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/*
* Timing Attack Countermeasure Functions
* (C) 2010 Falko Strenzke, Jack Lloyd
*
* Distributed under the terms of the Botan license
*/

#include <botan/internal/ta_utils.h>

namespace Botan {

namespace TA_CM {

/*
* We use volatile in these functions in an attempt to ensure that the
* compiler doesn't optimize in a way that would create branching
* operations.
*
* Note: this needs further testing; on at least x86-64 with GCC,
* volatile is not required to get branch-free operations, it just
* makes the functions much longer/slower. It may not be required
* anywhere.
*/

u32bit gen_mask_u32bit(u32bit in)
   {
   volatile u32bit result = in;
   result |= result >> 1;
   result |= result >> 2;
   result |= result >> 4;
   result |= result >> 8;
   result |= result >> 16;
   result &= 1;
   result = ~(result - 1);
   return result;
   }

u32bit max_32(u32bit a, u32bit b)
   {
   const u32bit a_larger = b - a; /* negative if a larger */
   const u32bit mask = gen_mask_u32bit(a_larger >> 31);
   return (a & mask) | (b & ~mask);
   }

u32bit min_32(u32bit a, u32bit b)
   {
   const u32bit a_larger = b - a; /* negative if a larger */
   const u32bit mask = gen_mask_u32bit(a_larger >> 31);
   return (a & ~mask) | (b & mask);
   }

}

}