phasm-core 0.2.3

Pure-Rust steganography engine — hide encrypted messages in JPEG photos
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// Copyright (c) 2026 Christoph Gaffga
// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-only
// https://github.com/cgaffga/phasmcore

//! Side information for SI-UNIWARD (Side-Informed UNIWARD).
//!
//! When the encoder has access to the original uncompressed pixels (e.g. PNG,
//! HEIC, or RAW input), it can compute the quantization rounding errors — the
//! difference between the continuous DCT coefficients and their rounded integer
//! values. These errors reveal which coefficients are "close to the boundary"
//! between two quantization levels and can be cheaply flipped.
//!
//! SI-UNIWARD uses this to:
//! 1. **Lower embedding costs** for coefficients with large rounding errors
//!    (cheap to push across the boundary).
//! 2. **Choose modification direction** toward the pre-quantization value
//!    (minimizing perceptual distortion).
//!
//! The result: ~1.5-2× capacity at the same detection risk, or equivalently
//! the same capacity with significantly lower distortion.
//!
//! The decoder is completely unchanged — it reads LSBs regardless of which
//! direction the modification went.

use crate::codec::jpeg::dct::DctGrid;
use crate::codec::jpeg::pixels::dct_block_unquantized;

/// Per-coefficient rounding errors from quantization.
///
/// Each error is in [-0.5, +0.5] and represents how far the continuous
/// (unquantized) DCT coefficient was from its rounded integer value.
/// Positive error means the pre-quantization value was above the integer;
/// negative means below.
///
/// Stored as i8 [-127, +127] via `error * 254`, giving ~0.004 resolution.
/// This is 8x smaller than f64 and 4x smaller than f32, saving 85 MB (12MP)
/// or 341 MB (48MP) compared to the original f64 representation.
pub struct SideInfo {
    /// Rounding errors in DctGrid flat order (block_idx * 64 + row * 8 + col).
    /// Encoded as i8: value = (error * 254).round().clamp(-127, 127).
    rounding_errors: Vec<i8>,
    /// Number of 8x8 blocks horizontally.
    pub blocks_wide: usize,
    /// Number of 8x8 blocks vertically.
    pub blocks_tall: usize,
}

/// Encode a rounding error [-0.5, +0.5] to i8 [-127, +127].
#[inline]
fn encode_error(error: f64) -> i8 {
    (error * 254.0).round().clamp(-127.0, 127.0) as i8
}

/// Decode an i8 error back to approximate f32.
#[inline]
fn decode_error(val: i8) -> f32 {
    val as f32 / 254.0
}

/// Minimum cost for SI-modulated coefficients.
///
/// When |rounding_error| ~ 0.5 ("1/2-coefficients"), the modulated cost
/// approaches zero. Clamping to this floor prevents zero-cost embedding
/// at quantization midpoints, which is a known detectable artifact.
const MIN_SI_COST: f32 = 1e-6;

impl SideInfo {
    /// Compute side information from raw RGB pixels and the cover JPEG.
    ///
    /// For each Y-channel 8x8 block:
    /// 1. Forward DCT on the original (pre-JPEG) pixels
    /// 2. Divide by quantization table (without rounding)
    /// 3. error = unquantized_value - cover_integer_coefficient
    ///
    /// Errors are clamped to [-0.5, +0.5] for robustness against minor
    /// floating-point differences between the platform's JPEG encoder and
    /// our forward DCT implementation.
    ///
    /// Luma blocks are computed in strips of 50 block-rows to limit transient
    /// memory (~12.9 MB per strip instead of ~97.5 MB for all blocks at once
    /// on a 12MP image).
    pub fn compute(
        raw_rgb: &[u8],
        pixel_width: u32,
        pixel_height: u32,
        cover_grid: &DctGrid,
        qt_values: &[u16; 64],
    ) -> Self {
        let bw = cover_grid.blocks_wide();
        let bh = cover_grid.blocks_tall();
        let total_coeffs = bw * bh * 64;
        let mut errors = vec![0i8; total_coeffs];

        let luma_bw = (pixel_width as usize).div_ceil(8);
        let luma_bh = (pixel_height as usize).div_ceil(8);

