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-rw-r--r--lib/cmdline.c57
1 files changed, 57 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/cmdline.c b/lib/cmdline.c
index 8f13cf73c2ec..3c6432df7e63 100644
--- a/lib/cmdline.c
+++ b/lib/cmdline.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
#include <linux/export.h>
#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <linux/string.h>
+#include <linux/ctype.h>
/*
* If a hyphen was found in get_option, this will handle the
@@ -189,3 +190,59 @@ bool parse_option_str(const char *str, const char *option)
return false;
}
+
+/*
+ * Parse a string to get a param value pair.
+ * You can use " around spaces, but can't escape ".
+ * Hyphens and underscores equivalent in parameter names.
+ */
+char *next_arg(char *args, char **param, char **val)
+{
+ unsigned int i, equals = 0;
+ int in_quote = 0, quoted = 0;
+ char *next;
+
+ if (*args == '"') {
+ args++;
+ in_quote = 1;
+ quoted = 1;
+ }
+
+ for (i = 0; args[i]; i++) {
+ if (isspace(args[i]) && !in_quote)
+ break;
+ if (equals == 0) {
+ if (args[i] == '=')
+ equals = i;
+ }
+ if (args[i] == '"')
+ in_quote = !in_quote;
+ }
+
+ *param = args;
+ if (!equals)
+ *val = NULL;
+ else {
+ args[equals] = '\0';
+ *val = args + equals + 1;
+
+ /* Don't include quotes in value. */
+ if (**val == '"') {
+ (*val)++;
+ if (args[i-1] == '"')
+ args[i-1] = '\0';
+ }
+ }
+ if (quoted && args[i-1] == '"')
+ args[i-1] = '\0';
+
+ if (args[i]) {
+ args[i] = '\0';
+ next = args + i + 1;
+ } else
+ next = args + i;
+
+ /* Chew up trailing spaces. */
+ return skip_spaces(next);
+ //return next;
+}