.TH LIBRECRYPT_EQUAL_BINARY 3 LIBRECRYPT
.SH NAME
librecrypt_equal_binary - Compare memory segments in constant time

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

int \fBlibrecrypt_equal_binary\fP(const void *\fIa\fP, const void *\fIb\fP, size_t \fIlen\fP);
.fi
.PP
Link with
.IR -lrecrypt .

.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.BR librecrypt_equal_binary ()
function compares the first
.I len
bytes of
.I a
and
.I b
in constant time.

.SH RETURN VALUES
The
.BR librecrypt_equal_binary ()
function returns 1 if the memory segments are
equal in their first
.I len
bytes, and 0 otherwise.

.SH ERRORS
The
.BR librecrypt_equal_binary ()
function cannot fail.

.SH ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
.BR attributes (7).
.PP
.TS
allbox;
lb lb lb
l l l.
Interface	Attribute	Value
T{
.BR librecrypt_equal_binary ()
T}	Thread safety	MT-Safe
T{
.BR librecrypt_equal_binary ()
T}	Async-signal safety	AS-Safe
.TE
.sp

.SH HISTORY
The
.BR librecrypt_equal_binary ()
function was introduced in version 1.0 of
.BR librecrypt .

.SH SEE ALSO
.BR librecrypt (7),
.BR librecrypt_equal (3)