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+/*
+ * This file is part of the Linux kernel, and is made available under
+ * the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2.
+ *
+ * Misc librarized functions for cmdline poking.
+ */
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
+#include <linux/ctype.h>
+#include <asm/setup.h>
+
+static inline int myisspace(u8 c)
+{
+ return c <= ' '; /* Close enough approximation */
+}
+
+/**
+ * Find a boolean option (like quiet,noapic,nosmp....)
+ *
+ * @cmdline: the cmdline string
+ * @option: option string to look for
+ *
+ * Returns the position of that @option (starts counting with 1)
+ * or 0 on not found.
+ */
+int cmdline_find_option_bool(const char *cmdline, const char *option)
+{
+ char c;
+ int len, pos = 0, wstart = 0;
+ const char *opptr = NULL;
+ enum {
+ st_wordstart = 0, /* Start of word/after whitespace */
+ st_wordcmp, /* Comparing this word */
+ st_wordskip, /* Miscompare, skip */
+ } state = st_wordstart;
+
+ if (!cmdline)
+ return -1; /* No command line */
+
+ len = min_t(int, strlen(cmdline), COMMAND_LINE_SIZE);
+ if (!len)
+ return 0;
+
+ while (len--) {
+ c = *(char *)cmdline++;
+ pos++;
+
+ switch (state) {
+ case st_wordstart:
+ if (!c)
+ return 0;
+ else if (myisspace(c))
+ break;
+
+ state = st_wordcmp;
+ opptr = option;
+ wstart = pos;
+ /* fall through */
+
+ case st_wordcmp:
+ if (!*opptr)
+ if (!c || myisspace(c))
+ return wstart;
+ else
+ state = st_wordskip;
+ else if (!c)
+ return 0;
+ else if (c != *opptr++)
+ state = st_wordskip;
+ else if (!len) /* last word and is matching */
+ return wstart;
+ break;
+
+ case st_wordskip:
+ if (!c)
+ return 0;
+ else if (myisspace(c))
+ state = st_wordstart;
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+
+ return 0; /* Buffer overrun */
+}