2 * lib/textsearch.c Generic text search interface
4 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
5 * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
6 * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
7 * 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
9 * Authors: Thomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch>
10 * Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
12 * ==========================================================================
16 * The textsearch infrastructure provides text searching facitilies for
17 * both linear and non-linear data. Individual search algorithms are
18 * implemented in modules and chosen by the user.
24 * | finish()|<--------------(6)-----------------+
25 * |get_next_block()|<--------------(5)---------------+ |
27 * | | +------------------------------+
28 * | | | init() find() destroy() |
29 * | | +------------------------------+
31 * | | +---------------+ (2) (4) (8)
32 * | (1)|----->| prepare() |---+ | |
33 * | (3)|----->| find()/next() |-----------+ |
34 * | (7)|----->| destroy() |----------------------+
35 * +----------------+ +---------------+
37 * (1) User configures a search by calling _prepare() specifying the
38 * search parameters such as the pattern and algorithm name.
39 * (2) Core requests the algorithm to allocate and initialize a search
40 * configuration according to the specified parameters.
41 * (3) User starts the search(es) by calling _find() or _next() to
42 * fetch subsequent occurrences. A state variable is provided
43 * to the algorithm to store persistent variables.
44 * (4) Core eventually resets the search offset and forwards the find()
45 * request to the algorithm.
46 * (5) Algorithm calls get_next_block() provided by the user continously
47 * to fetch the data to be searched in block by block.
48 * (6) Algorithm invokes finish() after the last call to get_next_block
49 * to clean up any leftovers from get_next_block. (Optional)
50 * (7) User destroys the configuration by calling _destroy().
51 * (8) Core notifies the algorithm to destroy algorithm specific
52 * allocations. (Optional)
56 * Before a search can be performed, a configuration must be created
57 * by calling textsearch_prepare() specyfing the searching algorithm and
58 * the pattern to look for. The returned configuration may then be used
59 * for an arbitary amount of times and even in parallel as long as a
60 * separate struct ts_state variable is provided to every instance.
62 * The actual search is performed by either calling textsearch_find_-
63 * continuous() for linear data or by providing an own get_next_block()
64 * implementation and calling textsearch_find(). Both functions return
65 * the position of the first occurrence of the patern or UINT_MAX if
66 * no match was found. Subsequent occurences can be found by calling
67 * textsearch_next() regardless of the linearity of the data.
69 * Once you're done using a configuration it must be given back via
75 * struct ts_config *conf;
76 * struct ts_state state;
77 * const char *pattern = "chicken";
78 * const char *example = "We dance the funky chicken";
80 * conf = textsearch_prepare("kmp", pattern, strlen(pattern),
81 * GFP_KERNEL, TS_AUTOLOAD);
83 * err = PTR_ERR(conf);
87 * pos = textsearch_find_continuous(conf, &state, example, strlen(example));
88 * if (pos != UINT_MAX)
89 * panic("Oh my god, dancing chickens at %d\n", pos);
91 * textsearch_destroy(conf);
93 * ==========================================================================
96 #include <linux/module.h>
97 #include <linux/types.h>
98 #include <linux/string.h>
99 #include <linux/init.h>
100 #include <linux/rculist.h>
101 #include <linux/rcupdate.h>
102 #include <linux/err.h>
103 #include <linux/textsearch.h>
105 static LIST_HEAD(ts_ops);
106 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(ts_mod_lock);
108 static inline struct ts_ops *lookup_ts_algo(const char *name)
113 list_for_each_entry_rcu(o, &ts_ops, list) {
114 if (!strcmp(name, o->name)) {
115 if (!try_module_get(o->owner))
127 * textsearch_register - register a textsearch module
128 * @ops: operations lookup table
130 * This function must be called by textsearch modules to announce
131 * their presence. The specified &@ops must have %name set to a
132 * unique identifier and the callbacks find(), init(), get_pattern(),
133 * and get_pattern_len() must be implemented.
