diff --git a/include/linux/textsearch_fsm.h b/include/linux/textsearch_fsm.h
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+#ifndef __LINUX_TEXTSEARCH_FSM_H
+#define __LINUX_TEXTSEARCH_FSM_H
+
+#include <linux/types.h>
+
+enum {
+	TS_FSM_SPECIFIC,	/* specific character */
+	TS_FSM_WILDCARD,	/* any character */
+	TS_FSM_DIGIT,		/* isdigit() */
+	TS_FSM_XDIGIT,		/* isxdigit() */
+	TS_FSM_PRINT,		/* isprint() */
+	TS_FSM_ALPHA,		/* isalpha() */
+	TS_FSM_ALNUM,		/* isalnum() */
+	TS_FSM_ASCII,		/* isascii() */
+	TS_FSM_CNTRL,		/* iscntrl() */
+	TS_FSM_GRAPH,		/* isgraph() */
+	TS_FSM_LOWER,		/* islower() */
+	TS_FSM_UPPER,		/* isupper() */
+	TS_FSM_PUNCT,		/* ispunct() */
+	TS_FSM_SPACE,		/* isspace() */
+	__TS_FSM_TYPE_MAX,
+};
+#define TS_FSM_TYPE_MAX (__TS_FSM_TYPE_MAX - 1)
+
+enum {
+	TS_FSM_SINGLE,		/* 1 occurrence */
+	TS_FSM_PERHAPS,		/* 1 or 0 occurrence */
+	TS_FSM_ANY,		/* 0..n occurrences */
+	TS_FSM_MULTI,		/* 1..n occurrences */
+	TS_FSM_HEAD_IGNORE,	/* 0..n ignored occurrences at head */
+	__TS_FSM_RECUR_MAX,
+};
+#define TS_FSM_RECUR_MAX (__TS_FSM_RECUR_MAX - 1)
+
+/**
+ * struct ts_fsm_token - state machine token (state)
+ * @type: type of token
+ * @recur: number of recurrences
+ * @value: character value for TS_FSM_SPECIFIC
+ */
+struct ts_fsm_token
+{
+	__u16		type;
+	__u8		recur;
+	__u8		value;
+};
+
+#endif