Fix RDSEED hang on x86 (GH #872) (#873)

Calls to `MASM_RDSEED_GenerateBlock` would hang for an unknown reasons on Windows 10 and VS2017/VS2019 toolchains. Similar calls to `MASM_RDRAND_GenerateBlock` worked as expected. They were effectively the same code. The only differences were the function names and the opcodes (they were literally copy/paste).

Splitting `rdrand.asm` (with both `RDRAND` and `RDSEED`) into `rdrand.asm` (with `RDRAND`) and `rdseed.asm` (with `RDSEED`) resolved the issue. We don't know why.
pull/877/head
Jeffrey Walton 2019-08-06 21:01:22 -04:00 committed by GitHub
parent e5ab7919f9
commit b1c691b53a
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6 changed files with 277 additions and 213 deletions

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@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ LIB_OBJS = \
zdeflate.obj zinflate.obj zlib.obj
ASM_OBJS = \
rdrand-x86.obj rdrand-x64.obj x64masm.obj x64dll.obj
rdrand-x86.obj rdrand-x64.obj rdseed-x86.obj rdseed-x64.obj x64masm.obj x64dll.obj
TEST_SRCS = \
test.cpp bench1.cpp bench2.cpp bench3.cpp datatest.cpp \
@ -196,10 +196,12 @@ PLATFORM = x64
# CXXFLAGS = $(CXXFLAGS) /DWINAPI_FAMILY=WINAPI_FAMILY_APP
AS = ml.exe
ASFLAGS = /nologo /D_M_X86 /W3 /Cx /Zi /safeseh
LIB_SRCS = $(LIB_SRCS) rdrand.cpp rdrand.asm
LIB_OBJS = $(LIB_OBJS) rdrand-x86.obj
LIB_SRCS = $(LIB_SRCS) rdrand.cpp rdrand.asm rdseed.asm
LIB_OBJS = $(LIB_OBJS) rdrand-x86.obj rdseed-x86.obj
LDFLAGS = $(LDFLAGS) /MACHINE:X86
LDLIBS = $(LDLIBS) kernel32.lib
RDRAND_OBJ = rdrand-x86.obj
RDSEED_OBJ = rdseed-x86.obj
!ENDIF
# May need $(VCINSTALLDIR)\bin\amd64\ml64.exe
@ -209,10 +211,12 @@ LDLIBS = $(LDLIBS) kernel32.lib
# CXXFLAGS = $(CXXFLAGS) /DWINAPI_FAMILY=WINAPI_FAMILY_APP
AS = ml64.exe
ASFLAGS = /nologo /D_M_X64 /W3 /Cx /Zi
LIB_SRCS = $(LIB_SRCS) rdrand.cpp rdrand.asm
LIB_OBJS = $(LIB_OBJS) rdrand-x64.obj x64masm.obj x64dll.obj
LIB_SRCS = $(LIB_SRCS) rdrand.cpp rdrand.asm rdseed.asm
LIB_OBJS = $(LIB_OBJS) rdrand-x64.obj rdseed-x64.obj x64masm.obj x64dll.obj
LDFLAGS = $(LDFLAGS) /MACHINE:X64
LDLIBS = $(LDLIBS) kernel32.lib
RDRAND_OBJ = rdrand-x64.obj
RDSEED_OBJ = rdseed-x64.obj
!ENDIF
!IF "$(PLATFORM)" == "ARM" || "$(PLATFORM)" == "arm" || "$(PLATFORM)" == "ARM64" || "$(PLATFORM)" == "arm64"
@ -283,21 +287,25 @@ pch.pch: pch.h pch.cpp
$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) /Yc"pch.h" /Fp"pch.pch" /c pch.cpp
# No precompiled headers
iterhash.obj:
iterhash.obj: iterhash.h iterhash.cpp
$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) /Y- /c iterhash.cpp
dll.obj:
dll.obj: dll.h dll.cpp
$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) /Y- /c dll.cpp
rdrand.obj:
rdrand.obj: rdrand.h rdrand.cpp
$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) /c rdrand.cpp
# Built for x86/x64
rdrand-x86.obj:
rdrand-x86.obj: rdrand.asm
$(AS) $(ASFLAGS) /Fo rdrand-x86.obj /c rdrand.asm
rdrand-x64.obj:
rdrand-x64.obj: rdrand.asm
$(AS) $(ASFLAGS) /Fo rdrand-x64.obj /c rdrand.asm
x64masm.obj:
rdseed-x86.obj: rdseed.asm
$(AS) $(ASFLAGS) /Fo rdseed-x86.obj /c rdseed.asm
rdseed-x64.obj: rdseed.asm
$(AS) $(ASFLAGS) /Fo rdseed-x64.obj /c rdseed.asm
x64masm.obj: x64masm.asm
$(AS) $(ASFLAGS) /Fo x64masm.obj /c x64masm.asm
x64dll.obj:
