3 files changed, 109 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/string.h b/include/linux/string.h
index ee5e9ccc4aae..836062b7582a 100644
--- a/include/linux/string.h
+++ b/include/linux/string.h
@@ -108,6 +108,9 @@ extern char *kstrdup(const char *s, gfp_t gfp);
 extern char *kstrndup(const char *s, size_t len, gfp_t gfp);
 extern void *kmemdup(const void *src, size_t len, gfp_t gfp);
 
+extern char **argv_split(gfp_t gfp, const char *str, int *argcp);
+extern void argv_free(char **argv);
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/lib/Makefile b/lib/Makefile
index da68b2ca0606..614966387402 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile
+++ b/lib/Makefile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 lib-y := ctype.o string.o vsprintf.o cmdline.o \
 	 rbtree.o radix-tree.o dump_stack.o \
 	 idr.o int_sqrt.o bitmap.o extable.o prio_tree.o \
-	 sha1.o irq_regs.o reciprocal_div.o
+	 sha1.o irq_regs.o reciprocal_div.o argv_split.o
 
 lib-$(CONFIG_MMU) += ioremap.o
 lib-$(CONFIG_SMP) += cpumask.o
diff --git a/lib/argv_split.c b/lib/argv_split.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4096ed42f490
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/argv_split.c
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+/*
+ * Helper function for splitting a string into an argv-like array.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/ctype.h>
+#include <linux/bug.h>
+
+static const char *skip_sep(const char *cp)
+{
+	while (*cp && isspace(*cp))
+		cp++;
+
+	return cp;
+}
+
+static const char *skip_arg(const char *cp)
+{
+	while (*cp && !isspace(*cp))
+		cp++;
+
+	return cp;
+}
+
+static int count_argc(const char *str)
+{
+	int count = 0;
+
+	while (*str) {
+		str = skip_sep(str);
+		if (*str) {
+			count++;
+			str = skip_arg(str);
+		}
+	}
+
+	return count;
+}
+
+/**
+ * argv_free - free an argv
+ * @argv - the argument vector to be freed
+ *
+ * Frees an argv and the strings it points to.
+ */
+void argv_free(char **argv)
+{
+	char **p;
+	for (p = argv; *p; p++)
+		kfree(*p);
+
+	kfree(argv);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(argv_free);
+
+/**
+ * argv_split - split a string at whitespace, returning an argv
+ * @gfp: the GFP mask used to allocate memory
+ * @str: the string to be split
+ * @argcp: returned argument count
+ *
+ * Returns an array of pointers to strings which are split out from
+ * @str.  This is performed by strictly splitting on white-space; no
+ * quote processing is performed.  Multiple whitespace characters are
+ * considered to be a single argument separator.  The returned array
+ * is always NULL-terminated.  Returns NULL on memory allocation
+ * failure.
+ */
+char **argv_split(gfp_t gfp, const char *str, int *argcp)
+{
+	int argc = count_argc(str);
+	char **argv = kzalloc(sizeof(*argv) * (argc+1), gfp);
+	char **argvp;
+
+	if (argv == NULL)
+		goto out;
+
+	*argcp = argc;
+	argvp = argv;
+
+	while (*str) {
+		str = skip_sep(str);
+
+		if (*str) {
+			const char *p = str;
+			char *t;
+
+			str = skip_arg(str);
+
+			t = kstrndup(p, str-p, gfp);
+			if (t == NULL)
+				goto fail;
+			*argvp++ = t;
+		}
+	}
+	*argvp = NULL;
+
+  out:
+	return argv;
+
+  fail:
+	argv_free(argv);
+	return NULL;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(argv_split);