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+/* Asymmetric public-key cryptography data parser
+ *
+ * See Documentation/crypto/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_PARSER_H
+#define _KEYS_ASYMMETRIC_PARSER_H
+
+/*
+ * Key data parser.  Called during key instantiation.
+ */
+struct asymmetric_key_parser {
+	struct list_head	link;
+	struct module		*owner;
+	const char		*name;
+
+	/* Attempt to parse a key from the data blob passed to add_key() or
+	 * keyctl_instantiate().  Should also generate a proposed description
+	 * that the caller can optionally use for the key.
+	 *
+	 * Return EBADMSG if not recognised.
+	 */
+	int (*parse)(struct key_preparsed_payload *prep);
+};
+
+extern int register_asymmetric_key_parser(struct asymmetric_key_parser *);
+extern void unregister_asymmetric_key_parser(struct asymmetric_key_parser *);
+
+#endif /* _KEYS_ASYMMETRIC_PARSER_H */