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authorAndy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>2013-04-30 15:27:30 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2013-04-30 17:04:03 -0700
commit16c7fa05829e8b91db48e3539c5d6ff3c2b18a23 (patch)
tree6658e9f27c033e5f6de19284fe9a6b8485360aa6 /lib/string_helpers.c
parente1d12f327037a59e06c66520951ab4e0bd29f9c4 (diff)
downloadlinux-16c7fa05829e8b91db48e3539c5d6ff3c2b18a23.tar.bz2
lib/string_helpers: introduce generic string_unescape
There are several places in kernel where modules unescapes input to convert C-Style Escape Sequences into byte codes. The patch provides generic implementation of such approach. Test cases are also included into the patch. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: clarify comment] [akpm@linux-foundation.org: export get_random_int() to modules] Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com> Cc: Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Cc: Jason Baron <jbaron@redhat.com> Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Cc: William Hubbs <w.d.hubbs@gmail.com> Cc: Chris Brannon <chris@the-brannons.com> Cc: Kirk Reiser <kirk@braille.uwo.ca> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/string_helpers.c')
-rw-r--r--lib/string_helpers.c133
1 files changed, 133 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/string_helpers.c b/lib/string_helpers.c
index 1cffc223bff5..ed5c1454dd62 100644
--- a/lib/string_helpers.c
+++ b/lib/string_helpers.c
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@
* Helpers for formatting and printing strings
*
* Copyright 31 August 2008 James Bottomley
+ * Copyright (C) 2013, Intel Corporation
*/
#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <linux/math64.h>
#include <linux/export.h>
+#include <linux/ctype.h>
#include <linux/string_helpers.h>
/**
@@ -66,3 +68,134 @@ int string_get_size(u64 size, const enum string_size_units units,
return 0;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(string_get_size);
+
+static bool unescape_space(char **src, char **dst)
+{
+ char *p = *dst, *q = *src;
+
+ switch (*q) {
+ case 'n':
+ *p = '\n';
+ break;
+ case 'r':
+ *p = '\r';
+ break;
+ case 't':
+ *p = '\t';
+ break;
+ case 'v':
+ *p = '\v';
+ break;
+ case 'f':
+ *p = '\f';
+ break;
+ default:
+ return false;
+ }
+ *dst += 1;
+ *src += 1;
+ return true;
+}
+
+static bool unescape_octal(char **src, char **dst)
+{
+ char *p = *dst, *q = *src;
+ u8 num;
+
+ if (isodigit(*q) == 0)
+ return false;
+
+ num = (*q++) & 7;
+ while (num < 32 && isodigit(*q) && (q - *src < 3)) {
+ num <<= 3;
+ num += (*q++) & 7;
+ }
+ *p = num;
+ *dst += 1;
+ *src = q;
+ return true;
+}
+
+static bool unescape_hex(char **src, char **dst)
+{
+ char *p = *dst, *q = *src;
+ int digit;
+ u8 num;
+
+ if (*q++ != 'x')
+ return false;
+
+ num = digit = hex_to_bin(*q++);
+ if (digit < 0)
+ return false;
+
+ digit = hex_to_bin(*q);
+ if (digit >= 0) {
+ q++;
+ num = (num << 4) | digit;
+ }
+ *p = num;
+ *dst += 1;
+ *src = q;
+ return true;
+}
+
+static bool unescape_special(char **src, char **dst)
+{
+ char *p = *dst, *q = *src;
+
+ switch (*q) {
+ case '\"':
+ *p = '\"';
+ break;
+ case '\\':
+ *p = '\\';
+ break;
+ case 'a':
+ *p = '\a';
+ break;
+ case 'e':
+ *p = '\e';
+ break;
+ default:
+ return false;
+ }
+ *dst += 1;
+ *src += 1;
+ return true;
+}
+
+int string_unescape(char *src, char *dst, size_t size, unsigned int flags)
+{
+ char *out = dst;
+
+ while (*src && --size) {
+ if (src[0] == '\\' && src[1] != '\0' && size > 1) {
+ src++;
+ size--;
+
+ if (flags & UNESCAPE_SPACE &&
+ unescape_space(&src, &out))
+ continue;
+
+ if (flags & UNESCAPE_OCTAL &&
+ unescape_octal(&src, &out))
+ continue;
+
+ if (flags & UNESCAPE_HEX &&
+ unescape_hex(&src, &out))
+ continue;
+
+ if (flags & UNESCAPE_SPECIAL &&
+ unescape_special(&src, &out))
+ continue;
+
+ *out++ = '\\';
+ }
+ *out++ = *src++;
+ }
+ *out = '\0';
+
+ return out - dst;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(string_unescape);