constantine/hardy/bool_primitives.nim

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# Hardy
# Copyright (c) 2018 Status Research & Development GmbH
# Licensed and distributed under either of
# * MIT license (license terms in the root directory or at http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT).
# * Apache v2 license (license terms in the root directory or at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0).
# at your option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed except according to those terms.
import ./datatypes
# ################################
#
# Constant-time boolean primitives
#
# ################################
# The main challenge is to prevent conditional branch/jump
# in the generated assembly.
#
# Note:
# let x = if true: 1 else: 2
#
# does not guarantee a constant-time conditional move
# The compiler might introduce branching.
# These primitives are internal to Hardy.
# We don't want to pollute unsuspecting users
# with `not` and `-` on unsigned ints
func high*(T: typedesc[HardBase]): T {.inline.}=
result = not T(0)
func `not`*[T: HardBase](ctl: HardBool[T]): HardBool[T] {.inline.}=
## Negate a constant-time boolean
result = ctl xor 1.T
func `-`*(x: HardBase): HardBase {.inline.}=
## Unary minus returns the two-complement representation
## of an unsigned integer
const max = high(type x)
result = (max xor x) + 1
func mux*[T: HardBase](ctl: HardBool[T], x, y: T): T {.inline.}=
## Returns x if ctl == 1
## else returns y
result = y xor (-ctl.HardBase and (x xor y))