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1 /*
2 * Helper function for splitting a string into an argv-like array.
3 */
5 #include <linux/kernel.h>
6 #include <linux/ctype.h>
7 #include <linux/string.h>
8 #include <linux/slab.h>
9 #include <linux/module.h>
11 static const char *skip_arg(const char *cp)
13 while (*cp && !isspace(*cp))
14 cp++;
16 return cp;
19 static int count_argc(const char *str)
21 int count = 0;
23 while (*str) {
24 str = skip_spaces(str);
25 if (*str) {
26 count++;
27 str = skip_arg(str);
31 return count;
34 /**
35 * argv_free - free an argv
36 * @argv - the argument vector to be freed
38 * Frees an argv and the strings it points to.
40 void argv_free(char **argv)
42 char **p;
43 for (p = argv; *p; p++)
44 kfree(*p);
46 kfree(argv);
48 EXPORT_SYMBOL(argv_free);
50 /**
51 * argv_split - split a string at whitespace, returning an argv
52 * @gfp: the GFP mask used to allocate memory
53 * @str: the string to be split
54 * @argcp: returned argument count
56 * Returns an array of pointers to strings which are split out from
57 * @str. This is performed by strictly splitting on white-space; no
58 * quote processing is performed. Multiple whitespace characters are
59 * considered to be a single argument separator. The returned array
60 * is always NULL-terminated. Returns NULL on memory allocation
61 * failure.
63 char **argv_split(gfp_t gfp, const char *str, int *argcp)
65 int argc = count_argc(str);
66 char **argv = kzalloc(sizeof(*argv) * (argc+1), gfp);
67 char **argvp;
69 if (argv == NULL)
70 goto out;
72 if (argcp)
73 *argcp = argc;
75 argvp = argv;
77 while (*str) {
78 str = skip_spaces(str);
80 if (*str) {
81 const char *p = str;
82 char *t;
84 str = skip_arg(str);
86 t = kstrndup(p, str-p, gfp);
87 if (t == NULL)
88 goto fail;
89 *argvp++ = t;
92 *argvp = NULL;
94 out:
95 return argv;
97 fail:
98 argv_free(argv);
99 return NULL;
101 EXPORT_SYMBOL(argv_split);