[patch 1/3] Add generic routine for parsing map-like options onkernel cmd-line (repost:CC to LKML)

From: Remy Bohmer
Date: Wed Dec 19 2007 - 15:01:38 EST


This patch adds a generic routine to the kernel, so that a map of
settings can be entered on the kernel commandline.

Signed-off-by: Remy Bohmer <linux@xxxxxxxxxx>

---
---
include/linux/kernel.h | 1
lib/cmdline.c | 58 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 59 insertions(+)

Index: linux-2.6.24-rc5-rt1/include/linux/kernel.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.24-rc5-rt1.orig/include/linux/kernel.h 2007-12-18 21:32:09.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6.24-rc5-rt1/include/linux/kernel.h 2007-12-18 21:33:58.000000000 +0100
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ extern int vsscanf(const char *, const c

extern int get_option(char **str, int *pint);
extern char *get_options(const char *str, int nints, int *ints);
+extern int get_map_option(const char *str, const char *key, int *pint);
extern unsigned long long memparse(char *ptr, char **retptr);

extern int core_kernel_text(unsigned long addr);
Index: linux-2.6.24-rc5-rt1/lib/cmdline.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.24-rc5-rt1.orig/lib/cmdline.c 2007-10-09 22:31:38.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.24-rc5-rt1/lib/cmdline.c 2007-12-18 21:33:58.000000000 +0100
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <linux/string.h>
+#include <asm/setup.h>

/*
* If a hyphen was found in get_option, this will handle the
@@ -114,6 +115,63 @@ char *get_options(const char *str, int n
}

/**
+ * get_map_option - Parse integer from an option map
+ *
+ * This function parses an integer from an option map like
+ * some_map=key1:99,key2:98,...,keyN:NN,NN
+ * Only the value of the first match is returned, or if no
+ * key option is given (key = NULL) the value of the first
+ * field without a ':' is returned.
+ *
+ * @str: option string
+ * @key: The key inside the map, can be NULL
+ * @pint: (output) integer value parsed from the map @str
+ *
+ * Return values:
+ * 0 - no int in string
+ * 1 - int found
+ */
+int get_map_option(const char *str, const char *key, int *pint)
+{
+ char buf[COMMAND_LINE_SIZE];
+ char *p, *substr;
+ int found = 0;
+
+ /* We must copy the string to the stack, because strsep()
+ changes it.*/
+ strncpy(buf, str, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE);
+ buf[COMMAND_LINE_SIZE-1] = '\0';
+
+ p = buf;
+ substr = strsep(&p, ",");
+ while ((!found) && (substr != NULL)) {
+ if (strlen(substr) != 0) {
+ if (key == NULL) {
+ /* Check for the absence of any ':' */
+ if (strchr(substr, ':') == NULL) {
+ sscanf(substr, "%d", pint);
+ found = 1;
+ }
+ } else {
+ /* check if the first part of the key matches */
+ if (!strncmp(substr, key, strlen(key))) {
+ substr += strlen(key);
+ /* Now the next char must be a ':',
+ if not, search for the next match */
+ if (*substr == ':') {
+ substr++;
+ sscanf(substr, "%d", pint);
+ found = 1;
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ substr = strsep(&p, ",");
+ }
+ return found;
+}
+
+/**
* memparse - parse a string with mem suffixes into a number
* @ptr: Where parse begins
* @retptr: (output) Pointer to next char after parse completes

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