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.TH LIBAR2_HASH 3 LIBAR2
.SH NAME
libar2_hash - Hash a message with Argon2

.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
#include <libar2.h>

enum libar2_argon2_version {
    LIBAR2_ARGON2_VERSION_10 = 0x10,
    LIBAR2_ARGON2_VERSION_13 = 0x13
};

enum libar2_argon2_type {
    LIBAR2_ARGON2D = 0,
    LIBAR2_ARGON2I = 1,
    LIBAR2_ARGON2ID = 2,
    LIBAR2_ARGON2DS = 4
};

struct libar2_argon2_parameters {
    enum libar2_argon2_type \fItype\fP;
    enum libar2_argon2_version \fIversion\fP;
    uint_least32_t \fIt_cost\fP;
    uint_least32_t \fIm_cost\fP;
    uint_least32_t \fIlanes\fP;
    unsigned char *\fIsalt\fP;
    size_t \fIsaltlen\fP;
    unsigned char *\fIkey\fP;
    size_t \fIkeylen\fP;
    unsigned char *\fIad\fP;
    size_t \fIadlen\fP;
    size_t \fIhashlen\fP;
};

struct libar2_context {
    void *\fIuser_data\fP;
    unsigned char \fIautoerase_message\fP;
    unsigned char \fIautoerase_secret\fP;
    unsigned char \fIautoerase_salt\fP;
    unsigned char \fIautoerase_associated_data\fP;
    void *(*\fIallocate\fP)(size_t \fInum\fP, size_t \fIsize\fP, size_t \fIalignment\fP, struct libar2_context *\fIctx\fP);
    void (*\fIdeallocate\fP)(void *\fIptr\fP, struct libar2_context *\fIctx\fP);
    int (*\fIinit_thread_pool\fP)(size_t \fIdesired\fP, size_t *\fIcreatedp\fP, struct libar2_context *\fIctx\fP);
    size_t (*\fIget_ready_threads\fP)(size_t *\fIindices\fP, size_t \fIn\fP, struct libar2_context *\fIctx\fP);
    int (*\fIrun_thread\fP)(size_t \fIindex\fP, void (*\fIfunction\fP)(void *\fIdata\fP), void *\fIdata\fP, struct libar2_context *\fIctx\fP);
    int (*\fIjoin_thread_pool\fP)(struct libar2_context *\fIctx\fP);
    int (*\fIdestroy_thread_pool\fP)(struct libar2_context *\fIctx\fP);
};

int libar2_hash(void *\fIhash\fP, void *\fImsg\fP, size_t \fImsglen\fP, struct libar2_argon2_parameters *\fIparams\fP, struct libar2_context *\fIctx\fP);
.fi
.PP
Link with
.I -lar2
.IR -lblake .

