Remove the global-context features

Now that we fully use the new global contexts that work both with and
without `std` we can delete the `global-context` and
`global-context-less-secure` features.

Author: tcharding

Cargo.toml

@@ -16,18 +16,9 @@ exclude = ["tests", "contrib"]
 [features]
 default = ["std"]
 std = ["alloc", "secp256k1-sys/std", "rand?/std", "rand?/std_rng", "rand?/thread_rng"]
-# allow use of Secp256k1::new and related API that requires an allocator
 alloc = ["secp256k1-sys/alloc"]
 recovery = ["secp256k1-sys/recovery"]
 lowmemory = ["secp256k1-sys/lowmemory"]
-global-context = ["std"]
-# disable re-randomization of the global context, which provides some
-# defense-in-depth against sidechannel attacks. You should only use
-# this feature if you expect the `rand` crate's thread_rng to panic.
-# (If you are sure the `rand` and `std` features will not be enabled, e.g.
-# if you are doing a no-std build, then this feature does nothing
-# and is not necessary.)
-global-context-less-secure = ["global-context"]
 arbitrary = ["dep:arbitrary"]
 
 [dependencies]

contrib/test_vars.sh

@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@
 # shellcheck disable=SC2034
 
 # Test all these features with "std" enabled.
-FEATURES_WITH_STD="global-context global-context-less-secure lowmemory rand recovery serde"
+FEATURES_WITH_STD="lowmemory rand recovery serde"
 
 # Test all these features without "std" enabled.
-FEATURES_WITHOUT_STD="global-context global-context-less-secure lowmemory rand recovery serde alloc"
+FEATURES_WITHOUT_STD="lowmemory rand recovery serde alloc"
 
 # Run these examples.
 EXAMPLES="sign_verify:std sign_verify_recovery:std,recovery generate_keys:rand,std"

githooks/pre-commit

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ fi
 git diff-index --check --cached "$against" -- || exit 1
 
 # Check that code lints cleanly.
-cargo clippy --features=rand,std,recovery,lowmemory,global-context --all-targets -- -D warnings || exit 1
+cargo clippy --features=rand,std,recovery,lowmemory --all-targets -- -D warnings || exit 1
 
 # Check that there are no formatting issues.
 cargo +nightly fmt --check || exit 1

src/context/mod.rs

@@ -177,12 +177,7 @@ mod alloc_only {
                 phantom: PhantomData,
             };
 
-            #[cfg(all(
-                not(target_arch = "wasm32"),
-                feature = "rand",
-                feature = "std",
-                not(feature = "global-context-less-secure")
-            ))]
+            #[cfg(all(not(target_arch = "wasm32"), feature = "rand", feature = "std",))]
             {
                 ctx.randomize(&mut rand::rng());
             }

src/ecdsa/recovery.rs

@@ -128,7 +128,6 @@ impl RecoverableSignature {
     /// Determines the public key for which this [`Signature`] is valid for `msg`. Requires a
     /// verify-capable context.
     #[inline]
-    #[cfg(feature = "global-context")]
     pub fn recover(&self, msg: impl Into<Message>) -> Result<key::PublicKey, Error> {
         self.recover_ecdsa(msg)
     }

src/key/mod.rs

@@ -117,7 +117,6 @@ impl PublicKey {
 
     /// Creates a new public key from a [`SecretKey`].
     #[inline]
-    #[cfg(feature = "global-context")]
     #[deprecated(since = "TBD", note = "use from_secret_key instead")]
     pub fn from_secret_key_global(sk: &SecretKey) -> PublicKey { PublicKey::from_secret_key(sk) }
 
@@ -460,7 +459,7 @@ impl<'de> serde::Deserialize<'de> for PublicKey {
 ///
 /// # Serde support
 ///
-/// Implements de/serialization with the `serde` and `global-context` features enabled. Serializes
+/// Implements de/serialization with the `serde` and feature enabled. Serializes
 /// the secret bytes only. We treat the byte value as a tuple of 32 `u8`s for non-human-readable
 /// formats. This representation is optimal for some formats (e.g. [`bincode`]) however other
 /// formats may be less optimal (e.g. [`cbor`]). For human-readable formats we use a hex string.
@@ -606,7 +605,7 @@ impl Keypair {
 
     /// Generates a new random secret key.
     #[inline]
-    #[cfg(all(feature = "global-context", feature = "rand"))]
+    #[cfg(feature = "rand")]
     #[deprecated(since = "TBD", note = "use Keypair::new instead")]
     pub fn new_global<R: ::rand::Rng + ?Sized>(rng: &mut R) -> Keypair { Keypair::new(rng) }
 
@@ -1939,7 +1938,7 @@ mod test {
     }
 
     #[test]
-    #[cfg(all(feature = "global-context", feature = "serde"))]
+    #[cfg(feature = "serde")]
     fn test_serde_keypair() {
         use serde::{Deserialize, Deserializer, Serialize, Serializer};
         use serde_test::{assert_tokens, Configure, Token};
@@ -2114,7 +2113,7 @@ mod test {
 