        // Process luma blocks in strips to limit transient memory.
        // Each strip holds at most STRIP_ROWS block-rows of luma data.
        const STRIP_ROWS: usize = 50;
        for strip_start in (0..bh).step_by(STRIP_ROWS) {
            let strip_end = (strip_start + STRIP_ROWS).min(bh);
            let luma_strip = rgb_to_luma_blocks_strip(
                raw_rgb, pixel_width, pixel_height, strip_start, strip_end,
            );

            for br in strip_start..strip_end {
                for bc in 0..bw {
                    let block_idx = br * bw + bc;

                    // Skip if outside the raw pixel grid
                    if br >= luma_bh || bc >= luma_bw {
                        continue; // leave errors at 0
                    }

                    let local_idx = (br - strip_start) * luma_bw + bc;
                    let luma_block = &luma_strip[local_idx];

                    // Forward DCT + divide by QT (no rounding)
                    let unquantized = dct_block_unquantized(luma_block, qt_values);

                    // Compute and clamp rounding errors, encode to i8
                    let cover_block: [i16; 64] = {
                        let slice = cover_grid.block(br, bc);
                        slice.try_into().unwrap()
                    };

                    for k in 0..64 {
                        let error = (unquantized[k] - cover_block[k] as f64).clamp(-0.5, 0.5);
                        errors[block_idx * 64 + k] = encode_error(error);
                    }
                }
            }
            // luma_strip dropped here -- only one strip in memory at a time
        }

        SideInfo {
            rounding_errors: errors,
            blocks_wide: bw,
            blocks_tall: bh,
        }
    }

    /// Get the rounding error at a flat index, decoded from i8 to f32.
    #[inline]
    pub fn error_at(&self, flat_idx: usize) -> f32 {
        decode_error(self.rounding_errors[flat_idx])
    }
}

/// Convert a horizontal strip of RGB pixels to Y (luminance) 8x8 blocks.
///
/// Only converts block rows in `[br_start, br_end)`, returning them in
/// raster order with `luma_bw` blocks per row. This avoids allocating
/// ALL luma blocks at once (97.5 MB for 12MP, 390 MB for 48MP).
///
/// Uses BT.601: `Y = 0.299*R + 0.587*G + 0.114*B`.
/// Handles non-multiple-of-8 dimensions by edge-replicating.
fn rgb_to_luma_blocks_strip(
    rgb: &[u8],
    width: u32,
    height: u32,
    br_start: usize,
    br_end: usize,
) -> Vec<[f64; 64]> {
    let w = width as usize;
    let h = height as usize;
    let luma_bw = w.div_ceil(8);
    let luma_bh = h.div_ceil(8);

    let strip_br_end = br_end.min(luma_bh);
    let strip_rows = strip_br_end.saturating_sub(br_start);

    let mut blocks = Vec::with_capacity(strip_rows * luma_bw);

    for br in br_start..strip_br_end {
        for bc in 0..luma_bw {
            let mut block = [0.0f64; 64];
            for row in 0..8 {
                for col in 0..8 {
                    let py = (br * 8 + row).min(h - 1);
                    let px = (bc * 8 + col).min(w - 1);
                    let idx = (py * w + px) * 3;
                    let r = rgb[idx] as f64;
                    let g = rgb[idx + 1] as f64;
                    let b = rgb[idx + 2] as f64;
                    block[row * 8 + col] = 0.299 * r + 0.587 * g + 0.114 * b;
                }
            }
            blocks.push(block);
        }
    }

    blocks
}

/// Modulate J-UNIWARD costs using SI rounding errors.
///
/// For each AC coefficient with finite cost:
/// - `modulated_cost = rho * (1 - 2|e|)` where `e` is the rounding error
/// - Larger |e| -> lower cost (closer to quantization boundary -> cheaper to flip)
/// - |e| = 0 -> cost unchanged (exactly on the integer -> no benefit)
/// - |e| = 0.5 -> cost clamped to `MIN_SI_COST` (avoid zero-cost artifact)
///
/// Special cases:
/// - DC coefficients remain WET (infinite cost)
/// - |coeff| = 1 positions: cost is NOT modulated (anti-shrinkage forces
///   the direction, so the rounding error doesn't help choose direction)
pub fn modulate_costs_si(
    cost_map: &mut crate::stego::cost::CostMap,
    side_info: &SideInfo,
    cover_grid: &DctGrid,
) {
    let bw = cost_map.blocks_wide();
    let bh = cost_map.blocks_tall();