.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.BR libar2_hash ()
function calculates an Argon2 hash of the
message specified via the
.I msg
parameter, whose length is specified in the
.I msglen
parameter and in bytes, according to the
hashing parameters specified via the
.I params
parameter. The resulting hash is stored,
in raw, binary format, in
.IR hash ,
which must have an allocation size of at least
the number of bytes returned by
.IR "libar2_hash_buf_size(params)" .
The
.I ctx
parameter is used to provide memory and thread
management functions to the
.BR libar2_hash ()
function as well as details about what memory
it may erase when it is no longer needed by
the function.
.PP
.I msglen
may not be equal to, or greater than,
2 to the power of 32.
.PP
Only the
.I msg
argument may be
.IR NULL ,
.B but
only if
.I msglen
is 0.
.PP
.I msg
may be read-only if
.I ctx->autoerase_message
is 0.
.PP
The fields in
.I params
and
.I ctx
shall be set according to the following specifications:
.TP
.B params->type
Argon2 primitiv type. This shall be one of
the following values:
.I LIBAR2_ARGON2D
(secret-depending hashing: only for
side-channel-free environments),
.I LIBAR2_ARGON2I
(secret-independent hashing; good for environments
with side-channels but worse wit respect to trade
of attacks if only one pass is used),
.I LIBAR2_ARGON2ID
(hybrid construction; OK against side-channels
and better with respect to tradeoff attacks),
.I LIBAR2_ARGON2DS
(substition box (S-box)-hardened construction;
.B NB!
This construction was not included in the
submission to the Password Hashing Competition).
.TP
.B params->version
Argon2 version number.
.I LIBAR2_ARGON2_VERSION_10
or 0 (implicit specification)
for verison 1.0 and
.I LIBAR2_ARGON2_VERSION_13
for version 1.3.
.TP
.B params->t_cost
Number of passes, also called time-cost.
Must be a positive number (not zero)
less than 2 to the power of 32.
.TP
.B params->m_cost
Amount of required memory, in kilobytes,
also called memory-cost. Must be at least 8
but may not be equal to or greater than
2 to the power of 32, nor may it be a value
that represents half, or more, of the machine's
address space (that is, the address space
divided by 2048).
.TP
.B params->lanes
Number of lines, also called the parallelism
parameter. Must be a positive (not zero)
number less than 2 to the power of 24.
.TP
.B params->salt
Salt (a nonce; some random data that is
unique, or fairly unique, to a specific
hash). May be read-only if
.I ctx->autoerase_salt
is 0.
.TP
.B params->saltlen
The number of bytes stored in
.IR params->salt .
Must be at least 8 and less than
2 to the power of 32.
.TP
.B params->key
Secret (pepper; some random data that is
unique to the application). May be read-only if
.I ctx->autoerase_secret
is 0.
.TP
.B params->keylen
The number of bytes stored in
.IR params->key .
Must a non-negative integer and less than
2 to the power of 32.
.TP
.B params->ad
Arbitrary extra associated data.
May be read-only if
.I ctx->autoerase_associated_data
is 0.
.TP
.B params->adlen
The number of bytes stored in
.IR params->ad .
Must a non-negative integer and less than
2 to the power of 32.
.TP
.B params->hashlen
The tag length (the length of the output
hash), in bytes. Must be at least 4 and
less than 2 to the power of 32.
.TP
.B ctx->user_data
User-defined data which may be used by
callbacks functions provided by the application.
This field is not used by the libar2 library.
.TP
.B ctx->autoerase_message
Whether
.I msg
shall be erased when the function no
longer needs it. (High recommended for if
.I msg
is a password that is only hashed once.)
Note that there is no guarantee that
.I msg
is erased if the function fails
.TP
.B ctx->autoerase_secret.
Whether
.I params->key
shall be erased when the function no
longer needs it. Note that there is no
guarantee that
.I params->key
is erased if the function fails.
.TP
.B ctx->autoerase_salt
Whether
.I params->salt
shall be erased when the function no
longer needs it. Note that there is no
guarantee that
.I params->salt
is erased if the function fails.
.TP
.B ctx->autoerase_associated_data
Whether
.I params->ad
shall be erased when the function no
longer needs it. Note that there is no
guarantee that
.I params->ad
is erased if the function fails.
.TP
.B ctx->allocate
Pointer to a function that the function
may use to dynamically allocate memory.
The function shall allocate
.I num
times
.I size
bytes allocated to a multiple of
.I alignment
bytes, and return a pointer to the allocated
memory; or return
.I NULL
on failure. The
.I ctx
parameter will be set to struct containing
the function pointer. It is guaranteed that
.IR num ,
.IR size ,
and
.IR alignment
will be positive, and that
.I alignment
will be a power of two. It is however not
guaranteed that
.I alignment
is a multiple of
.IR sizeof(void*) .
.TP
.B ctx->deallocate
Pointer to a function that the function
may use to deallocate memory that it
has allocated with
.IR *ctx->allocate .
The function shall deallocate
.IR ptr ,
which is guaranteed to be
.RI non- NULL
and to be allocated using
.IR *ctx->allocate .
The
.I ctx
parameter will be set to struct containing
the function pointer.

