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Fix confusing comment in ctr drbg thread test

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Make it clearer where the magic number chosen for entropy_len actually
comes from, and why we chose this value.

Signed-off-by: Paul Elliott <paul.elliott@arm.com>
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Paul Elliott 2024-02-06 17:49:20 +00:00
parent 5c9cc0b30f
commit bda577bb0b
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tests/suites/test_suite_ctr_drbg.function
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@ -354,7 +354,12 @@ void ctr_drbg_threads(data_t *expected_result, int reseed, int arg_thread_count)
const size_t n_random_calls = thread_count * thread_random_reps + 1;
/* Based on the size of MBEDTLS_CTR_DRBG_ENTROPY_LEN for SHA512. */
/* This is a known-answer test, and although tests use a mock entropy
* function the input entropy length will still affect the output.
* We therefore need to pick a fixed entropy length, rather than using the
* default entropy length (MBEDTLS_CTR_DRBG_ENTROPY_LEN). We've chosen to
* use the default value of MBEDTLS_CTR_DRBG_ENTROPY_LEN for SHA-512,
* as this was the value used when the expected answers were calculated. */
const size_t entropy_len = 48;
AES_PSA_INIT();
@ -367,8 +372,8 @@ void ctr_drbg_threads(data_t *expected_result, int reseed, int arg_thread_count)
test_offset_idx = 0;
/* Need to do this, otherwise if we are forced into using SHA256 for
* whaever reason, output will differ. */
/* Need to set a non-default fixed entropy len, to ensure same output across
* all configs - see above for details. */
mbedtls_ctr_drbg_set_entropy_len(&ctx, entropy_len);
if (reseed == 0) {