1 files changed, 26 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/string.c b/lib/string.c
index ed83562a53ae..1a7d3fd52541 100644
--- a/lib/string.c
+++ b/lib/string.c
@@ -656,6 +656,32 @@ int match_string(const char * const *array, size_t n, const char *string)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(match_string);
 
+/**
+ * __sysfs_match_string - matches given string in an array
+ * @array: array of strings
+ * @n: number of strings in the array or -1 for NULL terminated arrays
+ * @str: string to match with
+ *
+ * Returns index of @str in the @array or -EINVAL, just like match_string().
+ * Uses sysfs_streq instead of strcmp for matching.
+ */
+int __sysfs_match_string(const char * const *array, size_t n, const char *str)
+{
+        const char *item;
+        int index;
+
+        for (index = 0; index < n; index++) {
+                item = array[index];
+                if (!item)
+                        break;
+                if (sysfs_streq(item, str))
+                        return index;
+        }
+
+        return -EINVAL;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__sysfs_match_string);
+
 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_MEMSET
 /**
  * memset - Fill a region of memory with the given value