     #[test]
     #[cfg(not(secp256k1_fuzz))]
-    #[cfg(all(feature = "global-context", feature = "serde"))]
+    #[cfg(feature = "serde")]
     fn test_serde_x_only_pubkey() {
         use serde_test::{assert_tokens, Configure, Token};
 

src/lib.rs

@@ -49,26 +49,6 @@
 //! # }
 //! ```
 //!
-//! If the "global-context" feature is enabled you have access to an alternate API.
-//!
-//! ```rust
-//! # #[cfg(all(feature = "global-context", feature = "rand", feature = "std"))] {
-//! use secp256k1::{rand, Message};
-//!
-//! // See previous example regarding this constant.
-//! const HELLO_WORLD_SHA2: [u8; 32] = [
-//!     0x31, 0x5f, 0x5b, 0xdb, 0x76, 0xd0, 0x78, 0xc4, 0x3b, 0x8a, 0xc0, 0x06, 0x4e, 0x4a, 0x01, 0x64,
-//!     0x61, 0x2b, 0x1f, 0xce, 0x77, 0xc8, 0x69, 0x34, 0x5b, 0xfc, 0x94, 0xc7, 0x58, 0x94, 0xed, 0xd3,
-//! ];
-//!
-//! let (secret_key, public_key) = secp256k1::generate_keypair(&mut rand::rng());
-//! let message = Message::from_digest(HELLO_WORLD_SHA2);
-//!
-//! let sig = secret_key.sign_ecdsa(message);
-//! assert!(sig.verify(message, &public_key).is_ok());
-//! # }
-//! ```
-//!
 //! The above code requires `rust-secp256k1` to be compiled with the `rand`, `hashes`, and `std`
 //! feature enabled, to get access to [`generate_keypair`](struct.Secp256k1.html#method.generate_keypair)
 //! Alternately, keys and messages can be parsed from slices, like
@@ -139,7 +119,6 @@
 //! * `hashes` - use the `hashes` library.
 //! * `recovery` - enable functions that can compute the public key from signature.
 //! * `lowmemory` - optimize the library for low-memory environments.
-//! * `global-context` - enable use of global secp256k1 context (implies `std`).
 //! * `serde` - implements serialization and deserialization for types in this crate using `serde`.
 //!   **Important**: `serde` encoding is **not** the same as consensus encoding!
 //!
@@ -422,12 +401,12 @@ pub fn generate_keypair<R: rand::Rng + ?Sized>(rng: &mut R) -> (key::SecretKey,
 /// Constructor for unit testing. (Calls `generate_keypair` if all
 /// the relevant features are on to get coverage of that functoin.)
 #[cfg(test)]
-#[cfg(all(feature = "global-context", feature = "rand", feature = "std"))]
+#[cfg(all(feature = "rand", feature = "std"))]
 fn test_random_keypair() -> (key::SecretKey, key::PublicKey) { generate_keypair(&mut rand::rng()) }
 
 /// Constructor for unit testing.
 #[cfg(test)]
-#[cfg(not(all(feature = "global-context", feature = "rand", feature = "std")))]
+#[cfg(not(all(feature = "rand", feature = "std")))]
 fn test_random_keypair() -> (key::SecretKey, key::PublicKey) {
     let sk = SecretKey::test_random();
     let pk = key::PublicKey::from_secret_key(&sk);
@@ -963,7 +942,6 @@ mod tests {
         assert_tokens(&sig.readable(), &[Token::String(SIG_STR)]);
     }
 
-    #[cfg(feature = "global-context")]
     #[test]
     fn test_global_context() {
         let sk_data = hex!("e6dd32f8761625f105c39a39f19370b3521d845a12456d60ce44debd0a362641");

src/schnorr.rs

@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@ impl Signature {
 
     /// Verifies a schnorr signature for `msg` using `pk`.
     #[inline]
-    #[cfg(feature = "global-context")]
     pub fn verify(&self, msg: &[u8], pk: &XOnlyPublicKey) -> Result<(), Error> {
         verify(self, msg, pk)
     }

tests/serde.rs

@@ -4,9 +4,7 @@ extern crate bincode;
 extern crate secp256k1;
 extern crate serde_cbor;
 
-#[cfg(feature = "global-context")]
-use secp256k1::Keypair;
-use secp256k1::{musig, PublicKey, SecretKey, XOnlyPublicKey};
+use secp256k1::{musig, Keypair, PublicKey, SecretKey, XOnlyPublicKey};
 
 // Arbitrary key data.
 
@@ -95,7 +93,6 @@ fn bincode_public_key() {
 }
 
 #[test]
-#[cfg(feature = "global-context")]
 fn bincode_keypair() {
     let kp = Keypair::from_seckey_byte_array(SK_BYTES).expect("failed to create keypair");
     let ser = bincode::serialize(&kp).unwrap();