    for br in 0..bh {
        for bc in 0..bw {
            let block_idx = br * bw + bc;
            for i in 0..8 {
                for j in 0..8 {
                    // Skip DC
                    if i == 0 && j == 0 {
                        continue;
                    }

                    let cost = cost_map.get(br, bc, i, j);
                    if !cost.is_finite() {
                        continue; // WET position -- leave as-is
                    }

                    // Skip |coeff| == 1: anti-shrinkage forces direction,
                    // SI modulation doesn't help
                    let coeff = cover_grid.get(br, bc, i, j);
                    if coeff.abs() == 1 {
                        continue;
                    }

                    let flat_idx = block_idx * 64 + i * 8 + j;
                    let error = side_info.error_at(flat_idx);
                    let abs_error = error.abs();

                    // modulated = rho * (1 - 2|e|)
                    // When |e| = 0.5: modulated = 0 -> clamp to MIN_SI_COST
                    let factor = 1.0f32 - 2.0 * abs_error;
                    let modulated = (cost * factor).max(MIN_SI_COST);
                    cost_map.set(br, bc, i, j, modulated);
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

/// Determine the modification direction for a coefficient using SI rounding error.
///
/// Returns the modified coefficient value (coeff +/- 1).
///
/// Rules:
/// - |coeff| == 1: ALWAYS away from zero (anti-shrinkage, prevents coeff -> 0)
/// - |coeff| > 1 with side info: toward the pre-quantization value
///   (error > 0 -> precover was above -> go up; error < 0 -> go down)
/// - |coeff| > 1 without side info: nsF5 convention (toward zero)
/// - coeff == 0: should never be called (filtered out as WET)
#[inline]
pub fn si_modify_coefficient(coeff: i16, rounding_error: f32) -> i16 {
    if coeff == 1 {
        2 // anti-shrinkage: away from zero
    } else if coeff == -1 {
        -2 // anti-shrinkage: away from zero
    } else if rounding_error > 0.0 {
        coeff + 1 // precover was above -> go up
    } else {
        coeff - 1 // precover was at or below -> go down
    }
}

/// Standard nsF5 modification direction (no side info).
///
/// - |coeff| == 1: away from zero
/// - |coeff| > 1: toward zero
#[inline]
pub fn nsf5_modify_coefficient(coeff: i16) -> i16 {
    if coeff == 1 {
        2
    } else if coeff == -1 {
        -2
    } else if coeff > 1 {
        coeff - 1
    } else if coeff < -1 {
        coeff + 1
    } else {
        coeff // zero: should never happen
    }
}

#[cfg(test)]
mod tests {
    use super::*;
    use crate::codec::jpeg::pixels::dct_block;

    // --- T1: dct_block_unquantized matches dct_block ---

    fn standard_qt() -> [u16; 64] {
        [
            16, 11, 10, 16, 24, 40, 51, 61,
            12, 12, 14, 19, 26, 58, 60, 55,
            14, 13, 16, 24, 40, 57, 69, 56,
            14, 17, 22, 29, 51, 87, 80, 62,
            18, 22, 37, 56, 68, 109, 103, 77,
            24, 35, 55, 64, 81, 104, 113, 92,
            49, 64, 78, 87, 103, 121, 120, 101,
            72, 92, 95, 98, 112, 100, 103, 99,
        ]
    }

