[PATCH 1/2][V2] lib: add __sysfs_match_string_with_gaps() helper

[Alexandru Ardelean]

This helper is similar to __sysfs_match_string() with the exception that it
ignores NULL elements within the array.
It takes an extra parameter (called `gaps`) which when true will ignore
the NULL elements. When false, this function behaves exactly like
`__sysfs_match_string()`.

Signed-off-by: Alexandru Ardelean <alexandru.ardelean@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 include/linux/string.h |  2 ++
 lib/string.c           | 48 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
 2 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/string.h b/include/linux/string.h
index 7927b875f80c..08e4a33b5f29 100644
--- a/include/linux/string.h
+++ b/include/linux/string.h
@@ -190,6 +190,8 @@ static inline int strtobool(const char *s, bool *res)
 
 int match_string(const char * const *array, size_t n, const char *string);
 int __sysfs_match_string(const char * const *array, size_t n, const char *s);
+int __sysfs_match_string_with_gaps(const char * const *array, size_t n,
+				   const char *str);
 
 /**
  * sysfs_match_string - matches given string in an array
diff --git a/lib/string.c b/lib/string.c
index 38e4ca08e757..2ae3b7e5ff3d 100644
--- a/lib/string.c
+++ b/lib/string.c
@@ -658,32 +658,58 @@ int match_string(const char * const *array, size_t n, const char *string)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(match_string);
 
-/**
- * __sysfs_match_string - matches given string in an array
- * @array: array of strings
- * @n: number of strings in the array or -1 for NULL terminated arrays
- * @str: string to match with
- *
- * Returns index of @str in the @array or -EINVAL, just like match_string().
- * Uses sysfs_streq instead of strcmp for matching.
- */
-int __sysfs_match_string(const char * const *array, size_t n, const char *str)
+static int __sysfs_match_string_common(const char * const *array, size_t n,
+				       const char *str, bool gaps)
 {
 	const char *item;
 	int index;
 
 	for (index = 0; index < n; index++) {
 		item = array[index];
-		if (!item)
+		if (!item) {
+			if (gaps)
+				continue;
 			break;
+		}
 		if (sysfs_streq(item, str))
 			return index;
 	}
 
 	return -EINVAL;
 }
+
+/**
+ * __sysfs_match_string - matches given string in an array
+ * @array: array of strings
+ * @n: number of strings in the array or -1 for NULL terminated arrays
+ * @str: string to match with
+ *
+ * Returns index of @str in the @array or -EINVAL, just like match_string().
+ * Uses sysfs_streq instead of strcmp for matching.
+ */
+int __sysfs_match_string(const char * const *array, size_t n, const char *str)
+{
+	return __sysfs_match_string_common(array, n, str, false);
+}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__sysfs_match_string);
 
+/**
+ * __sysfs_match_string_with_gaps - matches string in array ignoring NULLs
+ * @array: array of strings
+ * @n: number of strings in the array or -1 for NULL terminated arrays
+ * @str: string to match with
+ *
+ * Returns index of @str in the @array or -EINVAL, just like match_string().
+ * Uses sysfs_streq instead of strcmp for matching.
+ * Ignores NULL entries within the @array.
+ */
+int __sysfs_match_string_with_gaps(const char * const *array, size_t n,
+				   const char *str)
+{
+	return __sysfs_match_string_common(array, n, str, true);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__sysfs_match_string_with_gaps);
+
 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_MEMSET
 /**
  * memset - Fill a region of memory with the given value
-- 
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