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diff --git a/include/linux/string.h b/include/linux/string.h
index 4a5a0eb7df51..7927b875f80c 100644
--- a/include/linux/string.h
+++ b/include/linux/string.h
@@ -131,6 +131,13 @@ static inline void *memset_p(void **p, void *v, __kernel_size_t n)
return memset64((uint64_t *)p, (uintptr_t)v, n);
}
+extern void **__memcat_p(void **a, void **b);
+#define memcat_p(a, b) ({ \
+ BUILD_BUG_ON_MSG(!__same_type(*(a), *(b)), \
+ "type mismatch in memcat_p()"); \
+ (typeof(*a) *)__memcat_p((void **)(a), (void **)(b)); \
+})
+
#ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_MEMCPY
extern void * memcpy(void *,const void *,__kernel_size_t);
#endif
@@ -449,4 +456,24 @@ static inline void memcpy_and_pad(void *dest, size_t dest_len,
memcpy(dest, src, dest_len);
}
+/**
+ * str_has_prefix - Test if a string has a given prefix
+ * @str: The string to test
+ * @prefix: The string to see if @str starts with
+ *
+ * A common way to test a prefix of a string is to do:
+ * strncmp(str, prefix, sizeof(prefix) - 1)
+ *
+ * But this can lead to bugs due to typos, or if prefix is a pointer
+ * and not a constant. Instead use str_has_prefix().
+ *
+ * Returns: 0 if @str does not start with @prefix
+ strlen(@prefix) if @str does start with @prefix
+ */
+static __always_inline size_t str_has_prefix(const char *str, const char *prefix)
+{
+ size_t len = strlen(prefix);
+ return strncmp(str, prefix, len) == 0 ? len : 0;
+}
+
#endif /* _LINUX_STRING_H_ */