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1 /*
2  *  linux/lib/string.c
3  *
4  *  Copyright (C) 1991, 1992  Linus Torvalds
5  */
6 
7 /*
8  * stupid library routines.. The optimized versions should generally be found
9  * as inline code in <asm-xx/string.h>
10  *
11  * These are buggy as well..
12  *
13  * * Fri Jun 25 1999, Ingo Oeser <ioe@informatik.tu-chemnitz.de>
14  * -  Added strsep() which will replace strtok() soon (because strsep() is
15  *    reentrant and should be faster). Use only strsep() in new code, please.
16  *
17  * * Sat Feb 09 2002, Jason Thomas <jason@topic.com.au>,
18  *                    Matthew Hawkins <matt@mh.dropbear.id.au>
19  * -  Kissed strtok() goodbye
20  */
21 
22 #include <linux/types.h>
23 #include <linux/string.h>
24 #include <linux/ctype.h>
25 #include <linux/kernel.h>
26 #include <linux/export.h>
27 #include <linux/bug.h>
28 #include <linux/errno.h>
29 
30 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRNCASECMP
31 /**
32  * strncasecmp - Case insensitive, length-limited string comparison
33  * @s1: One string
34  * @s2: The other string
35  * @len: the maximum number of characters to compare
36  */
37 int strncasecmp(const char *s1, const char *s2, size_t len)
38 {
39 	/* Yes, Virginia, it had better be unsigned */
40 	unsigned char c1, c2;
41 
42 	if (!len)
43 		return 0;
44 
45 	do {
46 		c1 = *s1++;
47 		c2 = *s2++;
48 		if (!c1 || !c2)
49 			break;
50 		if (c1 == c2)
51 			continue;
52 		c1 = tolower(c1);
53 		c2 = tolower(c2);
54 		if (c1 != c2)
55 			break;
56 	} while (--len);
57 	return (int)c1 - (int)c2;
58 }
59 EXPORT_SYMBOL(strncasecmp);
60 #endif
61 
62 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRCASECMP
63 int strcasecmp(const char *s1, const char *s2)
64 {
65 	int c1, c2;
66 
67 	do {
68 		c1 = tolower(*s1++);
69 		c2 = tolower(*s2++);
70 	} while (c1 == c2 && c1 != 0);
71 	return c1 - c2;
72 }
73 EXPORT_SYMBOL(strcasecmp);
74 #endif
75 
76 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRCPY
77 /**
78  * strcpy - Copy a %NUL terminated string
79  * @dest: Where to copy the string to
80  * @src: Where to copy the string from
81  */
82 #undef strcpy
83 char *strcpy(char *dest, const char *src)
84 {
85 	char *tmp = dest;
86 
87 	while ((*dest++ = *src++) != '\0')
88 		/* nothing */;
89 	return tmp;
90 }
91 EXPORT_SYMBOL(strcpy);
92 #endif
93 
94 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRNCPY
95 /**
96  * strncpy - Copy a length-limited, C-string
97  * @dest: Where to copy the string to
98  * @src: Where to copy the string from
99  * @count: The maximum number of bytes to copy
100  *
101  * The result is not %NUL-terminated if the source exceeds
102  * @count bytes.
103  *
104  * In the case where the length of @src is less than  that  of
105  * count, the remainder of @dest will be padded with %NUL.
106  *
107  */
108 char *strncpy(char *dest, const char *src, size_t count)
109 {
110 	char *tmp = dest;
111 
112 	while (count) {
113 		if ((*tmp = *src) != 0)
114 			src++;
115 		tmp++;
116 		count--;
117 	}
118 	return dest;
119 }
120 EXPORT_SYMBOL(strncpy);
121 #endif
122 
123 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRLCPY
124 /**
125  * strlcpy - Copy a C-string into a sized buffer
126  * @dest: Where to copy the string to
127  * @src: Where to copy the string from
128  * @size: size of destination buffer
129  *
130  * Compatible with *BSD: the result is always a valid
131  * NUL-terminated string that fits in the buffer (unless,
132  * of course, the buffer size is zero). It does not pad
133  * out the result like strncpy() does.
