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+/* Signature verification
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2014 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 _LINUX_VERIFICATION_H
+#define _LINUX_VERIFICATION_H
+
+/*
+ * Indicate that both builtin trusted keys and secondary trusted keys
+ * should be used.
+ */
+#define VERIFY_USE_SECONDARY_KEYRING ((struct key *)1UL)
+
+/*
+ * The use to which an asymmetric key is being put.
+ */
+enum key_being_used_for {
+	VERIFYING_MODULE_SIGNATURE,
+	VERIFYING_FIRMWARE_SIGNATURE,
+	VERIFYING_KEXEC_PE_SIGNATURE,
+	VERIFYING_KEY_SIGNATURE,
+	VERIFYING_KEY_SELF_SIGNATURE,
+	VERIFYING_UNSPECIFIED_SIGNATURE,
+	NR__KEY_BEING_USED_FOR
+};
+extern const char *const key_being_used_for[NR__KEY_BEING_USED_FOR];
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_SYSTEM_DATA_VERIFICATION
+
+struct key;
+
+extern int verify_pkcs7_signature(const void *data, size_t len,
+				  const void *raw_pkcs7, size_t pkcs7_len,
+				  struct key *trusted_keys,
+				  enum key_being_used_for usage,
+				  int (*view_content)(void *ctx,
+						      const void *data, size_t len,
+						      size_t asn1hdrlen),
+				  void *ctx);
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_SIGNED_PE_FILE_VERIFICATION
+extern int verify_pefile_signature(const void *pebuf, unsigned pelen,
+				   struct key *trusted_keys,
+				   enum key_being_used_for usage);
+#endif
+
+#endif /* CONFIG_SYSTEM_DATA_VERIFICATION */
+#endif /* _LINUX_VERIFY_PEFILE_H */