    #[test]
    fn t1_unquantized_rounds_to_quantized() {
        // Various test patterns
        let patterns: Vec<[f64; 64]> = vec![
            // Flat gray
            [128.0; 64],
            // Gradient
            {
                let mut p = [0.0f64; 64];
                for i in 0..64 {
                    p[i] = 50.0 + (i as f64) * 3.0;
                }
                p
            },
            // High contrast
            {
                let mut p = [0.0f64; 64];
                for i in 0..64 {
                    p[i] = if i % 2 == 0 { 20.0 } else { 230.0 };
                }
                p
            },
        ];

        let qt = standard_qt();
        for pixels in &patterns {
            let quantized = dct_block(pixels, &qt);
            let unquantized = dct_block_unquantized(pixels, &qt);
            for i in 0..64 {
                assert_eq!(
                    quantized[i],
                    unquantized[i].round() as i16,
                    "Mismatch at index {i}: quantized={}, unquantized={}",
                    quantized[i],
                    unquantized[i]
                );
            }
        }
    }

    // --- T2: Rounding errors in range ---

    #[test]
    fn t2_rounding_errors_in_range() {
        let qt = standard_qt();
        // Test with multiple pixel patterns
        for seed in 0..10u8 {
            let mut pixels = [0.0f64; 64];
            for i in 0..64 {
                pixels[i] = ((seed as f64 * 37.0 + i as f64 * 13.0) % 256.0).abs();
            }
            let quantized = dct_block(&pixels, &qt);
            let unquantized = dct_block_unquantized(&pixels, &qt);
            for i in 0..64 {
                let error = unquantized[i] - quantized[i] as f64;
                assert!(
                    (-0.50001..=0.50001).contains(&error),
                    "seed={seed}, index={i}: error={error}"
                );
            }
        }
    }

    // --- T3: Half-coefficient clamping ---

    #[test]
    fn t3_half_coefficient_cost_not_zero() {
        // When |error| = 0.5, modulated cost must NOT be zero
        let factor = 1.0f32 - 2.0 * 0.5_f32; // = 0.0
        let cost = 1.0f32;
        let modulated = (cost * factor).max(MIN_SI_COST);
        assert!(modulated > 0.0, "1/2-coefficient must not have zero cost");
        assert_eq!(modulated, MIN_SI_COST);
    }

    // --- T4: Asymmetric cost modulation ---

    #[test]
    fn t4_si_cost_scales_with_rounding_error() {
        // Larger |error| -> lower cost
        let cost = 1.0f32;
        let small_error = 0.1f32;
        let large_error = 0.4f32;

        let small_modulated = (cost * (1.0f32 - 2.0 * small_error)).max(MIN_SI_COST);
        let large_modulated = (cost * (1.0f32 - 2.0 * large_error)).max(MIN_SI_COST);

        assert!(
            large_modulated < small_modulated,
            "larger error should give lower cost: small={small_modulated}, large={large_modulated}"
        );
    }

    #[test]
    fn t4_si_costs_never_exceed_original() {
        // Modulated costs should always be <= original
        for error_pct in 0..=50 {
            let error = error_pct as f32 / 100.0;
            let cost = 5.0f32;
            let factor = 1.0f32 - 2.0 * error;
            let modulated = (cost * factor).max(MIN_SI_COST);
            assert!(
                modulated <= cost + 1e-6,
                "modulated={modulated} > original={cost} at error={error}"
            );
        }
    }

    // --- T5: Anti-shrinkage preserved ---

    #[test]
    fn t5_anti_shrinkage_preserved() {
        // |coeff| = 1 must always go away from zero
        assert_eq!(si_modify_coefficient(1, -0.4_f32), 2);
        assert_eq!(si_modify_coefficient(1, 0.4_f32), 2);
        assert_eq!(si_modify_coefficient(1, 0.0_f32), 2);
        assert_eq!(si_modify_coefficient(-1, -0.4_f32), -2);
        assert_eq!(si_modify_coefficient(-1, 0.4_f32), -2);
        assert_eq!(si_modify_coefficient(-1, 0.0_f32), -2);
    }

    // --- T6: Direction selection ---

    #[test]
    fn t6_direction_follows_rounding_error() {
        // Positive error -> precover above -> go up
        assert_eq!(si_modify_coefficient(5, 0.3_f32), 6);
        assert_eq!(si_modify_coefficient(-5, 0.3_f32), -4); // toward zero = up

