[PATCH 6/8] lib/mpi: mpi_read_buffer(): optimize skipping of leading zero limbs

From: Nicolai Stange
Date: Thu Mar 17 2016 - 14:02:03 EST


Currently, if the number of leading zeros is greater than fits into a
complete limb, mpi_read_buffer() skips them by iterating over them
limb-wise.

Instead of skipping the high order zero limbs within the loop as shown
above, adjust the copying loop's bounds.

Signed-off-by: Nicolai Stange <nicstange@xxxxxxxxx>
---
lib/mpi/mpicoder.c | 18 ++++++++----------
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/mpi/mpicoder.c b/lib/mpi/mpicoder.c
index 623439e..2fd8d41 100644
--- a/lib/mpi/mpicoder.c
+++ b/lib/mpi/mpicoder.c
@@ -184,7 +184,9 @@ int mpi_read_buffer(MPI a, uint8_t *buf, unsigned buf_len, unsigned *nbytes,
p = buf;
*nbytes = n - lzeros;

- for (i = a->nlimbs - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+ for (i = a->nlimbs - 1 - lzeros / BYTES_PER_MPI_LIMB,
+ lzeros %= BYTES_PER_MPI_LIMB;
+ i >= 0; i--) {
alimb = a->d[i];
#if BYTES_PER_MPI_LIMB == 4
*p++ = alimb >> 24;
@@ -205,15 +207,11 @@ int mpi_read_buffer(MPI a, uint8_t *buf, unsigned buf_len, unsigned *nbytes,
#endif

if (lzeros > 0) {
- if (lzeros >= sizeof(alimb)) {
- p -= sizeof(alimb);
- } else {
- mpi_limb_t *limb1 = (void *)p - sizeof(alimb);
- mpi_limb_t *limb2 = (void *)p - sizeof(alimb)
- + lzeros;
- *limb1 = *limb2;
- p -= lzeros;
- }
+ mpi_limb_t *limb1 = (void *)p - sizeof(alimb);
+ mpi_limb_t *limb2 = (void *)p - sizeof(alimb)
+ + lzeros;
+ *limb1 = *limb2;
+ p -= lzeros;
lzeros -= sizeof(alimb);
}
}
--
2.7.2