mbed TLS v3.1.0
Functions
constant_time.h File Reference
#include <stddef.h>
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Functions

int mbedtls_ct_memcmp (const void *a, const void *b, size_t n)
 

Function Documentation

int mbedtls_ct_memcmp ( const void *  a,
const void *  b,
size_t  n 
)

Constant-time functions

Copyright The Mbed TLS Contributors SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at

http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License. Constant-time buffer comparison without branches.

This is equivalent to the standard memcmp function, but is likely to be compiled to code using bitwise operation rather than a branch.

This function can be used to write constant-time code by replacing branches with bit operations using masks.

Parameters
aPointer to the first buffer.
bPointer to the second buffer.
nThe number of bytes to compare in the buffer.
Returns
Zero if the content of the two buffer is the same, otherwise non-zero.