1 files changed, 27 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/key-type.h b/include/linux/key-type.h
index 44792ee649de..ff9f1d394235 100644
--- a/include/linux/key-type.h
+++ b/include/linux/key-type.h
@@ -53,6 +53,24 @@ typedef int (*request_key_actor_t)(struct key_construction *key,
 				   const char *op, void *aux);
 
 /*
+ * Preparsed matching criterion.
+ */
+struct key_match_data {
+	/* Comparison function, defaults to exact description match, but can be
+	 * overridden by type->match_preparse().  Should return true if a match
+	 * is found and false if not.
+	 */
+	bool (*cmp)(const struct key *key,
+		    const struct key_match_data *match_data);
+
+	const void	*raw_data;	/* Raw match data */
+	void		*preparsed;	/* For ->match_preparse() to stash stuff */
+	unsigned	lookup_type;	/* Type of lookup for this search. */
+#define KEYRING_SEARCH_LOOKUP_DIRECT	0x0000	/* Direct lookup by description. */
+#define KEYRING_SEARCH_LOOKUP_ITERATE	0x0001	/* Iterative search. */
+};
+
+/*
  * kernel managed key type definition
  */
 struct key_type {
@@ -65,11 +83,6 @@ struct key_type {
 	 */
 	size_t def_datalen;
 
-	/* Default key search algorithm. */
-	unsigned def_lookup_type;
-#define KEYRING_SEARCH_LOOKUP_DIRECT	0x0000	/* Direct lookup by description. */
-#define KEYRING_SEARCH_LOOKUP_ITERATE	0x0001	/* Iterative search. */
-
 	/* vet a description */
 	int (*vet_description)(const char *description);
 
@@ -96,8 +109,15 @@ struct key_type {
 	 */
 	int (*update)(struct key *key, struct key_preparsed_payload *prep);
 
-	/* match a key against a description */
-	int (*match)(const struct key *key, const void *desc);
+	/* Preparse the data supplied to ->match() (optional).  The
+	 * data to be preparsed can be found in match_data->raw_data.
+	 * The lookup type can also be set by this function.
+	 */
+	int (*match_preparse)(struct key_match_data *match_data);
+
+	/* Free preparsed match data (optional).  This should be supplied it
+	 * ->match_preparse() is supplied. */
+	void (*match_free)(struct key_match_data *match_data);
 
 	/* clear some of the data from a key on revokation (optional)
 	 * - the key's semaphore will be write-locked by the caller