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Clarify that a secp256k1_ecdh_hash_function must return 0 or 1
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and improve style of the ECDH docs.
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real-or-random committed Feb 14, 2020
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26 changes: 15 additions & 11 deletions include/secp256k1_ecdh.h
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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.
* 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 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
* hashfp: pointer to a hash function. If NULL, secp256k1_ecdh_hash_function_sha256 is used
* (in which case, 32 bytes will be written to output)
* data: Arbitrary data pointer that is passed through to hashfp
* data: arbitrary data pointer that is passed through to hashfp
*/
SECP256K1_API SECP256K1_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT int secp256k1_ecdh(
const secp256k1_context* ctx,
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6 changes: 3 additions & 3 deletions src/modules/ecdh/main_impl.h
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#include "include/secp256k1_ecdh.h"
#include "ecmult_const_impl.h"

static int ecdh_hash_function_sha256(unsigned char *output, const unsigned char *x, const unsigned char *y, void *data) {
unsigned char version = (y[31] & 0x01) | 0x02;
static int ecdh_hash_function_sha256(unsigned char *output, const unsigned char *x32, const unsigned char *y32, void *data) {
unsigned char version = (y32[31] & 0x01) | 0x02;
secp256k1_sha256 sha;
(void)data;

secp256k1_sha256_initialize(&sha);
secp256k1_sha256_write(&sha, &version, 1);
secp256k1_sha256_write(&sha, x, 32);
secp256k1_sha256_write(&sha, x32, 32);
secp256k1_sha256_finalize(&sha, output);

return 1;
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