int uECC_shared_secret(const uint8_t *public_key,
                       const uint8_t *private_key,
                       uint8_t *secret,
                       uECC_Curve curve) {
    uECC_word_t _public[uECC_MAX_WORDS * 2];
    uECC_word_t _private[uECC_MAX_WORDS];

    uECC_word_t tmp[uECC_MAX_WORDS];
    uECC_word_t *p2[2] = {_private, tmp};
    uECC_word_t *initial_Z = 0;
    uECC_word_t carry;
    wordcount_t num_words = curve->num_words;
    wordcount_t num_bytes = curve->num_bytes;

#if uECC_VLI_NATIVE_LITTLE_ENDIAN
    bcopy((uint8_t *) _private, private_key, num_bytes);
    bcopy((uint8_t *) _public, public_key, num_bytes*2);
#else
    uECC_vli_bytesToNative(_private, private_key, BITS_TO_BYTES(curve->num_n_bits));
    uECC_vli_bytesToNative(_public, public_key, num_bytes);
    uECC_vli_bytesToNative(_public + num_words, public_key + num_bytes, num_bytes);
#endif

    /* Regularize the bitcount for the private key so that attackers cannot use a side channel
       attack to learn the number of leading zeros. */
    carry = regularize_k(_private, _private, tmp, curve);

    /* If an RNG function was specified, try to get a random initial Z value to improve
       protection against side-channel attacks. */
    if (g_rng_function) {
        if (!uECC_generate_random_int(p2[carry], curve->p, num_words)) {
            return 0;
        }
        initial_Z = p2[carry];
    }

    EccPoint_mult(_public, _public, p2[!carry], initial_Z, curve->num_n_bits + 1, curve);
#if uECC_VLI_NATIVE_LITTLE_ENDIAN
    bcopy((uint8_t *) secret, (uint8_t *) _public, num_bytes);
#else
    uECC_vli_nativeToBytes(secret, num_bytes, _public);
#endif
    return !EccPoint_isZero(_public, curve);
}
int uECC_shared_secret(const uint8_t *public_key,
                       const uint8_t *private_key,
                       uint8_t *secret,
                       uECC_Curve curve) {
    uECC_word_t _public[uECC_MAX_WORDS * 2];
    uECC_word_t _private[uECC_MAX_WORDS];

    uECC_word_t tmp[uECC_MAX_WORDS];
    uECC_word_t *p2[2] = {_private, tmp};
    uECC_word_t *initial_Z = 0;
    uECC_word_t carry;
    wordcount_t num_words = curve->num_words;
    wordcount_t num_bytes = curve->num_bytes;

#if uECC_VLI_NATIVE_LITTLE_ENDIAN
    bcopy((uint8_t *) _private, private_key, num_bytes);
    bcopy((uint8_t *) _public, public_key, num_bytes*2);
#else
    uECC_vli_bytesToNative(_private, private_key, BITS_TO_BYTES(curve->num_n_bits));
    uECC_vli_bytesToNative(_public, public_key, num_bytes);
    uECC_vli_bytesToNative(_public + num_words, public_key + num_bytes, num_bytes);
#endif

     
    carry = regularize_k(_private, _private, tmp, curve);

     
    if (g_rng_function) {
        if (!uECC_generate_random_int(p2[carry], curve->p, num_words)) {
            return 0;
        }
        initial_Z = p2[carry];
    }

    EccPoint_mult(_public, _public, p2[!carry], initial_Z, curve->num_n_bits + 1, curve);
#if uECC_VLI_NATIVE_LITTLE_ENDIAN
    bcopy((uint8_t *) secret, (uint8_t *) _public, num_bytes);
#else
    uECC_vli_nativeToBytes(secret, num_bytes, _public);
#endif
    return !EccPoint_isZero(_public, curve);
}