From ed7c08417a957c91f3e8148fe7c828a9cc1f5211 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew Poelstra <apoelstra@wpsoftware.net>
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2018 21:27:25 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] add static context object which has no capabilities

---
 include/secp256k1.h | 7 +++++++
 src/secp256k1.c     | 8 ++++++++
 src/tests.c         | 1 +
 3 files changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/secp256k1.h b/include/secp256k1.h
index 3c4a311a05..f1f78ab7d0 100644
--- a/include/secp256k1.h
+++ b/include/secp256k1.h
@@ -179,6 +179,13 @@ typedef int (*secp256k1_nonce_function)(
 #define SECP256K1_TAG_PUBKEY_HYBRID_EVEN 0x06
 #define SECP256K1_TAG_PUBKEY_HYBRID_ODD 0x07
 
+/** A simple secp256k1 context object with no precomputed tables. These are useful for
+ *  type serialization/parsing functions which require a context object to maintain
+ *  API consistency, but currently do not require expensive precomputations or dynamic
+ *  allocations.
+ */
+SECP256K1_API extern const secp256k1_context *secp256k1_context_no_precomp;
+
 /** Create a secp256k1 context object.
  *
  *  Returns: a newly created context object.
diff --git a/src/secp256k1.c b/src/secp256k1.c
index cd0972dfaf..972fee50f6 100644
--- a/src/secp256k1.c
+++ b/src/secp256k1.c
@@ -56,6 +56,14 @@ struct secp256k1_context_struct {
     secp256k1_callback error_callback;
 };
 
+static const secp256k1_context secp256k1_context_no_precomp_ = {
+    { 0 },
+    { 0 },
+    { default_illegal_callback_fn, 0 },
+    { default_error_callback_fn, 0 }
+};
+const secp256k1_context *secp256k1_context_no_precomp = &secp256k1_context_no_precomp_;
+
 secp256k1_context* secp256k1_context_create(unsigned int flags) {
     secp256k1_context* ret = (secp256k1_context*)checked_malloc(&default_error_callback, sizeof(secp256k1_context));
     ret->illegal_callback = default_illegal_callback;
diff --git a/src/tests.c b/src/tests.c
index 15f44914b2..c72a742d87 100644
--- a/src/tests.c
+++ b/src/tests.c
@@ -3599,6 +3599,7 @@ void run_ec_pubkey_parse_test(void) {
     ecount = 0;
     VG_UNDEF(&pubkey, sizeof(pubkey));
     CHECK(secp256k1_ec_pubkey_parse(ctx, &pubkey, pubkeyc, 65) == 1);
+    CHECK(secp256k1_ec_pubkey_parse(secp256k1_context_no_precomp, &pubkey, pubkeyc, 65) == 1);
     VG_CHECK(&pubkey, sizeof(pubkey));
     CHECK(ecount == 0);
     VG_UNDEF(&ge, sizeof(ge));