134  */
135 size_t strlcpy(char *dest, const char *src, size_t size)
136 {
137 	size_t ret = strlen(src);
138 
139 	if (size) {
140 		size_t len = (ret >= size) ? size - 1 : ret;
141 		memcpy(dest, src, len);
142 		dest[len] = '\0';
143 	}
144 	return ret;
145 }
146 EXPORT_SYMBOL(strlcpy);
147 #endif
148 
149 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRCAT
150 /**
151  * strcat - Append one %NUL-terminated string to another
152  * @dest: The string to be appended to
153  * @src: The string to append to it
154  */
155 #undef strcat
156 char *strcat(char *dest, const char *src)
157 {
158 	char *tmp = dest;
159 
160 	while (*dest)
161 		dest++;
162 	while ((*dest++ = *src++) != '\0')
163 		;
164 	return tmp;
165 }
166 EXPORT_SYMBOL(strcat);
167 #endif
168 
169 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRNCAT
170 /**
171  * strncat - Append a length-limited, C-string to another
172  * @dest: The string to be appended to
173  * @src: The string to append to it
174  * @count: The maximum numbers of bytes to copy
175  *
176  * Note that in contrast to strncpy(), strncat() ensures the result is
177  * terminated.
178  */
179 char *strncat(char *dest, const char *src, size_t count)
180 {
181 	char *tmp = dest;
182 
183 	if (count) {
184 		while (*dest)
185 			dest++;
186 		while ((*dest++ = *src++) != 0) {
187 			if (--count == 0) {
188 				*dest = '\0';
189 				break;
190 			}
191 		}
192 	}
193 	return tmp;
194 }
195 EXPORT_SYMBOL(strncat);
196 #endif
197 
198 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRLCAT
199 /**
200  * strlcat - Append a length-limited, C-string to another
201  * @dest: The string to be appended to
202  * @src: The string to append to it
203  * @count: The size of the destination buffer.
204  */
205 size_t strlcat(char *dest, const char *src, size_t count)
206 {
207 	size_t dsize = strlen(dest);
208 	size_t len = strlen(src);
209 	size_t res = dsize + len;
210 
211 	/* This would be a bug */
212 	BUG_ON(dsize >= count);
213 
214 	dest += dsize;
215 	count -= dsize;
216 	if (len >= count)
217 		len = count-1;
218 	memcpy(dest, src, len);
219 	dest[len] = 0;
220 	return res;
221 }
222 EXPORT_SYMBOL(strlcat);
223 #endif
224 
225 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRCMP
226 /**
227  * strcmp - Compare two strings
228  * @cs: One string
229  * @ct: Another string
230  */
231 #undef strcmp
232 int strcmp(const char *cs, const char *ct)
233 {
234 	unsigned char c1, c2;
235 
236 	while (1) {
237 		c1 = *cs++;
238 		c2 = *ct++;
239 		if (c1 != c2)
240 			return c1 < c2 ? -1 : 1;
241 		if (!c1)
242 			break;
243 	}
244 	return 0;
245 }
246 EXPORT_SYMBOL(strcmp);
247 #endif
248 
249 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRNCMP
250 /**
251  * strncmp - Compare two length-limited strings
252  * @cs: One string
253  * @ct: Another string
254  * @count: The maximum number of bytes to compare
255  */
256 int strncmp(const char *cs, const char *ct, size_t count)
257 {
258 	unsigned char c1, c2;
259 
260 	while (count) {
261 		c1 = *cs++;
262 		c2 = *ct++;
263 		if (c1 != c2)
264 			return c1 < c2 ? -1 : 1;
265 		if (!c1)
266 			break;
267 		count--;
268 	}
269 	return 0;
270 }
271 EXPORT_SYMBOL(strncmp);
272 #endif
273 
274 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRCHR
275 /**
276  * strchr - Find the first occurrence of a character in a string
277  * @s: The string to be searched
278  * @c: The character to search for
279  */
280 char *strchr(const char *s, int c)
281 {
282 	for (; *s != (char)c; ++s)
283 		if (*s == '\0')
284 			return NULL;
285 	return (char *)s;
286 }
287 EXPORT_SYMBOL(strchr);
288 #endif
289 
290 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRCHRNUL
291 /**
292  * strchrnul - Find and return a character in a string, or end of string
293  * @s: The string to be searched
294  * @c: The character to search for
295  *
296  * Returns pointer to first occurrence of 'c' in s. If c is not found, then
297  * return a pointer to the null byte at the end of s.
