after multiple objections of libtom users [1], we decided to change licensing
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1 /* LibTomPoly, Polynomial Basis Math -- Tom St Denis
2 *
3 * LibTomPoly is a public domain library that provides
4 * polynomial basis arithmetic support. It relies on
5 * LibTomMath for large integer support.
7 * This library is free for all purposes without any
8 * express guarantee that it works.
10 * Tom St Denis, tomstdenis@iahu.ca, http://poly.libtomcrypt.org
12 #include <tompoly.h>
14 /* returns the monic GCD only for GF(p^k)[x] */
15 int pb_gcd(pb_poly *a, pb_poly *b, pb_poly *c)
17 pb_poly A, B, tmp;
18 int err;
20 if (mp_iszero(&(c->characteristic)) == MP_YES) {
21 return MP_VAL;
24 /* special cases (one or both are zero) */
25 if (a->used == 0 && b->used == 0) {
26 /* both zero, set to 1 */
27 pb_zero(c);
28 c->used = 1;
29 mp_set(&(c->terms[0]), 1);
30 return MP_OKAY;
31 } else if (a->used == 0) {
32 return pb_copy(b, c);
33 } else if (b->used == 0) {
34 return pb_copy(a, c);
37 if ((err = pb_init(&tmp, &(c->characteristic))) != MP_OKAY) {
38 return err;
40 if ((err = pb_init_copy(&A, a)) != MP_OKAY) {
41 goto __TMP;
43 if ((err = pb_init_copy(&B, b)) != MP_OKAY) {
44 goto __A;
47 while (B.used > 0) {
48 if ((err = pb_mod(&A, &B, &tmp)) != MP_OKAY) {
49 goto __B;
51 /* A = B, B = tmp */
52 if ((err = pb_copy(&B, &A)) != MP_OKAY) {
53 goto __B;
55 if ((err = pb_copy(&tmp, &B)) != MP_OKAY) {
56 goto __B;
60 /* ensure it's monic */
61 err = pb_monic(&A, c);
63 __B : pb_clear(&B);
64 __A : pb_clear(&A);
65 __TMP: pb_clear(&tmp);
66 return err;