Fwd: Re: OpenSSL 0.9.3 bug ?

[Leonardo Marques de Souza]

Possible BUGs detected against OpenSSL-DEV ListServer....

Regards
Leo

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> > > > on linux 2.2[.9] with egcs-1.1.2 and libc.5.4.46, the bignum test fails.
> > > > with "./Configure no-asm linux-elf", test/bntest results in the attached
> > > > output, which ends with "Left shift test failed!" the next test (exptest)
> > > > appears to be caught in a loop and doesn't actually produce any output at
> > > > all.
> > >
> > > Gak! For future reference, the last few lines of a BN test will usually
> > > do! Anyway, I can't reproduce this ... could you apply this patch and
> > > try again?
> > How about following instead? Andy:-)
> >
> > *** crypto/bn/bn_asm.c.orig     Mon Apr 19 20:27:29 1999
> > --- crypto/bn/bn_asm.c  Tue May 25 17:32:00 1999
> > ***************
> > *** 93,99 ****
> >         bn_check_num(num);
> >         if (num <= 0) return(c1);
> >
> > !       for (;;)
> >                 {
> >                 mul(rp[0],ap[0],w,c1);
> >                 if (--num == 0) break;
> > --- 93,99 ----
> >         bn_check_num(num);
> >         if (num <= 0) return(c1);
> >
> > !       for (;1;)
> >                 {
> >                 mul(rp[0],ap[0],w,c1);
> >                 if (--num == 0) break;
> 
> Eh? Why?
-.Well, to be honest I don't really have a clear clue:-) It just works! I
-.suppose egcs-1.1.2 optimizer takes it easier on for(;1;) than on
-.for(;;)...

--Andy.
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