298  */
299 char *strchrnul(const char *s, int c)
300 {
301 	while (*s && *s != (char)c)
302 		s++;
303 	return (char *)s;
304 }
305 EXPORT_SYMBOL(strchrnul);
306 #endif
307 
308 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRRCHR
309 /**
310  * strrchr - Find the last occurrence of a character in a string
311  * @s: The string to be searched
312  * @c: The character to search for
313  */
314 char *strrchr(const char *s, int c)
315 {
316 	const char *last = NULL;
317 	do {
318 		if (*s == (char)c)
319 			last = s;
320 	} while (*s++);
321 	return (char *)last;
322 }
323 EXPORT_SYMBOL(strrchr);
324 #endif
325 
326 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRNCHR
327 /**
328  * strnchr - Find a character in a length limited string
329  * @s: The string to be searched
330  * @count: The number of characters to be searched
331  * @c: The character to search for
332  */
333 char *strnchr(const char *s, size_t count, int c)
334 {
335 	for (; count-- && *s != '\0'; ++s)
336 		if (*s == (char)c)
337 			return (char *)s;
338 	return NULL;
339 }
340 EXPORT_SYMBOL(strnchr);
341 #endif
342 
343 /**
344  * skip_spaces - Removes leading whitespace from @str.
345  * @str: The string to be stripped.
346  *
347  * Returns a pointer to the first non-whitespace character in @str.
348  */
349 char *skip_spaces(const char *str)
350 {
351 	while (isspace(*str))
352 		++str;
353 	return (char *)str;
354 }
355 EXPORT_SYMBOL(skip_spaces);
356 
357 /**
358  * strim - Removes leading and trailing whitespace from @s.
359  * @s: The string to be stripped.
360  *
361  * Note that the first trailing whitespace is replaced with a %NUL-terminator
362  * in the given string @s. Returns a pointer to the first non-whitespace
363  * character in @s.
364  */
365 char *strim(char *s)
366 {
367 	size_t size;
368 	char *end;
369 
370 	size = strlen(s);
371 	if (!size)
372 		return s;
373 
374 	end = s + size - 1;
375 	while (end >= s && isspace(*end))
376 		end--;
377 	*(end + 1) = '\0';
378 
379 	return skip_spaces(s);
380 }
381 EXPORT_SYMBOL(strim);
382 
383 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRLEN
384 /**
385  * strlen - Find the length of a string
386  * @s: The string to be sized
387  */
388 size_t strlen(const char *s)
389 {
390 	const char *sc;
391 
392 	for (sc = s; *sc != '\0'; ++sc)
393 		/* nothing */;
394 	return sc - s;
395 }
396 EXPORT_SYMBOL(strlen);
397 #endif
398 
399 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRNLEN
400 /**
401  * strnlen - Find the length of a length-limited string
402  * @s: The string to be sized
403  * @count: The maximum number of bytes to search
404  */
405 size_t strnlen(const char *s, size_t count)
406 {
407 	const char *sc;
408 
409 	for (sc = s; count-- && *sc != '\0'; ++sc)
410 		/* nothing */;
411 	return sc - s;
412 }
413 EXPORT_SYMBOL(strnlen);
414 #endif
415 
416 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRSPN
417 /**
418  * strspn - Calculate the length of the initial substring of @s which only contain letters in @accept
419  * @s: The string to be searched
420  * @accept: The string to search for
421  */
422 size_t strspn(const char *s, const char *accept)
423 {
424 	const char *p;
425 	const char *a;
426 	size_t count = 0;
427 
428 	for (p = s; *p != '\0'; ++p) {
429 		for (a = accept; *a != '\0'; ++a) {
430 			if (*p == *a)
431 				break;
432 		}
433 		if (*a == '\0')
434 			return count;
435 		++count;
436 	}
437 	return count;
438 }
439 
440 EXPORT_SYMBOL(strspn);
441 #endif
442 
443 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRCSPN
444 /**
