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1 files changed, 27 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/libtommath/bn_mp_sqrt.c b/libtommath/bn_mp_sqrt.c
index 72a9ff5..016b8ba 100644
--- a/libtommath/bn_mp_sqrt.c
+++ b/libtommath/bn_mp_sqrt.c
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
* The library is free for all purposes without any express
* guarantee it works.
*
- * Tom St Denis, tomstdenis@iahu.ca, http://math.libtomcrypt.org
+ * Tom St Denis, tomstdenis@gmail.com, http://math.libtomcrypt.com
*/
#ifndef NO_FLOATING_POINT
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ int mp_sqrt(mp_int *arg, mp_int *ret)
mp_int t1,t2;
int i, j, k;
#ifndef NO_FLOATING_POINT
- double d;
+ volatile double d;
mp_digit dig;
#endif
@@ -64,16 +64,39 @@ int mp_sqrt(mp_int *arg, mp_int *ret)
for (k = arg->used-1; k >= j; --k) {
d = ldexp(d, DIGIT_BIT) + (double) (arg->dp[k]);
}
+
+ /*
+ * At this point, d is the nearest floating point number to the most
+ * significant 1 or 2 mp_digits of arg. Extract its square root.
+ */
+
d = sqrt(d);
+
+ /* dig is the most significant mp_digit of the square root */
+
dig = (mp_digit) ldexp(d, -DIGIT_BIT);
+
+ /*
+ * If the most significant digit is nonzero, find the next digit down
+ * by subtracting DIGIT_BIT times thie most significant digit.
+ * Subtract one from the result so that our initial estimate is always
+ * low.
+ */
+
if (dig) {
t1.used = i+2;
- t1.dp[i+1] = dig;
d -= ldexp((double) dig, DIGIT_BIT);
+ if (d >= 1.0) {
+ t1.dp[i+1] = dig;
+ t1.dp[i] = ((mp_digit) d) - 1;
+ } else {
+ t1.dp[i+1] = dig-1;
+ t1.dp[i] = MP_DIGIT_MAX;
+ }
} else {
t1.used = i+1;
+ t1.dp[i] = ((mp_digit) d) - 1;
}
- t1.dp[i] = (mp_digit) d;
#else
@@ -117,7 +140,3 @@ E2: mp_clear(&t1);
}
#endif
-
-/* $Source: /root/tcl/repos-to-convert/tcl/libtommath/bn_mp_sqrt.c,v $ */
-/* $Revision: 1.2 $ */
-/* $Date: 2005/12/27 17:39:02 $ */