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+/**
+ * \file pk_internal.h
+ *
+ * \brief Public Key abstraction layer: internal (i.e. library only) functions
+ *        and definitions.
+ */
+/*
+ *  Copyright The Mbed TLS Contributors
+ *  SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ *
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+ *  not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+ *  WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ */
+#ifndef MBEDTLS_PK_INTERNAL_H
+#define MBEDTLS_PK_INTERNAL_H
+
+#if defined(MBEDTLS_ECP_LIGHT)
+#include "mbedtls/ecp.h"
+#endif
+
+#if defined(MBEDTLS_ECP_LIGHT)
+/**
+ * Public function mbedtls_pk_ec() can be used to get direct access to the
+ * wrapped ecp_keypair strucure pointed to the pk_ctx. However this is not
+ * ideal because it bypasses the PK module on the control of its internal's
+ * structure (pk_context) fields.
+ * For backward compatibility we keep mbedtls_pk_ec() when ECP_C is defined, but
+ * we provide 2 very similar function when only ECP_LIGHT is enabled and not
+ * ECP_C.
+ * These variants embed the "ro" or "rw" keywords in their name to make the
+ * usage of the returned pointer explicit. Of course the returned value is
+ * const or non-const accordingly.
+ */
+static inline const mbedtls_ecp_keypair *mbedtls_pk_ec_ro(const mbedtls_pk_context pk)
+{
+    switch (mbedtls_pk_get_type(&pk)) {
+        case MBEDTLS_PK_ECKEY:
+        case MBEDTLS_PK_ECKEY_DH:
+        case MBEDTLS_PK_ECDSA:
+            return (mbedtls_ecp_keypair *) (pk).MBEDTLS_PRIVATE(pk_ctx);
+        default:
+            return NULL;
+    }
+}
+
+static inline mbedtls_ecp_keypair *mbedtls_pk_ec_rw(const mbedtls_pk_context pk)
+{
+    switch (mbedtls_pk_get_type(&pk)) {
+        case MBEDTLS_PK_ECKEY:
+        case MBEDTLS_PK_ECKEY_DH:
+        case MBEDTLS_PK_ECDSA:
+            return (mbedtls_ecp_keypair *) (pk).MBEDTLS_PRIVATE(pk_ctx);
+        default:
+            return NULL;
+    }
+}
+#endif /* MBEDTLS_ECP_LIGHT */
+
+#endif /* MBEDTLS_PK_INTERNAL_H */