445  * strcspn - Calculate the length of the initial substring of @s which does not contain letters in @reject
446  * @s: The string to be searched
447  * @reject: The string to avoid
448  */
449 size_t strcspn(const char *s, const char *reject)
450 {
451 	const char *p;
452 	const char *r;
453 	size_t count = 0;
454 
455 	for (p = s; *p != '\0'; ++p) {
456 		for (r = reject; *r != '\0'; ++r) {
457 			if (*p == *r)
458 				return count;
459 		}
460 		++count;
461 	}
462 	return count;
463 }
464 EXPORT_SYMBOL(strcspn);
465 #endif
466 
467 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRPBRK
468 /**
469  * strpbrk - Find the first occurrence of a set of characters
470  * @cs: The string to be searched
471  * @ct: The characters to search for
472  */
473 char *strpbrk(const char *cs, const char *ct)
474 {
475 	const char *sc1, *sc2;
476 
477 	for (sc1 = cs; *sc1 != '\0'; ++sc1) {
478 		for (sc2 = ct; *sc2 != '\0'; ++sc2) {
479 			if (*sc1 == *sc2)
480 				return (char *)sc1;
481 		}
482 	}
483 	return NULL;
484 }
485 EXPORT_SYMBOL(strpbrk);
486 #endif
487 
488 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRSEP
489 /**
490  * strsep - Split a string into tokens
491  * @s: The string to be searched
492  * @ct: The characters to search for
493  *
494  * strsep() updates @s to point after the token, ready for the next call.
495  *
496  * It returns empty tokens, too, behaving exactly like the libc function
497  * of that name. In fact, it was stolen from glibc2 and de-fancy-fied.
498  * Same semantics, slimmer shape. ;)
499  */
500 char *strsep(char **s, const char *ct)
501 {
502 	char *sbegin = *s;
503 	char *end;
504 
505 	if (sbegin == NULL)
506 		return NULL;
507 
508 	end = strpbrk(sbegin, ct);
509 	if (end)
510 		*end++ = '\0';
511 	*s = end;
512 	return sbegin;
513 }
514 EXPORT_SYMBOL(strsep);
515 #endif
516 
517 /**
518  * sysfs_streq - return true if strings are equal, modulo trailing newline
519  * @s1: one string
520  * @s2: another string
521  *
522  * This routine returns true iff two strings are equal, treating both
523  * NUL and newline-then-NUL as equivalent string terminations.  It's
524  * geared for use with sysfs input strings, which generally terminate
525  * with newlines but are compared against values without newlines.
526  */
527 bool sysfs_streq(const char *s1, const char *s2)
528 {
529 	while (*s1 && *s1 == *s2) {
530 		s1++;
531 		s2++;
532 	}
533 
534 	if (*s1 == *s2)
535 		return true;
536 	if (!*s1 && *s2 == '\n' && !s2[1])
537 		return true;
538 	if (*s1 == '\n' && !s1[1] && !*s2)
539 		return true;
540 	return false;
541 }
542 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sysfs_streq);
543 
544 /**
545  * strtobool - convert common user inputs into boolean values
546  * @s: input string
547  * @res: result
548  *
549  * This routine returns 0 iff the first character is one of 'Yy1Nn0'.
550  * Otherwise it will return -EINVAL.  Value pointed to by res is
551  * updated upon finding a match.
552  */
553 int strtobool(const char *s, bool *res)
554 {
555 	switch (s[0]) {
556 	case 'y':
557 	case 'Y':
558 	case '1':
559 		*res = true;
560 		break;
561 	case 'n':
562 	case 'N':
563 	case '0':
564 		*res = false;
565 		break;
566 	default:
567 		return -EINVAL;
568 	}
569 	return 0;
570 }
571 EXPORT_SYMBOL(strtobool);
572 
573 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_MEMSET
574 /**
575  * memset - Fill a region of memory with the given value
576  * @s: Pointer to the start of the area.
577  * @c: The byte to fill the area with
578  * @count: The size of the area.
579  *
580  * Do not use memset() to access IO space, use memset_io() instead.
