+ if( type.bv_val != NULL ) {
+ rc = slap_bv2ad( &type, &ma->ma_desc, text );
+ if( rc != LDAP_SUCCESS ) {
+ mra_free( ma, 1 );
+ return rc;
+ }
+
+ } else {
+ *text = "matching without attribute description rule not supported";
+ return LDAP_INAPPROPRIATE_MATCHING;
+ }
+
+ if( ma->ma_rule_text.bv_val != NULL ) {
+ ma->ma_rule = mr_bvfind( &ma->ma_rule_text );
+ if( ma->ma_rule == NULL ) {
+ mra_free( ma, 1 );
+ *text = "matching rule not recognized";
+ return LDAP_INAPPROPRIATE_MATCHING;
+ }
+ }
+
+ if( ma->ma_desc != NULL &&
+ ma->ma_desc->ad_type->sat_equality != NULL &&
+ ma->ma_desc->ad_type->sat_equality->smr_usage & SLAP_MR_EXT )
+ {
+ /* no matching rule was provided, use the attribute's
+ equality rule if it supports extensible matching. */
+ ma->ma_rule = ma->ma_desc->ad_type->sat_equality;
+
+ } else {
+ mra_free( ma, 1 );
+ return LDAP_INAPPROPRIATE_MATCHING;
+ }
+
+ /* check to see if the matching rule is appropriate for
+ the syntax of the attribute. This check will need
+ to be extended to support other kinds of extensible
+ matching rules */
+ if( strcmp( ma->ma_rule->smr_syntax->ssyn_oid,
+ ma->ma_desc->ad_type->sat_syntax->ssyn_oid ) != 0 )
+ {
+ mra_free( ma, 1 );
+ return LDAP_INAPPROPRIATE_MATCHING;
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * OK, if no matching rule, normalize for equality, otherwise
+ * normalize for the matching rule.
+ */
+ rc = value_validate_normalize( ma->ma_desc, SLAP_MR_EQUALITY,
+ &value, &ma->ma_value, text );
+
+ if( rc != LDAP_SUCCESS ) {
+ mra_free( ma, 1 );
+ return rc;
+ }
+
+ *mra = ma;