On 2/1/21 5:39 AM, Tianjia Zhang wrote:

quoted

index f7ad43f28579..508e0b34b5f0 100644

--- a/lib/oid_registry.c
+++ b/lib/oid_registry.c

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@

  #include <linux/kernel.h>
  #include <linux/errno.h>
  #include <linux/bug.h>
+#include <linux/asn1.h>
  #include "oid_registry_data.c"
    MODULE_DESCRIPTION("OID Registry");

@@ -92,6 +93,18 @@ enum OID look_up_OID(const void *data, size_t 

datasize)
  }
  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(look_up_OID);
  +int parse_OID(const void *data, size_t datasize, enum OID *oid)
+{
+    const unsigned char *v = data;
+
+    if (datasize < 2 || v[0] != ASN1_OID || v[1] != datasize - 2)
+        return -EBADMSG;
+
+    *oid = look_up_OID(data + 2, datasize - 2);
+    return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(parse_OID);
+
  /*
   * sprint_OID - Print an Object Identifier into a buffer
   * @data: The encoded OID to print

Great job, I'm just curious why we need to add a new function, this 
seems unnecessary, if possible, please add

Thanks. I call this function in two places now. I thought it was 'worth it'.

Reviewed-by: Tianjia Zhang <redacted>

Best regards,
Tianjia