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1 /*
2 * linux/lib/cmdline.c
3 * Helper functions generally used for parsing kernel command line
4 * and module options.
6 * Code and copyrights come from init/main.c and arch/i386/kernel/setup.c.
8 * This source code is licensed under the GNU General Public License,
9 * Version 2. See the file COPYING for more details.
11 * GNU Indent formatting options for this file: -kr -i8 -npsl -pcs
15 #include <linux/module.h>
16 #include <linux/kernel.h>
17 #include <linux/string.h>
20 * If a hyphen was found in get_option, this will handle the
21 * range of numbers, M-N. This will expand the range and insert
22 * the values[M, M+1, ..., N] into the ints array in get_options.
25 static int get_range(char **str, int *pint)
27 int x, inc_counter, upper_range;
29 (*str)++;
30 upper_range = simple_strtol((*str), NULL, 0);
31 inc_counter = upper_range - *pint;
32 for (x = *pint; x < upper_range; x++)
33 *pint++ = x;
34 return inc_counter;
37 /**
38 * get_option - Parse integer from an option string
39 * @str: option string
40 * @pint: (output) integer value parsed from @str
42 * Read an int from an option string; if available accept a subsequent
43 * comma as well.
45 * Return values:
46 * 0 - no int in string
47 * 1 - int found, no subsequent comma
48 * 2 - int found including a subsequent comma
49 * 3 - hyphen found to denote a range
52 int get_option (char **str, int *pint)
54 char *cur = *str;
56 if (!cur || !(*cur))
57 return 0;
58 *pint = simple_strtol (cur, str, 0);
59 if (cur == *str)
60 return 0;
61 if (**str == ',') {
62 (*str)++;
63 return 2;
65 if (**str == '-')
66 return 3;
68 return 1;
71 /**
72 * get_options - Parse a string into a list of integers
73 * @str: String to be parsed
74 * @nints: size of integer array
75 * @ints: integer array
77 * This function parses a string containing a comma-separated
78 * list of integers, a hyphen-separated range of _positive_ integers,
79 * or a combination of both. The parse halts when the array is
80 * full, or when no more numbers can be retrieved from the
81 * string.
83 * Return value is the character in the string which caused
84 * the parse to end (typically a null terminator, if @str is
85 * completely parseable).
88 char *get_options(const char *str, int nints, int *ints)
90 int res, i = 1;
92 while (i < nints) {
93 res = get_option ((char **)&str, ints + i);
94 if (res == 0)
95 break;
96 if (res == 3) {
97 int range_nums;
98 range_nums = get_range((char **)&str, ints + i);
99 if (range_nums < 0)
100 break;
102 * Decrement the result by one to leave out the
103 * last number in the range. The next iteration
104 * will handle the upper number in the range
106 i += (range_nums - 1);
108 i++;
109 if (res == 1)
110 break;
112 ints[0] = i - 1;
113 return (char *)str;
117 * memparse - parse a string with mem suffixes into a number
118 * @ptr: Where parse begins
119 * @retptr: (output) Optional pointer to next char after parse completes
121 * Parses a string into a number. The number stored at @ptr is
122 * potentially suffixed with %K (for kilobytes, or 1024 bytes),
123 * %M (for megabytes, or 1048576 bytes), or %G (for gigabytes, or
124 * 1073741824). If the number is suffixed with K, M, or G, then
125 * the return value is the number multiplied by one kilobyte, one
126 * megabyte, or one gigabyte, respectively.
129 unsigned long long memparse(const char *ptr, char **retptr)
131 char *endptr; /* local pointer to end of parsed string */
133 unsigned long long ret = simple_strtoull(ptr, &endptr, 0);
135 switch (*endptr) {
136 case 'G':
137 case 'g':
138 ret <<= 10;
139 case 'M':
140 case 'm':
141 ret <<= 10;
142 case 'K':
143 case 'k':
144 ret <<= 10;
145 endptr++;
146 default:
147 break;
150 if (retptr)
151 *retptr = endptr;
153 return ret;
157 EXPORT_SYMBOL(memparse);
158 EXPORT_SYMBOL(get_option);
159 EXPORT_SYMBOL(get_options);