@@ -29,4 +29,8 @@ void memzero_explicit(void *s, size_t count);
ssize_t strscpy(char *dest, const char *src, size_t count);
#endif
+#if LINUX_VERSION_IS_LESS(4,6,0)
+int match_string(const char * const *array, size_t n, const char *string);
+#endif /* LINUX_VERSION_IS_LESS(4,5,0) */
+
#endif /* __BACKPORT_LINUX_STRING_H */
@@ -75,3 +75,29 @@ int kstrtobool_from_user(const char __user *s, size_t count, bool *res)
return kstrtobool(buf, res);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kstrtobool_from_user);
+
+/**
+ * match_string - matches given string in an array
+ * @array: array of strings
+ * @n: number of strings in the array or -1 for NULL terminated arrays
+ * @string: string to match with
+ *
+ * Return:
+ * index of a @string in the @array if matches, or %-EINVAL otherwise.
+ */
+int match_string(const char * const *array, size_t n, const char *string)
+{
+ int index;
+ const char *item;
+
+ for (index = 0; index < n; index++) {
+ item = array[index];
+ if (!item)
+ break;
+ if (!strcmp(item, string))
+ return index;
+ }
+
+ return -EINVAL;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(match_string);