x64dll.obj: x64dll.asm
$(AS) $(ASFLAGS) /Fo x64dll.obj /c x64dll.asm
# You may need to delete this on early versions of Visual Studio.

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@ -373,6 +373,16 @@
<Command>ml64.exe /c /nologo /D_M_X64 /W3 /Cx /Zi /Fo"$(IntDir)rdrand-x64.obj" "%(FullPath)"</Command>
<Outputs>$(IntDir)\rdrand-x64.obj;%(Outputs)</Outputs>
</CustomBuild>
<CustomBuild Condition="'$(Platform)'=='Win32'" Include="rdseed.asm">
<Message>Building and assembling rdseed.asm</Message>
<Command>ml.exe /c /nologo /D_M_X86 /W3 /Cx /Zi /safeseh /Fo"$(IntDir)rdseed-x86.obj" "%(FullPath)"</Command>
<Outputs>$(IntDir)\rdseed-x86.obj;%(Outputs)</Outputs>
</CustomBuild>
<CustomBuild Condition="'$(Platform)'=='x64'" Include="rdseed.asm">
<Message>Building and assembling rdseed.asm</Message>
<Command>ml64.exe /c /nologo /D_M_X64 /W3 /Cx /Zi /Fo"$(IntDir)rdseed-x64.obj" "%(FullPath)"</Command>
<Outputs>$(IntDir)\rdseed-x64.obj;%(Outputs)</Outputs>
</CustomBuild>
<CustomBuild Condition="'$(Platform)'=='x64' AND ('$(Configuration)'=='Debug' Or '$(Configuration)'=='Release')" Include="x64dll.asm">
<Message>Building and assembling x64dll.asm</Message>
<Command>ml64.exe /c /nologo /D_M_X64 /W3 /Zi /Fo"$(IntDir)x64dll.obj" "%(FullPath)"</Command>

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@ -1064,6 +1064,9 @@
<CustomBuild Include="rdrand.asm">
<Filter>Source Files</Filter>
</CustomBuild>
<CustomBuild Include="rdseed.asm">
<Filter>Source Files</Filter>
</CustomBuild>
<CustomBuild Include="x64dll.asm">
<Filter>Source Files</Filter>
</CustomBuild>

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@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
;; rdrand.asm - written and placed in public domain by Jeffrey Walton and Uri Blumenthal.
;; Copyright assigned to the Crypto++ project.
;; This ASM file provides RDRAND and RDSEED to downlevel Microsoft tool chains.
;; Everything "just works" under Visual Studio. Other platforms will have to
;; run MASM/MASM-64 and then link to the object files.
;; This ASM file provides RDRAND to downlevel Microsoft tool chains.
;; Everything "just works" under Visual Studio. Other platforms will
;; have to run MASM/MASM-64 and then link to the object files.
