Re: [Keyrings] [PATCH 1/2] MPILIB: Fix comparison of negative MPIs

[Dmitry Kasatkin]

Hi,

Thank you. It looks correct.

Ack.

- Dmitry

On 9 January 2015 at 12:58, David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I think you're right - *adding* the two sizes makes no sense.  cc'ing Dmitry
> also for his check.
>
> David
>
>
> Rasmus Villemoes <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> If u and v both represent negative integers and their limb counts
>> happen to differ, mpi_cmp will always return a positive value - this
>> is obviously bogus. u is smaller than v if and only if it is larger in
>> absolute value.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  lib/mpi/mpi-cmp.c | 2 +-
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/lib/mpi/mpi-cmp.c b/lib/mpi/mpi-cmp.c
>> index 1871e7b61ca0..3801694240d8 100644
>> --- a/lib/mpi/mpi-cmp.c
>> +++ b/lib/mpi/mpi-cmp.c
>> @@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ int mpi_cmp(MPI u, MPI v)
>>       if (usize != vsize && !u->sign && !v->sign)
>>               return usize - vsize;
>>       if (usize != vsize && u->sign && v->sign)
>> -             return vsize + usize;
>> +             return vsize - usize;
>>       if (!usize)
>>               return 0;
>>       cmp = mpihelp_cmp(u->d, v->d, usize);
>> --
>> 2.1.3
>>
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Dmitry
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