OPENSSL_SYS_WIN32 is important so util/mkdef.pl can detect it

[oweals/openssl.git] / crypto / bn / bn_sqrt.c

diff --git a/crypto/bn/bn_sqrt.c b/crypto/bn/bn_sqrt.c
index 6e70e5c54140fd3d4060a05c196ebfb39ca5f60f..e2a1105dc838b2f29b3867f06f653d08a90f368f 100644 (file)
--- a/crypto/bn/bn_sqrt.c
+++ b/crypto/bn/bn_sqrt.c
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ BIGNUM *BN_mod_sqrt(BIGNUM *in, const BIGNUM *a, const BIGNUM *p, BN_CTX *ctx)
  * using the Tonelli/Shanks algorithm (cf. Henri Cohen, "A Course
  * in Algebraic Computational Number Theory", algorithm 1.5.1).
  * 'p' must be prime!
+ * If 'a' is not a square, this is not necessarily detected by
+ * the algorithms; a bogus result must be expected in this case.
  */
        {
        BIGNUM *ret = in;