1 files changed, 33 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/string.c b/lib/string.c
index 08ec58cc673b..6012c385fb31 100644
--- a/lib/string.c
+++ b/lib/string.c
@@ -434,6 +434,23 @@ char *strchrnul(const char *s, int c)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(strchrnul);
 #endif
 
+/**
+ * strnchrnul - Find and return a character in a length limited string,
+ * or end of string
+ * @s: The string to be searched
+ * @count: The number of characters to be searched
+ * @c: The character to search for
+ *
+ * Returns pointer to the first occurrence of 'c' in s. If c is not found,
+ * then return a pointer to the last character of the string.
+ */
+char *strnchrnul(const char *s, size_t count, int c)
+{
+	while (count-- && *s && *s != (char)c)
+		s++;
+	return (char *)s;
+}
+
 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRRCHR
 /**
  * strrchr - Find the last occurrence of a character in a string
@@ -682,6 +699,14 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(sysfs_streq);
  * @n:		number of strings in the array or -1 for NULL terminated arrays
  * @string:	string to match with
  *
+ * This routine will look for a string in an array of strings up to the
+ * n-th element in the array or until the first NULL element.
+ *
+ * Historically the value of -1 for @n, was used to search in arrays that
+ * are NULL terminated. However, the function does not make a distinction
+ * when finishing the search: either @n elements have been compared OR
+ * the first NULL element was found.
+ *
  * Return:
  * index of a @string in the @array if matches, or %-EINVAL otherwise.
  */
@@ -710,6 +735,14 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(match_string);
  *
  * Returns index of @str in the @array or -EINVAL, just like match_string().
  * Uses sysfs_streq instead of strcmp for matching.
+ *
+ * This routine will look for a string in an array of strings up to the
+ * n-th element in the array or until the first NULL element.
+ *
+ * Historically the value of -1 for @n, was used to search in arrays that
+ * are NULL terminated. However, the function does not make a distinction
+ * when finishing the search: either @n elements have been compared OR
+ * the first NULL element was found.
  */
 int __sysfs_match_string(const char * const *array, size_t n, const char *str)
 {