Merge #1395: tests: simplify random_fe_non_zero (remove loop limit and unneeded normalize)

c45b7c4 refactor: introduce testutil.h (deduplicate `random_fe_`, `ge_equals_` helpers) (Sebastian Falbesoner)
dc55141 tests: simplify `random_fe_non_zero` (remove loop limit and unneeded normalize) (Sebastian Falbesoner)

Pull request description:

  `random_fe_non_zero` contains a loop iteration limit that ensures that we abort if `random_fe` ever yielded zero more than ten times in a row. This construct was first introduced in PR #19 (commit 09ca4f3) for random non-square field elements and was later refactored into the non-zero helper in PR #25 (commit 6d6102f). The copy-over to the exhaustive tests happened recently in PR #1118 (commit 0f86420).

  This case seems to be practically irrelevant and I'd argue for keeping things simple and removing it (which was already suggested in #1118 (comment)); if there's really a worry that the test's random generator is heavily biased towards certain values or value ranges then there should consequently be checks at other places too (e.g. directly in `random_fe` for 256-bit values that repeatedly overflow, i.e. >= p).

  Also, the _fe_normalize call is not needed and can be removed, as the result of `random_fe` is already normalized.

ACKs for top commit:
  real-or-random:
    utACK c45b7c4
  siv2r:
    ACK `c45b7c4` (reviewed the changes and tests for both the commits passed locally).

Tree-SHA512: 4ffa66dd0b8392d7d0083a71e7b0682ad18f9261fd4ce8548c3059b497d3462db97e16114fded9787661ca447a877a27f5b996bd7d47e6f91c4454079d28a8ac

Author: real-or-random

Makefile.am

@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ noinst_HEADERS += src/precomputed_ecmult.h
 noinst_HEADERS += src/precomputed_ecmult_gen.h
 noinst_HEADERS += src/assumptions.h
 noinst_HEADERS += src/checkmem.h
+noinst_HEADERS += src/testutil.h
 noinst_HEADERS += src/util.h
 noinst_HEADERS += src/int128.h
 noinst_HEADERS += src/int128_impl.h

src/tests.c

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include "../include/secp256k1_preallocated.h"
 #include "testrand_impl.h"
 #include "checkmem.h"
+#include "testutil.h"
 #include "util.h"
 
 #include "../contrib/lax_der_parsing.c"
@@ -2921,29 +2922,6 @@ static void run_scalar_tests(void) {
 
 /***** FIELD TESTS *****/
 
-static void random_fe(secp256k1_fe *x) {
-    unsigned char bin[32];
-    do {
-        secp256k1_testrand256(bin);
-        if (secp256k1_fe_set_b32_limit(x, bin)) {
-            return;
-        }
-    } while(1);
-}
-
-static void random_fe_non_zero(secp256k1_fe *nz) {
-    int tries = 10;
-    while (--tries >= 0) {
-        random_fe(nz);
-        secp256k1_fe_normalize(nz);
-        if (!secp256k1_fe_is_zero(nz)) {
-            break;
-        }
-    }
-    /* Infinitesimal probability of spurious failure here */
-    CHECK(tries >= 0);
-}
-
 static void random_fe_non_square(secp256k1_fe *ns) {
     secp256k1_fe r;
     random_fe_non_zero(ns);
@@ -3663,15 +3641,6 @@ static void run_inverse_tests(void)
 
 /***** GROUP TESTS *****/
 
-static void ge_equals_ge(const secp256k1_ge *a, const secp256k1_ge *b) {
-    CHECK(a->infinity == b->infinity);
-    if (a->infinity) {
-        return;
-    }
-    CHECK(secp256k1_fe_equal(&a->x, &b->x));
-    CHECK(secp256k1_fe_equal(&a->y, &b->y));
-}
-
 /* This compares jacobian points including their Z, not just their geometric meaning. */
 static int gej_xyz_equals_gej(const secp256k1_gej *a, const secp256k1_gej *b) {
     secp256k1_gej a2;
@@ -3694,23 +3663,6 @@ static int gej_xyz_equals_gej(const secp256k1_gej *a, const secp256k1_gej *b) {
     return ret;
 }
 
-static void ge_equals_gej(const secp256k1_ge *a, const secp256k1_gej *b) {
-    secp256k1_fe z2s;
-    secp256k1_fe u1, u2, s1, s2;
-    CHECK(a->infinity == b->infinity);
-    if (a->infinity) {
-        return;
-    }
-    /* Check a.x * b.z^2 == b.x && a.y * b.z^3 == b.y, to avoid inverses. */
-    secp256k1_fe_sqr(&z2s, &b->z);
-    secp256k1_fe_mul(&u1, &a->x, &z2s);
-    u2 = b->x;
-    secp256k1_fe_mul(&s1, &a->y, &z2s); secp256k1_fe_mul(&s1, &s1, &b->z);
-    s2 = b->y;
-    CHECK(secp256k1_fe_equal(&u1, &u2));
-    CHECK(secp256k1_fe_equal(&s1, &s2));
-}
-
 static void test_ge(void) {
     int i, i1;
     int runs = 6;

src/tests_exhaustive.c

@@ -28,61 +28,11 @@
 #include "testrand_impl.h"
 #include "ecmult_compute_table_impl.h"
 #include "ecmult_gen_compute_table_impl.h"
+#include "testutil.h"
 #include "util.h"
 
 static int count = 2;
 
