* verification).
*
* A constructed context can safely be used from multiple threads
- * simultaneously, but API call that take a non-const pointer to a context
+ * simultaneously, but API calls that take a non-const pointer to a context
* need exclusive access to it. In particular this is the case for
- * secp256k1_context_destroy and secp256k1_context_randomize.
+ * secp256k1_context_destroy, secp256k1_context_preallocated_destroy,
+ * and secp256k1_context_randomize.
*
* Regarding randomization, either do it once at creation time (in which case
* you do not need any locking for the other calls), or use a read-write lock.
#define SECP256K1_FLAGS_BIT_CONTEXT_SIGN (1 << 9)
#define SECP256K1_FLAGS_BIT_COMPRESSION (1 << 8)
-/** Flags to pass to secp256k1_context_create. */
+/** Flags to pass to secp256k1_context_create, secp256k1_context_preallocated_size, and
+ * secp256k1_context_preallocated_create. */
#define SECP256K1_CONTEXT_VERIFY (SECP256K1_FLAGS_TYPE_CONTEXT | SECP256K1_FLAGS_BIT_CONTEXT_VERIFY)
#define SECP256K1_CONTEXT_SIGN (SECP256K1_FLAGS_TYPE_CONTEXT | SECP256K1_FLAGS_BIT_CONTEXT_SIGN)
#define SECP256K1_CONTEXT_NONE (SECP256K1_FLAGS_TYPE_CONTEXT)
*/
SECP256K1_API extern const secp256k1_context *secp256k1_context_no_precomp;
-/** Create a secp256k1 context object.
+/** Create a secp256k1 context object (in dynamically allocated memory).
*
* This function uses malloc to allocate memory. It is guaranteed that malloc is
* called at most once for every call of this function.
unsigned int flags
) SECP256K1_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
-/** Copies a secp256k1 context object.
+/** Copy a secp256k1 context object (into dynamically allocated memory).
*
* This function uses malloc to allocate memory. It is guaranteed that malloc is
* called at most once for every call of this function.
const secp256k1_context* ctx
) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(1) SECP256K1_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
-/** Destroy a secp256k1 context object.
+/** Destroy a secp256k1 context object (created in dynamically allocated memory).
*
* The context pointer may not be used afterwards.
- * Args: ctx: an existing context to destroy (cannot be NULL)
+ *
+ * The context to destroy must have been created using secp256k1_context_create
+ * or secp256k1_context_clone. If the context has instead been created using
+ * secp256k1_context_preallocated_create or secp256k1_context_preallocated_clone, the
+ * behaviour is undefined. In that case, secp256k1_context_preallocated_destroy must
+ * be used instead.
+ *
+ * Args: ctx: an existing context to destroy, constructed using
+ * secp256k1_context_create or secp256k1_context_clone
*/
SECP256K1_API void secp256k1_context_destroy(
secp256k1_context* ctx
);
+/** Determine the memory size of a secp256k1 context object to be created in
+ * caller-provided memory.
+ *
+ * The purpose of this function is to determine how much memory must be provided
+ * to secp256k1_context_preallocated_create.
+ *
+ * Returns: the required size of the caller-provided memory block
+ * In: flags: which parts of the context to initialize.
+ */
+
+SECP256K1_API size_t secp256k1_context_preallocated_size(
+ unsigned int flags
+) SECP256K1_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
+
+/** Create a secp256k1 context object in caller-provided memory.
+ *
+ * Returns: a newly created context object.
+ * In: prealloc: a pointer to a rewritable contiguous block of memory of
+ * size at least secp256k1_context_preallocated_size(flags)
+ * bytes, suitably aligned to hold an object of any type
+ * (cannot be NULL)
+ * flags: which parts of the context to initialize.
+ *
+ * See also secp256k1_context_randomize.
+ */
+SECP256K1_API secp256k1_context* secp256k1_context_preallocated_create(
+ void* prealloc,
+ unsigned int flags
+) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(1) SECP256K1_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
+
+/** Determine the memory size of a secp256k1 context object to be copied into
+ * caller-provided memory.
+ *
+ * The purpose of this function is to determine how much memory must be provided
+ * to secp256k1_context_preallocated_clone when copying the context ctx.
+ *
+ * Returns: the required size of the caller-provided memory block.
+ * In: ctx: an existing context to copy (cannot be NULL)
+ */
+SECP256K1_API size_t secp256k1_context_preallocated_clone_size(
+ const secp256k1_context* ctx
+) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(1) SECP256K1_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
+
+/** Copy a secp256k1 context object into caller-provided memory.
+ *
+ * Returns: a newly created context object.
+ * Args: ctx: an existing context to copy (cannot be NULL)
+ * In: prealloc: a pointer to a rewritable contiguous block of memory of
+ * size at least secp256k1_context_preallocated_size(flags)
+ * bytes, suitably aligned to hold an object of any type
+ * (cannot be NULL)
+ */
+SECP256K1_API secp256k1_context* secp256k1_context_preallocated_clone(
+ const secp256k1_context* ctx,
+ void* prealloc
+) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(1) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(2) SECP256K1_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
+
+/** Destroy a secp256k1 context object that has been created in
+ * caller-provided memory.
+ *
+ * The context pointer may not be used afterwards.
+ *
+ * The context to destroy must have been created using
+ * secp256k1_context_preallocated_create or secp256k1_context_preallocated_clone.
+ * If the context has instead been created using secp256k1_context_create or
+ * secp256k1_context_clone, the behaviour is undefined. In that case,
+ * secp256k1_context_destroy must be used instead.
+ *
+ * Args: ctx: an existing context to destroy, constructed using
+ * secp256k1_context_preallocated_create or
+ * secp256k1_context_preallocated_clone (cannot be NULL)
+ */
+SECP256K1_API void secp256k1_context_preallocated_destroy(
+ secp256k1_context* ctx
+);
/** Set a callback function to be called when an illegal argument is passed to
* an API call. It will only trigger for violations that are mentioned
* contexts not initialized for signing; then it will have no effect and return 1.
*
* You should call this after secp256k1_context_create or
- * secp256k1_context_clone, and may call this repeatedly afterwards.
+ * secp256k1_context_clone (and secp256k1_context_preallocated_create or
+ * secp256k1_context_clone, resp.), and you may call this repeatedly afterwards.
*/
SECP256K1_API SECP256K1_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT int secp256k1_context_randomize(
secp256k1_context* ctx,