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people:solar:software:public-domain-source-code:md4 [2016/06/15 22:39]
solar put MD4's two additive constants into "const MD4_u32plus" instead of listing them by value each time
people:solar:software:public-domain-source-code:md4 [2016/06/16 01:08] (current)
solar Documented in a comment a possible C strict aliasing rules violation if the caller's data buffer has effective type that cannot be aliased by MD5_u32plus
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 /* /*
- * SET reads 4 input bytes in little-endian byte order and stores them + * SET reads 4 input bytes in little-endian byte order and stores them in a 
- ​* ​in a properly aligned word in host byte order.+ ​* ​properly aligned word in host byte order.
  *  *
- * The check for little-endian architectures that tolerate unaligned + * The check for little-endian architectures that tolerate unaligned ​memory 
- ​* ​memory ​accesses is just an optimization. ​ Nothing will break if it + * accesses is just an optimization. ​ Nothing will break if it fails to detect 
- ​* ​doesn't work.+ ​* ​a suitable architecture. 
 + * 
 + * Unfortunately,​ this optimization may be a C strict aliasing rules violation 
 + * if the caller's data buffer has effective type that cannot be aliased by 
 + * MD4_u32plus. ​ In practice, this problem may occur if these MD4 routines are 
 + * inlined into a calling function, or with future and dangerously advanced 
 + * link-time optimizations. ​ For the time being, keeping these MD4 routines in 
 + * their own translation unit avoids the problem.
  */  */
 #if defined(__i386__) || defined(__x86_64__) || defined(__vax__) #if defined(__i386__) || defined(__x86_64__) || defined(__vax__)
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 /* /*
- * This processes one or more 64-byte data blocks, but does NOT update + * This processes one or more 64-byte data blocks, but does NOT update the bit 
- ​* ​the bit counters. ​ There are no alignment requirements.+ ​* ​counters. ​ There are no alignment requirements.
  */  */
 static const void *body(MD4_CTX *ctx, const void *data, unsigned long size) static const void *body(MD4_CTX *ctx, const void *data, unsigned long size)
people/solar/software/public-domain-source-code/md4.txt · Last modified: 2016/06/16 01:08 by solar
 
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