lib/parser.c: add match_wildcard() function
match_wildcard function is a simple implementation of wildcard
matching algorithm. It only supports two usual wildcardes:
'*' - matches zero or more characters
'?' - matches one character
This algorithm is safe since it is non-recursive.
Signed-off-by: Du, Changbin <changbin.du@gmail.com>
Cc: Jason Baron <jbaron@akamai.com>
Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/include/linux/parser.h b/include/linux/parser.h
index ea2281e..39d5b79 100644
--- a/include/linux/parser.h
+++ b/include/linux/parser.h
@@ -29,5 +29,6 @@
int match_int(substring_t *, int *result);
int match_octal(substring_t *, int *result);
int match_hex(substring_t *, int *result);
+bool match_wildcard(const char *pattern, const char *str);
size_t match_strlcpy(char *, const substring_t *, size_t);
char *match_strdup(const substring_t *);