBEDTLS_PEM_PARSE_C */
 
     /*
-    * At this point we only know it's not a PEM formatted key. Could be any
+     * At this point we only know it's not a PEM formatted key. Could be any
-    * of the known DER encoded private key formats
+     * of the known DER encoded private key formats
-    *
+     *
-    * We try the different DER format parsers to see if one passes without
+     * We try the different DER format parsers to see if one passes without
-    * error
+     * error
-    */
+     */
 #if defined(MBEDTLS_PKCS12_C) || defined(MBEDTLS_PKCS5_C)
     if( ( ret = pk_parse_key_pkcs8_encrypted_der( pk, key, keylen,
                                                   pwd, pwdlen ) ) == 0 )

library/ssl_tls.c

@@ -3428,7 +3428,7 @@ static int ssl_handle_possible_reconnect( mbedtls_ssl_context *ssl )
 
     if( ret == MBEDTLS_ERR_SSL_HELLO_VERIFY_REQUIRED )
     {
-        /* Dont check write errors as we can't do anything here.
+        /* Don't check write errors as we can't do anything here.
          * If the error is permanent we'll catch it later,
          * if it's not, then hopefully it'll work next time. */
         (void) ssl->f_send( ssl->p_bio, ssl->out_buf, len );
@@ -6006,8 +6006,9 @@ int mbedtls_ssl_conf_alpn_protocols( mbedtls_ssl_config *conf, const char **prot
     const char **p;
 
     /*
-     * "Empty strings MUST NOT be included and byte strings MUST NOT be
+     * RFC 7301 3.1: "Empty strings MUST NOT be included and byte strings
-     * truncated". Check lengths now rather than later.
+     * MUST NOT be truncated."
+     * We check lengths now rather than later.
      */
     tot_len = 0;
     for( p = protos; *p != NULL; p++ )
@@ -7585,7 +7586,7 @@ int mbedtls_ssl_check_cert_usage( const mbedtls_x509_crt *cert,
  * and, for DTLS, to/from TLS equivalent.
  *
  * For TLS this is the identity.
- * For DTLS, use one complement (v -> 255 - v, and then map as follows:
+ * For DTLS, use 1's complement (v -> 255 - v, and then map as follows:
  * 1.0 <-> 3.2      (DTLS 1.0 is based on TLS 1.1)
  * 1.x <-> 3.x+1    for x != 0 (DTLS 1.2 based on TLS 1.2)
  */

library/x509.c

@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ int mbedtls_x509_get_sig_alg( const mbedtls_x509_buf *sig_oid, const mbedtls_x50
 
 /*
  * X.509 Extensions (No parsing of extensions, pointer should
- * be either manually updated or extensions should be parsed!
+ * be either manually updated or extensions should be parsed!)
  */
 int mbedtls_x509_get_ext( unsigned char **p, const unsigned char *end,
                   mbedtls_x509_buf *ext, int tag )

scripts/config.pl

@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ Options
                               used:
                                 $config_file
     -o | --force            - If the symbol isn't present in the configuration
-                              file when setting it's value, a #define is
+                              file when setting its value, a #define is
                               appended to the end of the file.
 
 EOU