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+/*
+ * This file is part of the Linux kernel, and is made available under
+ * the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2.
+ *
+ * Misc librarized functions for cmdline poking.
+ */
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
+#include <linux/ctype.h>
+#include <asm/setup.h>
+
+static inline int myisspace(u8 c)
+{
+       return c <= ' ';        /* Close enough approximation */
+}
+
+/**
+ * Find a boolean option (like quiet,noapic,nosmp....)
+ *
+ * @cmdline: the cmdline string
+ * @option: option string to look for
+ *
+ * Returns the position of that @option (starts counting with 1)
+ * or 0 on not found.
+ */
+int cmdline_find_option_bool(const char *cmdline, const char *option)
+{
+       char c;
+       int len, pos = 0, wstart = 0;
+       const char *opptr = NULL;
+       enum {
+               st_wordstart = 0,       /* Start of word/after whitespace */
+               st_wordcmp,     /* Comparing this word */
+               st_wordskip,    /* Miscompare, skip */
+       } state = st_wordstart;
+
+       if (!cmdline)
+               return -1;      /* No command line */
+
+       len = min_t(int, strlen(cmdline), COMMAND_LINE_SIZE);
+       if (!len)
+               return 0;
+
+       while (len--) {
+               c = *(char *)cmdline++;
+               pos++;
+
+               switch (state) {
+               case st_wordstart:
+                       if (!c)
+                               return 0;
+                       else if (myisspace(c))
+                               break;
+
+                       state = st_wordcmp;
+                       opptr = option;
+                       wstart = pos;
+                       /* fall through */
+
+               case st_wordcmp:
+                       if (!*opptr)
+                               if (!c || myisspace(c))
+                                       return wstart;
+                               else
+                                       state = st_wordskip;
+                       else if (!c)
+                               return 0;
+                       else if (c != *opptr++)
+                               state = st_wordskip;
+                       else if (!len)          /* last word and is matching */
+                               return wstart;
+                       break;
+
+               case st_wordskip:
+                       if (!c)
+                               return 0;
+                       else if (myisspace(c))
+                               state = st_wordstart;
+                       break;
+               }
+       }
+
+       return 0;       /* Buffer overrun */
+}