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ct: Use volatile "trick" in all fe/scalar cmov implementations
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Apparently clang 15 is able to compile our cmov code into a branch,
at least for fe_cmov and fe_storage_cmov. This commit makes the
condition volatile in all cmov implementations (except ge but that
one only calls into the fe impls).

This is just a quick fix. We should still look into other methods,
e.g., asm and bitcoin#457. We should also consider not caring about
constant-time in scalar_low_impl.h

We should also consider testing on very new compilers in nightly CI,
see bitcoin-core/secp256k1#864 (comment)
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real-or-random committed Apr 1, 2023
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6 changes: 4 additions & 2 deletions src/field_10x26_impl.h
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Expand Up @@ -1147,8 +1147,9 @@ static void secp256k1_fe_sqr(secp256k1_fe *r, const secp256k1_fe *a) {

static SECP256K1_INLINE void secp256k1_fe_cmov(secp256k1_fe *r, const secp256k1_fe *a, int flag) {
uint32_t mask0, mask1;
volatile int vflag = flag;
SECP256K1_CHECKMEM_CHECK_VERIFY(r->n, sizeof(r->n));
mask0 = flag + ~((uint32_t)0);
mask0 = vflag + ~((uint32_t)0);
mask1 = ~mask0;
r->n[0] = (r->n[0] & mask0) | (a->n[0] & mask1);
r->n[1] = (r->n[1] & mask0) | (a->n[1] & mask1);
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static SECP256K1_INLINE void secp256k1_fe_storage_cmov(secp256k1_fe_storage *r, const secp256k1_fe_storage *a, int flag) {
uint32_t mask0, mask1;
volatile int vflag = flag;
SECP256K1_CHECKMEM_CHECK_VERIFY(r->n, sizeof(r->n));
mask0 = flag + ~((uint32_t)0);
mask0 = vflag + ~((uint32_t)0);
mask1 = ~mask0;
r->n[0] = (r->n[0] & mask0) | (a->n[0] & mask1);
r->n[1] = (r->n[1] & mask0) | (a->n[1] & mask1);
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6 changes: 4 additions & 2 deletions src/field_5x52_impl.h
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Expand Up @@ -487,8 +487,9 @@ static void secp256k1_fe_sqr(secp256k1_fe *r, const secp256k1_fe *a) {

static SECP256K1_INLINE void secp256k1_fe_cmov(secp256k1_fe *r, const secp256k1_fe *a, int flag) {
uint64_t mask0, mask1;
volatile int vflag = flag;
SECP256K1_CHECKMEM_CHECK_VERIFY(r->n, sizeof(r->n));
mask0 = flag + ~((uint64_t)0);
mask0 = vflag + ~((uint64_t)0);
mask1 = ~mask0;
r->n[0] = (r->n[0] & mask0) | (a->n[0] & mask1);
r->n[1] = (r->n[1] & mask0) | (a->n[1] & mask1);
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static SECP256K1_INLINE void secp256k1_fe_storage_cmov(secp256k1_fe_storage *r, const secp256k1_fe_storage *a, int flag) {
uint64_t mask0, mask1;
volatile int vflag = flag;
SECP256K1_CHECKMEM_CHECK_VERIFY(r->n, sizeof(r->n));
mask0 = flag + ~((uint64_t)0);
mask0 = vflag + ~((uint64_t)0);
mask1 = ~mask0;
r->n[0] = (r->n[0] & mask0) | (a->n[0] & mask1);
r->n[1] = (r->n[1] & mask0) | (a->n[1] & mask1);
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3 changes: 2 additions & 1 deletion src/scalar_4x64_impl.h
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Expand Up @@ -811,8 +811,9 @@ SECP256K1_INLINE static void secp256k1_scalar_mul_shift_var(secp256k1_scalar *r,

static SECP256K1_INLINE void secp256k1_scalar_cmov(secp256k1_scalar *r, const secp256k1_scalar *a, int flag) {
uint64_t mask0, mask1;
volatile int vflag = flag;
SECP256K1_CHECKMEM_CHECK_VERIFY(r->d, sizeof(r->d));
mask0 = flag + ~((uint64_t)0);
mask0 = vflag + ~((uint64_t)0);
mask1 = ~mask0;
r->d[0] = (r->d[0] & mask0) | (a->d[0] & mask1);
r->d[1] = (r->d[1] & mask0) | (a->d[1] & mask1);
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3 changes: 2 additions & 1 deletion src/scalar_8x32_impl.h
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Expand Up @@ -632,8 +632,9 @@ SECP256K1_INLINE static void secp256k1_scalar_mul_shift_var(secp256k1_scalar *r,

static SECP256K1_INLINE void secp256k1_scalar_cmov(secp256k1_scalar *r, const secp256k1_scalar *a, int flag) {
uint32_t mask0, mask1;
volatile int vflag = flag;
SECP256K1_CHECKMEM_CHECK_VERIFY(r->d, sizeof(r->d));
mask0 = flag + ~((uint32_t)0);
mask0 = vflag + ~((uint32_t)0);
mask1 = ~mask0;
r->d[0] = (r->d[0] & mask0) | (a->d[0] & mask1);
r->d[1] = (r->d[1] & mask0) | (a->d[1] & mask1);
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3 changes: 2 additions & 1 deletion src/scalar_low_impl.h
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Expand Up @@ -116,8 +116,9 @@ SECP256K1_INLINE static int secp256k1_scalar_eq(const secp256k1_scalar *a, const

static SECP256K1_INLINE void secp256k1_scalar_cmov(secp256k1_scalar *r, const secp256k1_scalar *a, int flag) {
uint32_t mask0, mask1;
volatile int vflag = flag;
SECP256K1_CHECKMEM_CHECK_VERIFY(r, sizeof(*r));
mask0 = flag + ~((uint32_t)0);
mask0 = vflag + ~((uint32_t)0);
mask1 = ~mask0;
*r = (*r & mask0) | (*a & mask1);
}
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