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-rw-r--r--lib/string_helpers.c20
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diff --git a/lib/string_helpers.c b/lib/string_helpers.c
index 3806a52ce697..2ddc10bd9add 100644
--- a/lib/string_helpers.c
+++ b/lib/string_helpers.c
@@ -696,3 +696,23 @@ void kfree_strarray(char **array, size_t n)
kfree(array);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kfree_strarray);
+
+/**
+ * memcpy_and_pad - Copy one buffer to another with padding
+ * @dest: Where to copy to
+ * @dest_len: The destination buffer size
+ * @src: Where to copy from
+ * @count: The number of bytes to copy
+ * @pad: Character to use for padding if space is left in destination.
+ */
+void memcpy_and_pad(void *dest, size_t dest_len, const void *src, size_t count,
+ int pad)
+{
+ if (dest_len > count) {
+ memcpy(dest, src, count);
+ memset(dest + count, pad, dest_len - count);
+ } else {
+ memcpy(dest, src, dest_len);
+ }
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(memcpy_and_pad);