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+/*
+ *
+ *  Wireless daemon for Linux
+ *
+ *  Copyright (C) 2019  Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ *  This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ *  modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ *  License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ *  version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *  This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ *  Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ *  License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+ *  Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <errno.h>
+
+struct auth_proto {
+	bool (*start)(struct auth_proto *ap);
+	void (*free)(struct auth_proto *ap);
+	int (*rx_authenticate)(struct auth_proto *driver,
+					const uint8_t *frame, size_t len);
+	int (*rx_associate)(struct auth_proto *driver,
+					const uint8_t *frame, size_t len);
+	bool (*auth_timeout)(struct auth_proto *ap);
+	bool (*assoc_timeout)(struct auth_proto *ap);
+};
+
+static inline void auth_proto_free(struct auth_proto *ap)
+{
+	if (ap && ap->free)
+		ap->free(ap);
+}
+
+static inline bool auth_proto_start(struct auth_proto *ap)
+{
+	if (ap && ap->start)
+		return ap->start(ap);
+
+	return false;
+}
+
+static inline int auth_proto_rx_authenticate(struct auth_proto *ap,
+						const uint8_t *frame,
+						size_t frame_len)
+{
+	if (ap && ap->rx_authenticate)
+		return ap->rx_authenticate(ap, frame, frame_len);
+
+	return -ENOTSUP;
+}
+
+static inline int auth_proto_rx_associate(struct auth_proto *ap,
+						const uint8_t *frame,
+						size_t frame_len)
+{
+	if (ap && ap->rx_associate)
+		return ap->rx_associate(ap, frame, frame_len);
+
+	return -ENOTSUP;
+}
+
+static inline bool auth_proto_auth_timeout(struct auth_proto *ap)
+{
+	if (ap && ap->auth_timeout)
+		return ap->auth_timeout(ap);
+
+	return false;
+}
+
+static inline bool auth_proto_assoc_timeout(struct auth_proto *ap)
+{
+	if (ap && ap->assoc_timeout)
+		return ap->assoc_timeout(ap);
+
+	return false;
+}