linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 7/7] request-key: Support the promised multiwildcard matching

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Message-ID: <aKpXONemtv0AUllZ@kernel.org>
Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2025 03:05:12 +0300
From: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@...nel.org>
To: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc: keyrings@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/7] request-key: Support the promised multiwildcard
 matching

On Fri, Aug 22, 2025 at 03:22:14PM +0100, David Howells wrote:
> The manual page for request-key.conf says that multiple wildcards can be
> used in match elements in the config files, so implement this feature.
> 
> Also add a flag, "--test-match", to allow that match function to be tested
> directly, e.g.:
> 
>   request-key --test-match "**a*a***i**a**a**" antidisestablishmentarianism
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
 
Reviewed-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@...nel.org>

BR, Jarkko