;; set ASFLAGS=/nologo /D_M_X86 /W3 /Cx /Zi /safeseh
;; set ASFLAGS64=/nologo /D_M_X64 /W3 /Cx /Zi
@ -13,11 +13,10 @@
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
TITLE MASM_RDRAND_GenerateBlock and MASM_RDSEED_GenerateBlock
SUBTITLE Microsoft specific ASM code to utilize RDRAND and RDSEED for down level Microsoft toolchains
TITLE MASM_RDRAND_GenerateBlock source file
SUBTITLE Microsoft specific ASM code to utilize RDRAND for down level Microsoft toolchains
PUBLIC MASM_RDRAND_GenerateBlock
PUBLIC MASM_RDSEED_GenerateBlock
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
@ -38,7 +37,6 @@ IFDEF _M_X86 ;; Set via the command line
;; Fastcall calling conventions exports
ALIAS <@MASM_RDRAND_GenerateBlock@8> = <MASM_RDRAND_GenerateBlock>
ALIAS <@MASM_RDSEED_GenerateBlock@8> = <MASM_RDSEED_GenerateBlock>
ENDIF
@ -125,10 +123,10 @@ RDRAND_GenerateBlock_Return:
MASM_RDRAND_GenerateBlock ENDP
ENDIF ;; _M_X86
;; OPTION PROLOGUE:PrologueDef
;; OPTION EPILOGUE:EpilogueDef
OPTION PROLOGUE:PrologueDef
OPTION EPILOGUE:EpilogueDef
ENDIF ;; _M_X86
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
@ -223,197 +221,11 @@ RDRAND_GenerateBlock_Return:
MASM_RDRAND_GenerateBlock ENDP
ENDIF ;; _M_X64
OPTION PROLOGUE:PrologueDef
OPTION EPILOGUE:EpilogueDef
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
IFDEF _M_X86 ;; Set via the command line
.CODE
ALIGN 8
OPTION PROLOGUE:NONE
OPTION EPILOGUE:NONE
;; No need for Load_Arguments due to fastcall
;; ECX (in): arg1, byte* buffer
;; EDX (in): arg2, size_t bsize
MASM_RDSEED_GenerateBlock PROC ;; arg1:DWORD, arg2:DWORD
MWSIZE EQU 04h ;; machine word size
buffer EQU ecx
bsize EQU edx
;; Top of While loop
RDSEED_GenerateBlock_Top:
;; Check remaining size
cmp bsize, 0
je RDSEED_GenerateBlock_Return
RDSEED_Call_EAX:
;; RDSEED is not available prior to VS2012. Just emit
;; the byte codes using DB. This is `rdseed eax`.
DB 0Fh, 0C7h, 0F8h
;; If CF=1, the number returned by RDSEED is valid.
;; If CF=0, a random number was not available.
;; Retry immediately
jnc RDSEED_Call_EAX
RDSEED_succeeded:
cmp bsize, MWSIZE
jb RDSEED_Partial_Machine_Word
RDSEED_Full_Machine_Word:
mov DWORD PTR [buffer], eax
add buffer, MWSIZE ;; No need for Intel Core 2 slow workarounds, like
sub bsize, MWSIZE ;; `lea buffer,[buffer+MWSIZE]` for faster adds
;; Continue
jmp RDSEED_GenerateBlock_Top
;; 1,2,3 bytes remain
RDSEED_Partial_Machine_Word:
;; Test bit 1 to see if size is at least 2
test bsize, 2
jz RDSEED_Bit_1_Not_Set
mov WORD PTR [buffer], ax
shr eax, 16
add buffer, 2
RDSEED_Bit_1_Not_Set:
;; Test bit 0 to see if size is at least 1
test bsize, 1
jz RDSEED_Bit_0_Not_Set
mov BYTE PTR [buffer], al
RDSEED_Bit_0_Not_Set:
;; We've hit all the bits
RDSEED_GenerateBlock_Return:
;; Clear artifacts
xor eax, eax
ret
MASM_RDSEED_GenerateBlock ENDP
ENDIF ;; _M_X86
OPTION PROLOGUE:PrologueDef
OPTION EPILOGUE:EpilogueDef
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
IFDEF _M_X64 ;; Set via the command line
.CODE
ALIGN 16
OPTION PROLOGUE:NONE
OPTION EPILOGUE:NONE
;; No need for Load_Arguments due to fastcall
;; RCX (in): arg1, byte* buffer
;; RDX (in): arg2, size_t bsize
MASM_RDSEED_GenerateBlock PROC ;; arg1:QWORD, arg2:QWORD
MWSIZE EQU 08h ;; machine word size
buffer EQU rcx
bsize EQU rdx
;; Top of While loop
RDSEED_GenerateBlock_Top:
;; Check remaining size
cmp bsize, 0
je RDSEED_GenerateBlock_Return
RDSEED_Call_RAX:
;; RDSEED is not available prior to VS2012. Just emit
;; the byte codes using DB. This is `rdseed rax`.
DB 048h, 0Fh, 0C7h, 0F8h
;; If CF=1, the number returned by RDSEED is valid.
;; If CF=0, a random number was not available.