581  */
582 void *memset(void *s, int c, size_t count)
583 {
584 	char *xs = s;
585 
586 	while (count--)
587 		*xs++ = c;
588 	return s;
589 }
590 EXPORT_SYMBOL(memset);
591 #endif
592 
593 /**
594  * memzero_explicit - Fill a region of memory (e.g. sensitive
595  *		      keying data) with 0s.
596  * @s: Pointer to the start of the area.
597  * @count: The size of the area.
598  *
599  * Note: usually using memset() is just fine (!), but in cases
600  * where clearing out _local_ data at the end of a scope is
601  * necessary, memzero_explicit() should be used instead in
602  * order to prevent the compiler from optimising away zeroing.
603  *
604  * memzero_explicit() doesn't need an arch-specific version as
605  * it just invokes the one of memset() implicitly.
606  */
607 void memzero_explicit(void *s, size_t count)
608 {
609 	memset(s, 0, count);
610 	barrier_data(s);
611 }
612 EXPORT_SYMBOL(memzero_explicit);
613 
614 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_MEMCPY
615 /**
616  * memcpy - Copy one area of memory to another
617  * @dest: Where to copy to
618  * @src: Where to copy from
619  * @count: The size of the area.
620  *
621  * You should not use this function to access IO space, use memcpy_toio()
622  * or memcpy_fromio() instead.
623  */
624 void *memcpy(void *dest, const void *src, size_t count)
625 {
626 	char *tmp = dest;
627 	const char *s = src;
628 
629 	while (count--)
630 		*tmp++ = *s++;
631 	return dest;
632 }
633 EXPORT_SYMBOL(memcpy);
634 #endif
635 
636 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_MEMMOVE
637 /**
638  * memmove - Copy one area of memory to another
639  * @dest: Where to copy to
640  * @src: Where to copy from
641  * @count: The size of the area.
642  *
643  * Unlike memcpy(), memmove() copes with overlapping areas.
644  */
645 void *memmove(void *dest, const void *src, size_t count)
646 {
647 	char *tmp;
648 	const char *s;
649 
650 	if (dest <= src) {
651 		tmp = dest;
652 		s = src;
653 		while (count--)
654 			*tmp++ = *s++;
655 	} else {
656 		tmp = dest;
657 		tmp += count;
658 		s = src;
659 		s += count;
660 		while (count--)
661 			*--tmp = *--s;
662 	}
663 	return dest;
664 }
665 EXPORT_SYMBOL(memmove);
666 #endif
667 
668 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_MEMCMP
669 /**
670  * memcmp - Compare two areas of memory
671  * @cs: One area of memory
672  * @ct: Another area of memory
673  * @count: The size of the area.
674  */
675 #undef memcmp
676 __visible int memcmp(const void *cs, const void *ct, size_t count)
677 {
678 	const unsigned char *su1, *su2;
679 	int res = 0;
680 
681 	for (su1 = cs, su2 = ct; 0 < count; ++su1, ++su2, count--)
682 		if ((res = *su1 - *su2) != 0)
683 			break;
684 	return res;
685 }
686 EXPORT_SYMBOL(memcmp);
687 #endif
688 
689 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_MEMSCAN
690 /**
691  * memscan - Find a character in an area of memory.
692  * @addr: The memory area
693  * @c: The byte to search for
694  * @size: The size of the area.