        // Negative error -> precover below -> go down
        assert_eq!(si_modify_coefficient(5, -0.3_f32), 4);
        assert_eq!(si_modify_coefficient(-5, -0.3_f32), -6); // away from zero = down

        // Zero error -> down (the else branch)
        assert_eq!(si_modify_coefficient(5, 0.0_f32), 4);
        assert_eq!(si_modify_coefficient(-5, 0.0_f32), -6);
    }

    // --- T6b: nsF5 direction ---

    #[test]
    fn t6b_nsf5_toward_zero() {
        assert_eq!(nsf5_modify_coefficient(5), 4);
        assert_eq!(nsf5_modify_coefficient(-5), -4);
        assert_eq!(nsf5_modify_coefficient(2), 1);
        assert_eq!(nsf5_modify_coefficient(-2), -1);
        // Anti-shrinkage
        assert_eq!(nsf5_modify_coefficient(1), 2);
        assert_eq!(nsf5_modify_coefficient(-1), -2);
    }

    // --- T7: i8 encode/decode roundtrip ---

    #[test]
    fn t7_i8_encode_decode_precision() {
        // Test that encode_error/decode_error roundtrip has <1% error
        // for the cost modulation factor (1 - 2|e|).
        for i in 0..=100 {
            let error = (i as f64 - 50.0) / 100.0; // [-0.5, +0.5]
            let encoded = encode_error(error);
            let decoded = decode_error(encoded);

            // Check the modulation factor precision
            let original_factor = 1.0 - 2.0 * error.abs();
            let decoded_factor = 1.0f32 - 2.0 * decoded.abs();
            let factor_error = (original_factor as f32 - decoded_factor).abs();
            assert!(
                factor_error < 0.02, // <2% error on factor
                "error={error}, encoded={encoded}, decoded={decoded}, factor_error={factor_error}"
            );
        }
    }

    #[test]
    fn t7_i8_sign_preserved() {
        // Sign must be exact for si_modify_coefficient direction
        assert!(decode_error(encode_error(0.3)) > 0.0);
        assert!(decode_error(encode_error(-0.3)) < 0.0);
        assert_eq!(decode_error(encode_error(0.0)), 0.0);
    }

    // --- T8: strip-based luma matches full computation ---

    #[test]
    fn t8_strip_luma_matches_full() {
        use crate::codec::jpeg::pixels::rgb_to_luma_blocks;

        // Create a small test image (24x16 = 3x2 blocks)
        let width = 24u32;
        let height = 16u32;
        let mut rgb = vec![0u8; (width * height * 3) as usize];
        for i in 0..rgb.len() {
            rgb[i] = ((i * 37 + 13) % 256) as u8;
        }

        let full_blocks = rgb_to_luma_blocks(&rgb, width, height);
        let luma_bw = (width as usize).div_ceil(8); // 3

        // Get strip for all rows at once
        let strip_all = rgb_to_luma_blocks_strip(&rgb, width, height, 0, 2);
        assert_eq!(strip_all.len(), full_blocks.len());
        for (i, (a, b)) in full_blocks.iter().zip(strip_all.iter()).enumerate() {
            for k in 0..64 {
                assert!(
                    (a[k] - b[k]).abs() < 1e-10,
                    "block {i}, coeff {k}: full={}, strip={}",
                    a[k], b[k]
                );
            }
        }

        // Get strips one row at a time
        let strip0 = rgb_to_luma_blocks_strip(&rgb, width, height, 0, 1);
        let strip1 = rgb_to_luma_blocks_strip(&rgb, width, height, 1, 2);
        assert_eq!(strip0.len(), luma_bw);
        assert_eq!(strip1.len(), luma_bw);
        for bc in 0..luma_bw {
            for k in 0..64 {
                assert!(
                    (full_blocks[bc][k] - strip0[bc][k]).abs() < 1e-10,
                    "row 0, block {bc}, coeff {k}"
                );
                assert!(
                    (full_blocks[luma_bw + bc][k] - strip1[bc][k]).abs() < 1e-10,
                    "row 1, block {bc}, coeff {k}"
                );
            }
        }
    }
}