;; Retry immediately
jnc RDSEED_Call_RAX
RDSEED_succeeded:
cmp bsize, MWSIZE
jb RDSEED_Partial_Machine_Word
RDSEED_Full_Machine_Word:
mov QWORD PTR [buffer], rax
add buffer, MWSIZE
sub bsize, MWSIZE
;; Continue
jmp RDSEED_GenerateBlock_Top
;; 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 bytes remain
RDSEED_Partial_Machine_Word:
;; Test bit 2 to see if size is at least 4
test bsize, 4
jz RDSEED_Bit_2_Not_Set
mov DWORD PTR [buffer], eax
shr rax, 32
add buffer, 4
RDSEED_Bit_2_Not_Set:
;; Test bit 1 to see if size is at least 2
test bsize, 2
jz RDSEED_Bit_1_Not_Set
mov WORD PTR [buffer], ax
shr eax, 16
add buffer, 2
RDSEED_Bit_1_Not_Set:
;; Test bit 0 to see if size is at least 1
test bsize, 1
jz RDSEED_Bit_0_Not_Set
mov BYTE PTR [buffer], al
RDSEED_Bit_0_Not_Set:
;; We've hit all the bits
RDSEED_GenerateBlock_Return:
;; Clear artifacts
xor rax, rax
ret
MASM_RDSEED_GenerateBlock ENDP
;; OPTION PROLOGUE:PrologueDef
;; OPTION EPILOGUE:EpilogueDef
ENDIF ;; _M_X64
OPTION PROLOGUE:PrologueDef
OPTION EPILOGUE:EpilogueDef
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

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@ -0,0 +1,232 @@
;; rdrand.asm - written and placed in public domain by Jeffrey Walton and Uri Blumenthal.
;; Copyright assigned to the Crypto++ project.
;; This ASM file provides RDSEED to downlevel Microsoft tool chains.
;; Everything "just works" under Visual Studio. Other platforms will
;; have to run MASM/MASM-64 and then link to the object files.
;; set ASFLAGS=/nologo /D_M_X86 /W3 /Cx /Zi /safeseh
;; set ASFLAGS64=/nologo /D_M_X64 /W3 /Cx /Zi
;; "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\VC\bin\ml.exe" %ASFLAGS% /Fo rdrand-x86.obj /c rdrand.asm
;; "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\VC\bin\amd64\ml64.exe" %ASFLAGS64% /Fo rdrand-x64.obj /c rdrand.asm
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
TITLE MASM_RDSEED_GenerateBlock source file
SUBTITLE Microsoft specific ASM code to utilize RDSEED for down level Microsoft toolchains
PUBLIC MASM_RDSEED_GenerateBlock
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
;; C/C++ Function prototypes (both are fastcall)
;; X86:
;; extern "C" void __fastcall MASM_RDSEED_GenerateBlock(byte* ptr, size_t size);
;; X64:
;; extern "C" void __fastcall MASM_RDSEED_GenerateBlock(byte* ptr, size_t size);
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
IFDEF _M_X86 ;; Set via the command line
.486
.MODEL FLAT
;; Fastcall calling conventions exports
ALIAS <@MASM_RDSEED_GenerateBlock@8> = <MASM_RDSEED_GenerateBlock>
ENDIF
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
IFDEF _M_X86 ;; Set via the command line
.CODE
ALIGN 8
OPTION PROLOGUE:NONE
OPTION EPILOGUE:NONE
;; No need for Load_Arguments due to fastcall
;; ECX (in): arg1, byte* buffer
;; EDX (in): arg2, size_t bsize
MASM_RDSEED_GenerateBlock PROC ;; arg1:DWORD, arg2:DWORD
MWSIZE EQU 04h ;; machine word size
buffer EQU ecx
bsize EQU edx
;; Top of While loop
RDSEED_GenerateBlock_Top:
;; Check remaining size
cmp bsize, 0
je RDSEED_GenerateBlock_Return
RDSEED_Call_EAX:
;; RDSEED is not available prior to VS2012. Just emit
;; the byte codes using DB. This is `rdseed eax`.
DB 0Fh, 0C7h, 0F8h
;; If CF=1, the number returned by RDSEED is valid.
;; If CF=0, a random number was not available.
