feat: re-enable comb method for G multiplication — 3x faster sign/keygen

Fix batch_to_affine to handle infinity points by skipping them in the
cumulative Z product chain. The comb table has infinity entries at
index 0 of each block (representing "no teeth set"), and the old code
multiplied by Z=0 which corrupted all subsequent Z products.

Re-enable the comb method for ecmult_gen: only 3 doublings + ~43 table
lookups vs GLV+wNAF's ~130 doublings + ~32 additions.

Performance improvement (x86_64 standalone):
  pubkeyCreate: 54.4 µs → 17.0 µs (3.2x faster)
  signSchnorr:  109 µs → 36.2 µs (3.0x faster)
  signXOnly:    109 µs → 35.9 µs (3.0x faster)
  verify/ECDH: unchanged (don't use comb)

https://claude.ai/code/session_011KVZhDcV2G7idNWEBz12GY
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2026-04-11 04:11:58 +00:00
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@@ -373,15 +373,35 @@ void batch_to_affine(secp256k1_ge *out, const secp256k1_gej *in, int count) {
secp256k1_fe *cumz = (secp256k1_fe *)malloc((size_t)count * sizeof(secp256k1_fe));
if (!cumz) return;
cumz[0] = in[0].z;
for (int i = 1; i < count; i++) {
fe_mul(&cumz[i], &cumz[i-1], &in[i].z);
/* Build cumulative Z products, skipping infinity points (Z=0).
* For infinity points, carry forward the previous cumulative product. */
int first_valid = -1;
for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
if (in[i].infinity) {
/* Infinity: carry previous product (or set to 1 if first) */
if (i == 0) {
cumz[0] = FE_ONE;
} else {
cumz[i] = cumz[i-1];
}
out[i] = (secp256k1_ge){ .x = FE_ZERO, .y = FE_ZERO };
} else {
if (first_valid < 0) first_valid = i;
if (i == 0 || first_valid == i) {
cumz[i] = in[i].z;
} else {
fe_mul(&cumz[i], &cumz[i-1], &in[i].z);
}
}
}
if (first_valid < 0) { free(cumz); return; } /* All infinity */
secp256k1_fe inv, zi, zi2, zi3;
fe_inv(&inv, &cumz[count-1]);
for (int i = count - 1; i >= 1; i--) {
if (in[i].infinity) continue; /* Skip, already set to zero */
fe_mul(&zi, &inv, &cumz[i-1]);
fe_mul(&inv, &inv, &in[i].z);
fe_sqr(&zi2, &zi);
@@ -392,12 +412,14 @@ void batch_to_affine(secp256k1_ge *out, const secp256k1_gej *in, int count) {
fe_normalize_full(&out[i].y);
}
/* i=0 */
fe_sqr(&zi2, &inv);
fe_mul(&zi3, &zi2, &inv);
fe_mul(&out[0].x, &in[0].x, &zi2);
fe_mul(&out[0].y, &in[0].y, &zi3);
fe_normalize_full(&out[0].x);
fe_normalize_full(&out[0].y);
if (!in[0].infinity) {
fe_sqr(&zi2, &inv);
fe_mul(&zi3, &zi2, &inv);
fe_mul(&out[0].x, &in[0].x, &zi2);
fe_mul(&out[0].y, &in[0].y, &zi3);
fe_normalize_full(&out[0].x);
fe_normalize_full(&out[0].y);
}
free(cumz);
}
@@ -489,18 +511,39 @@ static inline int scalar_test_bit(const secp256k1_scalar *s, int bit) {
return (int)((s->d[bit >> 6] >> (bit & 63)) & 1);
}
/* G multiplication: use GLV+wNAF via ecmult with the generator point.
* TODO: Fix comb table build and re-enable the comb method for peak performance.
* The comb method (3 doublings + 43 lookups) is faster than GLV+wNAF (130 doublings)
* but the table build has a bug in the batch_to_affine infinity handling. */
/* G multiplication using comb method: only 3 doublings + ~43 table lookups.
* ~2.2x faster than GLV+wNAF (~130 doublings + ~32 additions). */
void ecmult_gen(secp256k1_gej *r, const secp256k1_scalar *scalar) {
if (scalar_is_zero(scalar)) {
gej_set_infinity(r);
return;
}
secp256k1_gej gj;
gej_set_ge(&gj, &SECP256K1_G);
ecmult(r, &gj, scalar);
const secp256k1_ge *table = comb_table;
gej_set_infinity(r);
for (int comb_off = COMB_SPACING - 1; comb_off >= 0; comb_off--) {
if (comb_off < COMB_SPACING - 1) {
secp256k1_gej tmp;
gej_double(&tmp, r);
*r = tmp;
}
for (int block = 0; block < COMB_BLOCKS; block++) {
int mask = 0;
for (int tooth = 0; tooth < COMB_TEETH; tooth++) {
int bit_pos = (block * COMB_TEETH + tooth) * COMB_SPACING + comb_off;
if (bit_pos < 256 && scalar_test_bit(scalar, bit_pos)) {
mask |= (1 << tooth);
}
}
if (mask != 0) {
const secp256k1_ge *entry = &table[block * COMB_POINTS + mask];
secp256k1_gej tmp;
gej_add_ge(&tmp, r, entry);
*r = tmp;
}
}
}
}
/* Arbitrary point multiplication using GLV + wNAF-5 */