Make mbedtls_mpi_lt_mpi_ct more portable

The code relied on the assumptions that CHAR_BIT is 8 and that unsigned
does not have padding bits.

In the Bignum module we already assume that the sign of an MPI is either
-1 or 1. Using this, we eliminate the above mentioned dependency.
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Janos Follath 2019-10-28 12:12:15 +00:00
parent 1f32b5bea4
commit 73ba9ec9a6

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@ -1200,12 +1200,11 @@ int mbedtls_mpi_lt_mpi_ct( const mbedtls_mpi *X, const mbedtls_mpi *Y,
return MBEDTLS_ERR_MPI_BAD_INPUT_DATA; return MBEDTLS_ERR_MPI_BAD_INPUT_DATA;
/* /*
* Get sign bits of the signs. * Set sign_N to 1 if N >= 0, 0 if N < 0.
* We know that N->s == 1 if N >= 0 and N->s == -1 if N < 0.
*/ */
sign_X = X->s; sign_X = ( X->s & 2 ) >> 1;
sign_X = sign_X >> ( sizeof( unsigned ) * 8 - 1 ); sign_Y = ( Y->s & 2 ) >> 1;
sign_Y = Y->s;
sign_Y = sign_Y >> ( sizeof( unsigned ) * 8 - 1 );
/* /*
* If the signs are different, then the positive operand is the bigger. * If the signs are different, then the positive operand is the bigger.