Currently, the behavior of z.ModInverse(g, n) is undefined
when g and n are not relatively prime. In that case, no
ModInverse exists which can be easily checked during the
computation of the ModInverse. Because the ModInverse does
not indicate whether the inverse exists, there are reimplementations
of a "checked" ModInverse in crypto/rsa. This change removes the
undefined behavior. If the ModInverse does not exist, the receiver z
is unchanged and the return value is nil. This matches the behavior of
ModSqrt for the case where the square root does not exist.
name old time/op new time/op delta
ModInverse-4 2.40µs ± 4% 2.22µs ± 0% -7.74% (p=0.016 n=5+4)
name old alloc/op new alloc/op delta
ModInverse-4 1.36kB ± 0% 1.17kB ± 0% -14.12% (p=0.008 n=5+5)
name old allocs/op new allocs/op delta
ModInverse-4 10.0 ± 0% 9.0 ± 0% -10.00% (p=0.008 n=5+5)
Fixes #24922
Change-Id: If7f9d491858450bdb00f1e317152f02493c9c8a8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/108996
Run-TryBot: Robert Griesemer <gri@golang.org> Reviewed-by: Robert Griesemer <gri@golang.org>