135 * Returns 0 or -EEXISTS if another module has already registered
138 int textsearch_register(struct ts_ops *ops)
143 if (ops->name == NULL || ops->find == NULL || ops->init == NULL ||
144 ops->get_pattern == NULL || ops->get_pattern_len == NULL)
147 spin_lock(&ts_mod_lock);
148 list_for_each_entry(o, &ts_ops, list) {
149 if (!strcmp(ops->name, o->name))
153 list_add_tail_rcu(&ops->list, &ts_ops);
156 spin_unlock(&ts_mod_lock);
161 * textsearch_unregister - unregister a textsearch module
162 * @ops: operations lookup table
164 * This function must be called by textsearch modules to announce
165 * their disappearance for examples when the module gets unloaded.
166 * The &ops parameter must be the same as the one during the
169 * Returns 0 on success or -ENOENT if no matching textsearch
170 * registration was found.
172 int textsearch_unregister(struct ts_ops *ops)
177 spin_lock(&ts_mod_lock);
178 list_for_each_entry(o, &ts_ops, list) {
180 list_del_rcu(&o->list);
187 spin_unlock(&ts_mod_lock);
191 struct ts_linear_state
197 static unsigned int get_linear_data(unsigned int consumed, const u8 **dst,
198 struct ts_config *conf,
199 struct ts_state *state)
201 struct ts_linear_state *st = (struct ts_linear_state *) state->cb;
203 if (likely(consumed < st->len)) {
204 *dst = st->data + consumed;
205 return st->len - consumed;
212 * textsearch_find_continuous - search a pattern in continuous/linear data
213 * @conf: search configuration
214 * @state: search state
215 * @data: data to search in
216 * @len: length of data
218 * A simplified version of textsearch_find() for continuous/linear data.
219 * Call textsearch_next() to retrieve subsequent matches.
221 * Returns the position of first occurrence of the pattern or
222 * %UINT_MAX if no occurrence was found.
224 unsigned int textsearch_find_continuous(struct ts_config *conf,
225 struct ts_state *state,
226 const void *data, unsigned int len)
228 struct ts_linear_state *st = (struct ts_linear_state *) state->cb;
230 conf->get_next_block = get_linear_data;
234 return textsearch_find(conf, state);
238 * textsearch_prepare - Prepare a search
239 * @algo: name of search algorithm
240 * @pattern: pattern data
241 * @len: length of pattern
242 * @gfp_mask: allocation mask
243 * @flags: search flags
245 * Looks up the search algorithm module and creates a new textsearch
246 * configuration for the specified pattern. Upon completion all
247 * necessary refcnts are held and the configuration must be put back
248 * using textsearch_put() after usage.
250 * Note: The format of the pattern may not be compatible between
251 * the various search algorithms.
253 * Returns a new textsearch configuration according to the specified
254 * parameters or a ERR_PTR(). If a zero length pattern is passed, this
255 * function returns EINVAL.
257 struct ts_config *textsearch_prepare(const char *algo, const void *pattern,
258 unsigned int len, gfp_t gfp_mask, int flags)
261 struct ts_config *conf;
265 return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
267 ops = lookup_ts_algo(algo);
270 * Why not always autoload you may ask. Some users are
271 * in a situation where requesting a module may deadlock,
272 * especially when the module is located on a NFS mount.
274 if (ops == NULL && flags & TS_AUTOLOAD) {
275 request_module("ts_%s", algo);
276 ops = lookup_ts_algo(algo);
283 conf = ops->init(pattern, len, gfp_mask);
294 module_put(ops->owner);
300 * textsearch_destroy - destroy a search configuration
301 * @conf: search configuration
303 * Releases all references of the configuration and frees
306 void textsearch_destroy(struct ts_config *conf)
309 if (conf->ops->destroy)
310 conf->ops->destroy(conf);
311 module_put(conf->ops->owner);
317 EXPORT_SYMBOL(textsearch_register);
318 EXPORT_SYMBOL(textsearch_unregister);
319 EXPORT_SYMBOL(textsearch_prepare);
320 EXPORT_SYMBOL(textsearch_find_continuous);
321 EXPORT_SYMBOL(textsearch_destroy);