;; Retry immediately
jnc RDSEED_Call_EAX
RDSEED_succeeded:
cmp bsize, MWSIZE
jb RDSEED_Partial_Machine_Word
RDSEED_Full_Machine_Word:
mov DWORD PTR [buffer], eax
add buffer, MWSIZE ;; No need for Intel Core 2 slow workarounds, like
sub bsize, MWSIZE ;; `lea buffer,[buffer+MWSIZE]` for faster adds
;; Continue
jmp RDSEED_GenerateBlock_Top
;; 1,2,3 bytes remain
RDSEED_Partial_Machine_Word:
;; Test bit 1 to see if size is at least 2
test bsize, 2
jz RDSEED_Bit_1_Not_Set
mov WORD PTR [buffer], ax
shr eax, 16
add buffer, 2
RDSEED_Bit_1_Not_Set:
;; Test bit 0 to see if size is at least 1
test bsize, 1
jz RDSEED_Bit_0_Not_Set
mov BYTE PTR [buffer], al
RDSEED_Bit_0_Not_Set:
;; We've hit all the bits
RDSEED_GenerateBlock_Return:
;; Clear artifacts
xor eax, eax
ret
MASM_RDSEED_GenerateBlock ENDP
;; OPTION PROLOGUE:PrologueDef
;; OPTION EPILOGUE:EpilogueDef
ENDIF ;; _M_X86
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
IFDEF _M_X64 ;; Set via the command line
.CODE
ALIGN 16
OPTION PROLOGUE:NONE
OPTION EPILOGUE:NONE
;; No need for Load_Arguments due to fastcall
;; RCX (in): arg1, byte* buffer
;; RDX (in): arg2, size_t bsize
MASM_RDSEED_GenerateBlock PROC ;; arg1:QWORD, arg2:QWORD
MWSIZE EQU 08h ;; machine word size
buffer EQU rcx
bsize EQU rdx
;; Top of While loop
RDSEED_GenerateBlock_Top:
;; Check remaining size
cmp bsize, 0
je RDSEED_GenerateBlock_Return
RDSEED_Call_RAX:
;; RDSEED is not available prior to VS2012. Just emit
;; the byte codes using DB. This is `rdseed rax`.
DB 048h, 0Fh, 0C7h, 0F8h
;; If CF=1, the number returned by RDSEED is valid.
;; If CF=0, a random number was not available.
;; Retry immediately
jnc RDSEED_Call_RAX
RDSEED_succeeded:
cmp bsize, MWSIZE
jb RDSEED_Partial_Machine_Word
RDSEED_Full_Machine_Word:
mov QWORD PTR [buffer], rax
add buffer, MWSIZE
sub bsize, MWSIZE
;; Continue
jmp RDSEED_GenerateBlock_Top
;; 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 bytes remain
RDSEED_Partial_Machine_Word:
;; Test bit 2 to see if size is at least 4
test bsize, 4
jz RDSEED_Bit_2_Not_Set
mov DWORD PTR [buffer], eax
shr rax, 32
add buffer, 4
RDSEED_Bit_2_Not_Set:
;; Test bit 1 to see if size is at least 2
test bsize, 2
jz RDSEED_Bit_1_Not_Set
mov WORD PTR [buffer], ax
shr eax, 16
add buffer, 2
RDSEED_Bit_1_Not_Set:
;; Test bit 0 to see if size is at least 1
test bsize, 1
jz RDSEED_Bit_0_Not_Set
mov BYTE PTR [buffer], al
RDSEED_Bit_0_Not_Set:
;; We've hit all the bits
RDSEED_GenerateBlock_Return:
;; Clear artifacts
xor rax, rax
ret
MASM_RDSEED_GenerateBlock ENDP
;; OPTION PROLOGUE:PrologueDef
;; OPTION EPILOGUE:EpilogueDef
ENDIF ;; _M_X64
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
END

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@ -176,9 +176,8 @@ int scoped_main(int argc, char *argv[])
// A hint to help locate TestData/ and TestVectors/ after install.
SetArgvPathHint(argv[0], g_argvPathHint);
// Set a seed for reproducible results. It can be set on the command line.
// If the seed is short then it is padded with spaces. If the seed is
// missing then time() is used.
// Set a seed for reproducible results. If the seed is too short then
// it is padded with spaces. If the seed is missing then time() is used.
// For example:
// ./cryptest.exe v seed=abcdefg
SetGlobalSeed(argc, argv, s_globalSeed);