-/** stolen from tests.c */
-static void ge_equals_ge(const secp256k1_ge *a, const secp256k1_ge *b) {
-    CHECK(a->infinity == b->infinity);
-    if (a->infinity) {
-        return;
-    }
-    CHECK(secp256k1_fe_equal(&a->x, &b->x));
-    CHECK(secp256k1_fe_equal(&a->y, &b->y));
-}
-
-static void ge_equals_gej(const secp256k1_ge *a, const secp256k1_gej *b) {
-    secp256k1_fe z2s;
-    secp256k1_fe u1, u2, s1, s2;
-    CHECK(a->infinity == b->infinity);
-    if (a->infinity) {
-        return;
-    }
-    /* Check a.x * b.z^2 == b.x && a.y * b.z^3 == b.y, to avoid inverses. */
-    secp256k1_fe_sqr(&z2s, &b->z);
-    secp256k1_fe_mul(&u1, &a->x, &z2s);
-    u2 = b->x;
-    secp256k1_fe_mul(&s1, &a->y, &z2s); secp256k1_fe_mul(&s1, &s1, &b->z);
-    s2 = b->y;
-    CHECK(secp256k1_fe_equal(&u1, &u2));
-    CHECK(secp256k1_fe_equal(&s1, &s2));
-}
-
-static void random_fe(secp256k1_fe *x) {
-    unsigned char bin[32];
-    do {
-        secp256k1_testrand256(bin);
-        if (secp256k1_fe_set_b32_limit(x, bin)) {
-            return;
-        }
-    } while(1);
-}
-
-static void random_fe_non_zero(secp256k1_fe *nz) {
-    int tries = 10;
-    while (--tries >= 0) {
-        random_fe(nz);
-        secp256k1_fe_normalize(nz);
-        if (!secp256k1_fe_is_zero(nz)) {
-            break;
-        }
-    }
-    /* Infinitesimal probability of spurious failure here */
-    CHECK(tries >= 0);
-}
-/** END stolen from tests.c */
-
 static uint32_t num_cores = 1;
 static uint32_t this_core = 0;
 

src/testutil.h

@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/***********************************************************************
+ * Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying    *
+ * file COPYING or https://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.*
+ ***********************************************************************/
+
+#ifndef SECP256K1_TESTUTIL_H
+#define SECP256K1_TESTUTIL_H
+
+#include "field.h"
+#include "testrand.h"
+#include "util.h"
+
+static void random_fe(secp256k1_fe *x) {
+    unsigned char bin[32];
+    do {
+        secp256k1_testrand256(bin);
+        if (secp256k1_fe_set_b32_limit(x, bin)) {
+            return;
+        }
+    } while(1);
+}
+
+static void random_fe_non_zero(secp256k1_fe *nz) {
+    do {
+        random_fe(nz);
+    } while (secp256k1_fe_is_zero(nz));
+}
+
+static void ge_equals_ge(const secp256k1_ge *a, const secp256k1_ge *b) {
+    CHECK(a->infinity == b->infinity);
+    if (a->infinity) {
+        return;
+    }
+    CHECK(secp256k1_fe_equal(&a->x, &b->x));
+    CHECK(secp256k1_fe_equal(&a->y, &b->y));
+}
+
+static void ge_equals_gej(const secp256k1_ge *a, const secp256k1_gej *b) {
+    secp256k1_fe z2s;
+    secp256k1_fe u1, u2, s1, s2;
+    CHECK(a->infinity == b->infinity);
+    if (a->infinity) {
+        return;
+    }
+    /* Check a.x * b.z^2 == b.x && a.y * b.z^3 == b.y, to avoid inverses. */
+    secp256k1_fe_sqr(&z2s, &b->z);
+    secp256k1_fe_mul(&u1, &a->x, &z2s);
+    u2 = b->x;
+    secp256k1_fe_mul(&s1, &a->y, &z2s); secp256k1_fe_mul(&s1, &s1, &b->z);
+    s2 = b->y;
+    CHECK(secp256k1_fe_equal(&u1, &u2));
+    CHECK(secp256k1_fe_equal(&s1, &s2));
+}
+
+#endif /* SECP256K1_TESTUTIL_H */