695  *
696  * returns the address of the first occurrence of @c, or 1 byte past
697  * the area if @c is not found
698  */
699 void *memscan(void *addr, int c, size_t size)
700 {
701 	unsigned char *p = addr;
702 
703 	while (size) {
704 		if (*p == c)
705 			return (void *)p;
706 		p++;
707 		size--;
708 	}
709   	return (void *)p;
710 }
711 EXPORT_SYMBOL(memscan);
712 #endif
713 
714 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRSTR
715 /**
716  * strstr - Find the first substring in a %NUL terminated string
717  * @s1: The string to be searched
718  * @s2: The string to search for
719  */
720 char *strstr(const char *s1, const char *s2)
721 {
722 	size_t l1, l2;
723 
724 	l2 = strlen(s2);
725 	if (!l2)
726 		return (char *)s1;
727 	l1 = strlen(s1);
728 	while (l1 >= l2) {
729 		l1--;
730 		if (!memcmp(s1, s2, l2))
731 			return (char *)s1;
732 		s1++;
733 	}
734 	return NULL;
735 }
736 EXPORT_SYMBOL(strstr);
737 #endif
738 
739 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRNSTR
740 /**
741  * strnstr - Find the first substring in a length-limited string
742  * @s1: The string to be searched
743  * @s2: The string to search for
744  * @len: the maximum number of characters to search
745  */
746 char *strnstr(const char *s1, const char *s2, size_t len)
747 {
748 	size_t l2;
749 
750 	l2 = strlen(s2);
751 	if (!l2)
752 		return (char *)s1;
753 	while (len >= l2) {
754 		len--;
755 		if (!memcmp(s1, s2, l2))
756 			return (char *)s1;
757 		s1++;
758 	}
759 	return NULL;
760 }
761 EXPORT_SYMBOL(strnstr);
762 #endif
763 
764 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_MEMCHR
765 /**
766  * memchr - Find a character in an area of memory.
767  * @s: The memory area
768  * @c: The byte to search for
769  * @n: The size of the area.
770  *
771  * returns the address of the first occurrence of @c, or %NULL
772  * if @c is not found
773  */
774 void *memchr(const void *s, int c, size_t n)
775 {
776 	const unsigned char *p = s;
777 	while (n-- != 0) {
778         	if ((unsigned char)c == *p++) {
779 			return (void *)(p - 1);
780 		}
781 	}
782 	return NULL;
783 }
784 EXPORT_SYMBOL(memchr);
785 #endif
786 
787 static void *check_bytes8(const u8 *start, u8 value, unsigned int bytes)
788 {
789 	while (bytes) {
790 		if (*start != value)
791 			return (void *)start;
792 		start++;
793 		bytes--;
794 	}
795 	return NULL;
796 }
797 
798 /**
799  * memchr_inv - Find an unmatching character in an area of memory.
800  * @start: The memory area
801  * @c: Find a character other than c
802  * @bytes: The size of the area.
803  *
804  * returns the address of the first character other than @c, or %NULL
805  * if the whole buffer contains just @c.
806  */
807 void *memchr_inv(const void *start, int c, size_t bytes)
808 {
809 	u8 value = c;
810 	u64 value64;
811 	unsigned int words, prefix;
812 
813 	if (bytes <= 16)
814 		return check_bytes8(start, value, bytes);
815 
816 	value64 = value;
817 #if defined(CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_FAST_MULTIPLIER) && BITS_PER_LONG == 64
818 	value64 *= 0x0101010101010101;
819 #elif defined(CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_FAST_MULTIPLIER)
820 	value64 *= 0x01010101;
821 	value64 |= value64 << 32;
822 #else
823 	value64 |= value64 << 8;
824 	value64 |= value64 << 16;
825 	value64 |= value64 << 32;
826 #endif
827 
828 	prefix = (unsigned long)start % 8;
829 	if (prefix) {
830 		u8 *r;
831 
832 		prefix = 8 - prefix;
833 		r = check_bytes8(start, value, prefix);
834 		if (r)
835 			return r;
836 		start += prefix;
837 		bytes -= prefix;
838 	}
839 
840 	words = bytes / 8;
841 
842 	while (words) {
843 		if (*(u64 *)start != value64)
844 			return check_bytes8(start, value, 8);
845 		start += 8;
846 		words--;
847 	}
848 
849 	return check_bytes8(start, value, bytes % 8);
850 }
851 EXPORT_SYMBOL(memchr_inv);
852 
853 /**
854  * strreplace - Replace all occurrences of character in string.
855  * @s: The string to operate on.
856  * @old: The character being replaced.
857  * @new: The character @old is replaced with.
858  *
859  * Returns pointer to the nul byte at the end of @s.
860  */
861 char *strreplace(char *s, char old, char new)
862 {
863 	for (; *s; ++s)
864 		if (*s == old)
865 			*s = new;
866 	return s;
867 }
868 EXPORT_SYMBOL(strreplace);
869