1 files changed, 14 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c b/drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c
index 3e526b6d00cb..4a597d8c2f70 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c
@@ -81,9 +81,9 @@ static void dmi_table(u8 *buf, int len, int num,
                 const struct dmi_header *dm = (const struct dmi_header *)data;
 
                 /*
-                 *  We want to know the total length (formated area and strings)
-                 *  before decoding to make sure we won't run off the table in
-                 *  dmi_decode or dmi_string
+                 *  We want to know the total length (formatted area and
+                 *  strings) before decoding to make sure we won't run off the
+                 *  table in dmi_decode or dmi_string
                  */
                 data += dm->length;
                 while ((data - buf < len - 1) && (data[0] || data[1]))
@@ -467,6 +467,17 @@ const char *dmi_get_system_info(int field)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dmi_get_system_info);
 
+/**
+ *      dmi_name_in_serial -    Check if string is in the DMI product serial
+ *                              information.
+ */
+int dmi_name_in_serial(const char *str)
+{
+        int f = DMI_PRODUCT_SERIAL;
+        if (dmi_ident[f] && strstr(dmi_ident[f], str))
+                return 1;
+        return 0;
+}
 
 /**
  *      dmi_name_in_vendors - Check if string is anywhere in the DMI vendor information.