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mpint: add mp_random_upto().

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This is a third random-number generation function, with an API in
between the too-specific mp_random_bits and the too-general
mp_random_in_range. Now you can generate a value between 0 and n
without having to either make n a power of 2, or tediously allocate a
zero mp_int to be the lower limit for mp_random_in_range.

Implementation is done by sawing the existing mp_random_in_range into
two pieces and exposing the API between them.
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Simon Tatham
2020-02-23 14:45:19 +00:00
parent d4a4111fec
commit 957f14088f
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@ -399,13 +399,16 @@ mp_int *mp_rshift_fixed(mp_int *x, size_t shift);
* then _they_ have link-time dependencies on both modules.)
*
* mp_random_bits[_fn] returns an integer 0 <= n < 2^bits.
* mp_random_upto[_fn](limit) returns an integer 0 <= n < limit.
* mp_random_in_range[_fn](lo,hi) returns an integer lo <= n < hi.
*/
typedef void (*random_read_fn_t)(void *, size_t);
mp_int *mp_random_bits_fn(size_t bits, random_read_fn_t randfn);
mp_int *mp_random_upto_fn(mp_int *limit, random_read_fn_t randfn);
mp_int *mp_random_in_range_fn(
mp_int *lo_inclusive, mp_int *hi_exclusive, random_read_fn_t randfn);
#define mp_random_bits(bits) mp_random_bits_fn(bits, random_read)
#define mp_random_upto(limit) mp_random_upto_fn(limit, random_read)
#define mp_random_in_range(lo, hi) mp_random_in_range_fn(lo, hi, random_read)
#endif /* PUTTY_MPINT_H */