1 files changed, 57 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/cmdline.c b/lib/cmdline.c
index 8f13cf73c2ec..3c6432df7e63 100644
--- a/lib/cmdline.c
+++ b/lib/cmdline.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <linux/export.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
+#include <linux/ctype.h>
 
 /*
  *      If a hyphen was found in get_option, this will handle the
@@ -189,3 +190,59 @@ bool parse_option_str(const char *str, const char *option)
 
         return false;
 }
+
+/*
+ * Parse a string to get a param value pair.
+ * You can use " around spaces, but can't escape ".
+ * Hyphens and underscores equivalent in parameter names.
+ */
+char *next_arg(char *args, char **param, char **val)
+{
+        unsigned int i, equals = 0;
+        int in_quote = 0, quoted = 0;
+        char *next;
+
+        if (*args == '"') {
+                args++;
+                in_quote = 1;
+                quoted = 1;
+        }
+
+        for (i = 0; args[i]; i++) {
+                if (isspace(args[i]) && !in_quote)
+                        break;
+                if (equals == 0) {
+                        if (args[i] == '=')
+                                equals = i;
+                }
+                if (args[i] == '"')
+                        in_quote = !in_quote;
+        }
+
+        *param = args;
+        if (!equals)
+                *val = NULL;
+        else {
+                args[equals] = '\0';
+                *val = args + equals + 1;
+
+                /* Don't include quotes in value. */
+                if (**val == '"') {
+                        (*val)++;
+                        if (args[i-1] == '"')
+                                args[i-1] = '\0';
+                }
+        }
+        if (quoted && args[i-1] == '"')
+                args[i-1] = '\0';
+
+        if (args[i]) {
+                args[i] = '\0';
+                next = args + i + 1;
+        } else
+                next = args + i;
+
+        /* Chew up trailing spaces. */
+        return skip_spaces(next);
+        //return next;
+}