.B NB!
The
.BR libar2_hash ()
function will not write over memory before
it deallocates it. This can be done function
within
.IR *ctx->allocate
using the
.BR libar2_erase (3)
function.
.TP
.B ctx->init_thread_pool
Pointer to a function that either creates and
initialises a thread pool or stores 0 in
.I *createdp
(recommended if
.I desired
is 1).
.I desired
will be set to the maximum number of threads the
.BR libar2_hash ()
function will be using, meaning that the thread
pool need not contain more than this number of
threads, but may contain less if it is deemed
desirable. the
.BR libar2_hash ()
function will not determine what is optimial,
this is left up to the application to dermine.
The number of created threads shall be stored in
.IR *createdp .
The
.I ctx
parameter will be set to struct containing
the function pointer. The function shall return
0 on success, and -1 on failure.
If the function stores 0 in
.IR *createdp ,
.IR ctx->get_ready_threads ,
.IR ctx->run_thread ,
.IR ctx->join_thread_pool ,
and
.IR ctx->destroy_thread_pool
need note be set.
.TP
.B ctx->get_ready_threads
Pointer to a function that waits until at least one
thread in the thread pool is ready (may be immediately),
and stores up to
.I n
of their indices (the first thread have index 0) in
.IR indices .
The function shall return the number of ready threads.
It is permissible to return a lesser number as long
as the returned number is positive and does not exceed
that number of indices stored in
.IR indices .
On failure the function shall return 0. The
.I ctx
parameter will be set to struct containing
the function pointer.
.TP
.B ctx->run_thread
Pointer to a function that makes a thread on the
thread pool run the function provided in
.I function
with the argument provided in
.IR data .
.I index
will be the index of the thread (the first thread
have index 0) that shall run the function. It will
be guaranteed by
.I *ctx->get_ready_threads
that the thread is resting. The
.I ctx
parameter will be set to struct containing
the function pointer.
.TP
.B ctx->join_thread_pool
Pointer to a function that waits until all
threads in the thread pool are resting. The
.I ctx
parameter will be set to struct containing
the function pointer. The function shall return
0 on successful completion and -1 on failure.
.TP
.B ctx->destroy_thread_pool
Pointer to a function that destroys the
thread pool, and all threads in it. The
.I ctx
parameter will be set to struct containing the
function pointer, and it will be guaranteed
that all threads in the thread pool are resting.
It is guaranteed that the function is called
if and only if
.I *ctx->init_thread_poolw
return 0 and stored a non-0 number in its
.IR *createdp ,
except if
.I *ctx->join_thread_pool
or
.I *ctx->.get_ready_threads
failed.
.PP
It is safe to assume that
.I *ctx->allocate
and
.I *ctx->deallocate
are called in stack order and are never
called from code called using
.IR *ctx->run_thread ,
that is, only one thread will be calling
it from inside the
.BR libar2_hash ()
function.
.PP
If thread support is desired, but the application
do not want to keep track of the threads using a
thread pool, The
.I *ctx->init_thread_pool
function must store the provided in its
.I desired
parameter to its memory location provided in its
.I createdp
parameter. The application must also, in this
case, make sure that
.I *ctx->join_thread_pool
returns after all started threads have stopped,
and that the
.I *ctx->get_ready_threads
function stores unique indices within the range
0 to the value stored in the
.I desired
of the
.I *ctx->init_thread_pool
function (exclusive) (start with
.I i
set to 0, and each time an index is stored,
calculate it with
.IR "(i++ % desired)" .
Alternatively, and more preferably, this scheme
can be used, but adapted to limit the number of
concurrent threads, keeping track of the number
of running threads, and not let the
.I *ctx->get_ready_threads
function return before this number is small
enough; the value stored in
.I *createdp
must however still set to the value provided
to the
.I *ctx->init_thread_pool
function in its
.I desired
parametr, so that to threads are not running
concurrently with the same memory segment as the
provided argument for the function to run, as
this could be a source of memory corruption. It
is however recommended to implement proper thread
pooling as the library will call
.I *ctx->run_thread
.I (4*params->t_cost*params->lanes)
times.

.SH RETURN VALUES
The
.BR libar2_hash ()
returns 0 and stores the binary hash of the
message in
.I hash
upon successful completion. On error -1
is returned and
.I errno
is set to describe the error. (The function
may have other side-effects as described in the
.B DESCRIPTION
section.)

.SH ERRORS
The
.BR libar2_hash ()
function will fail if:
.TP
.B EINVAL
.I params
contains invalid parameters or
.I msglen
is too large.
.PP
The
.BR libar2_hash ()
function will also fail if the any
function provided via
.I ctx
fails, and will, in that case, not modify
.IR errno .

.SH SEE ALSO
.BR libar2 (7),
.BR libar2_hash_buf_size (3),
.BR libar2_encode_base64 (3),
.BR libar2_encode_params (3),
.BR libar2_decode_params (3),
.BR libar2_erase (3),
.BR libar2simplified_init_context (3)