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authorMarc Zyngier <[email protected]>2020-11-12 21:20:43 +0000
committerMarc Zyngier <[email protected]>2020-11-12 21:20:43 +0000
commit4f6b838c378a52ea3ae0b15f12ca8a20849072fa (patch)
treefbd8c2346320f97eda221b9150d787f9006e8b35 /lib/string_helpers.c
parentc512298eed0360923d0cbc4a1f30bc0509af0d50 (diff)
parent3650b228f83adda7e5ee532e2b90429c03f7b9ec (diff)
Merge tag 'v5.10-rc1' into kvmarm-master/next
Linux 5.10-rc1 Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <[email protected]>
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diff --git a/lib/string_helpers.c b/lib/string_helpers.c
index 963050c0283e..7f2d5fbaf243 100644
--- a/lib/string_helpers.c
+++ b/lib/string_helpers.c
@@ -649,3 +649,26 @@ char *kstrdup_quotable_file(struct file *file, gfp_t gfp)
return pathname;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kstrdup_quotable_file);
+
+/**
+ * kfree_strarray - free a number of dynamically allocated strings contained
+ * in an array and the array itself
+ *
+ * @array: Dynamically allocated array of strings to free.
+ * @n: Number of strings (starting from the beginning of the array) to free.
+ *
+ * Passing a non-NULL @array and @n == 0 as well as NULL @array are valid
+ * use-cases. If @array is NULL, the function does nothing.
+ */
+void kfree_strarray(char **array, size_t n)
+{
+ unsigned int i;
+
+ if (!array)
+ return;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
+ kfree(array[i]);
+ kfree(array);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kfree_strarray);