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authorMark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>2020-12-28 14:20:00 +0000
committerMark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>2020-12-28 14:20:00 +0000
commit2ae6f64ce1ce304b502461fdfe0b96c8171ae2cc (patch)
tree88e987c447daf2c29e2d4c15e58d1029b0cc78c2 /tools/lib/string.c
parent3b66e4a8e58a85af3212c7117d7a29c9ef6679a2 (diff)
parent5c8fe583cce542aa0b84adc939ce85293de36e5e (diff)
Merge tag 'v5.11-rc1' into regulator-5.11
Linux 5.11-rc1
Diffstat (limited to 'tools/lib/string.c')
-rw-r--r--tools/lib/string.c58
1 files changed, 58 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tools/lib/string.c b/tools/lib/string.c
index f645343815de..8b6892f959ab 100644
--- a/tools/lib/string.c
+++ b/tools/lib/string.c
@@ -168,3 +168,61 @@ char *strreplace(char *s, char old, char new)
*s = new;
return s;
}
+
+static void *check_bytes8(const u8 *start, u8 value, unsigned int bytes)
+{
+ while (bytes) {
+ if (*start != value)
+ return (void *)start;
+ start++;
+ bytes--;
+ }
+ return NULL;
+}
+
+/**
+ * memchr_inv - Find an unmatching character in an area of memory.
+ * @start: The memory area
+ * @c: Find a character other than c
+ * @bytes: The size of the area.
+ *
+ * returns the address of the first character other than @c, or %NULL
+ * if the whole buffer contains just @c.
+ */
+void *memchr_inv(const void *start, int c, size_t bytes)
+{
+ u8 value = c;
+ u64 value64;
+ unsigned int words, prefix;
+
+ if (bytes <= 16)
+ return check_bytes8(start, value, bytes);
+
+ value64 = value;
+ value64 |= value64 << 8;
+ value64 |= value64 << 16;
+ value64 |= value64 << 32;
+
+ prefix = (unsigned long)start % 8;
+ if (prefix) {
+ u8 *r;
+
+ prefix = 8 - prefix;
+ r = check_bytes8(start, value, prefix);
+ if (r)
+ return r;
+ start += prefix;
+ bytes -= prefix;
+ }
+
+ words = bytes / 8;
+
+ while (words) {
+ if (*(u64 *)start != value64)
+ return check_bytes8(start, value, 8);
+ start += 8;
+ words--;
+ }
+
+ return check_bytes8(start, value, bytes % 8);
+}