BN_add.3ossl - Man Page

arithmetic operations on BIGNUMs

Synopsis

 #include <openssl/bn.h>

 int BN_add(BIGNUM *r, const BIGNUM *a, const BIGNUM *b);

 int BN_sub(BIGNUM *r, const BIGNUM *a, const BIGNUM *b);

 int BN_mul(BIGNUM *r, BIGNUM *a, BIGNUM *b, BN_CTX *ctx);

 int BN_sqr(BIGNUM *r, BIGNUM *a, BN_CTX *ctx);

 int BN_div(BIGNUM *dv, BIGNUM *rem, const BIGNUM *a, const BIGNUM *d,
            BN_CTX *ctx);

 int BN_mod(BIGNUM *rem, const BIGNUM *a, const BIGNUM *m, BN_CTX *ctx);

 int BN_nnmod(BIGNUM *r, const BIGNUM *a, const BIGNUM *m, BN_CTX *ctx);

 int BN_mod_add(BIGNUM *r, BIGNUM *a, BIGNUM *b, const BIGNUM *m,
                BN_CTX *ctx);

 int BN_mod_sub(BIGNUM *r, BIGNUM *a, BIGNUM *b, const BIGNUM *m,
                BN_CTX *ctx);

 int BN_mod_mul(BIGNUM *r, BIGNUM *a, BIGNUM *b, const BIGNUM *m,
                BN_CTX *ctx);

 int BN_mod_sqr(BIGNUM *r, BIGNUM *a, const BIGNUM *m, BN_CTX *ctx);

 BIGNUM *BN_mod_sqrt(BIGNUM *in, BIGNUM *a, const BIGNUM *p, BN_CTX *ctx);

 int BN_exp(BIGNUM *r, BIGNUM *a, BIGNUM *p, BN_CTX *ctx);

 int BN_mod_exp(BIGNUM *r, BIGNUM *a, const BIGNUM *p,
                const BIGNUM *m, BN_CTX *ctx);

 int BN_gcd(BIGNUM *r, BIGNUM *a, BIGNUM *b, BN_CTX *ctx);

Description

BN_add() adds a and b and places the result in r (r=a+b). r may be the same BIGNUM as a or b.

BN_sub() subtracts b from a and places the result in r (r=a-b). r may be the same BIGNUM as a or b.

BN_mul() multiplies a and b and places the result in r (r=a*b). r may be the same BIGNUM as a or b. For multiplication by powers of 2, use BN_lshift(3).

BN_sqr() takes the square of a and places the result in r (r=a^2). r and a may be the same BIGNUM. This function is faster than BN_mul(r,a,a).

BN_div() divides a by d and places the result in dv and the remainder in rem (dv=a/d, rem=a%d). Either of dv and rem may be NULL, in which case the respective value is not returned. The result is rounded towards zero; thus if a is negative, the remainder will be zero or negative. For division by powers of 2, use BN_rshift(3).

BN_mod() corresponds to BN_div() with dv set to NULL.

BN_nnmod() reduces a modulo m and places the nonnegative remainder in r.

BN_mod_add() adds a to b modulo m and places the nonnegative result in r.

BN_mod_sub() subtracts b from a modulo m and places the nonnegative result in r.

BN_mod_mul() multiplies a by b and finds the nonnegative remainder respective to modulus m (r=(a*b) mod m). r may be the same BIGNUM as a or b. For more efficient algorithms for repeated computations using the same modulus, see BN_mod_mul_montgomery(3) and BN_mod_mul_reciprocal(3).

BN_mod_sqr() takes the square of a modulo m and places the result in r.

BN_mod_sqrt() returns the modular square root of a such that in^2 = a (mod p). The modulus p must be a prime, otherwise an error or an incorrect "result" will be returned. The result is stored into in which can be NULL. The result will be newly allocated in that case.

BN_exp() raises a to the p-th power and places the result in r (r=a^p). This function is faster than repeated applications of BN_mul().

BN_mod_exp() computes a to the p-th power modulo m (r=a^p % m). This function uses less time and space than BN_exp(). Do not call this function when m is even and any of the parameters have the BN_FLG_CONSTTIME flag set.

BN_gcd() computes the greatest common divisor of a and b and places the result in r. r may be the same BIGNUM as a or b.

For all functions, ctx is a previously allocated BN_CTX used for temporary variables; see BN_CTX_new(3).

Unless noted otherwise, the result BIGNUM must be different from the arguments.

Notes

For modular operations such as BN_nnmod() or BN_mod_exp() it is an error to use the same BIGNUM object for the modulus as for the output.

Return Values

The BN_mod_sqrt() returns the result (possibly incorrect if p is not a prime), or NULL.

For all remaining functions, 1 is returned for success, 0 on error. The return value should always be checked (e.g., if (!BN_add(r,a,b)) goto err;). The error codes can be obtained by ERR_get_error(3).

See Also

ERR_get_error(3), BN_CTX_new(3), BN_add_word(3), BN_set_bit(3)

Referenced By

BN_add_word.3ossl(3), BN_CTX_new.3ossl(3), BN_mod_inverse.3ossl(3), BN_mod_mul_montgomery.3ossl(3), BN_mod_mul_reciprocal.3ossl(3), BN_set_bit.3ossl(3).

The man pages BN_div.3ossl(3), BN_exp.3ossl(3), BN_gcd.3ossl(3), BN_mod.3ossl(3), BN_mod_add.3ossl(3), BN_mod_exp.3ossl(3), BN_mod_mul.3ossl(3), BN_mod_sqr.3ossl(3), BN_mod_sqrt.3ossl(3), BN_mod_sub.3ossl(3), BN_mul.3ossl(3), BN_nnmod.3ossl(3), BN_sqr.3ossl(3) and BN_sub.3ossl(3) are aliases of BN_add.3ossl(3).

2024-09-12 3.2.2 OpenSSL