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+/* Asymmetric public-key cryptography key subtype
+ *
+ * See Documentation/security/asymmetric-keys.txt
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2012 Red Hat, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+ * Written by David Howells (dhowells@redhat.com)
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public Licence
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
+ * 2 of the Licence, or (at your option) any later version.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _KEYS_ASYMMETRIC_SUBTYPE_H
+#define _KEYS_ASYMMETRIC_SUBTYPE_H
+
+#include <linux/seq_file.h>
+#include <keys/asymmetric-type.h>
+
+struct public_key_signature;
+
+/*
+ * Keys of this type declare a subtype that indicates the handlers and
+ * capabilities.
+ */
+struct asymmetric_key_subtype {
+	struct module		*owner;
+	const char		*name;
+	unsigned short		name_len;	/* length of name */
+
+	/* Describe a key of this subtype for /proc/keys */
+	void (*describe)(const struct key *key, struct seq_file *m);
+
+	/* Destroy a key of this subtype */
+	void (*destroy)(void *payload);
+
+	/* Verify the signature on a key of this subtype (optional) */
+	int (*verify_signature)(const struct key *key,
+				const struct public_key_signature *sig);
+};
+
+/**
+ * asymmetric_key_subtype - Get the subtype from an asymmetric key
+ * @key: The key of interest.
+ *
+ * Retrieves and returns the subtype pointer of the asymmetric key from the
+ * type-specific data attached to the key.
+ */
+static inline
+struct asymmetric_key_subtype *asymmetric_key_subtype(const struct key *key)
+{
+	return key->type_data.p[0];
+}
+
+#endif /* _KEYS_ASYMMETRIC_SUBTYPE_H */