1 files changed, 26 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/net/ieee80211/ieee80211_module.c b/net/ieee80211/ieee80211_module.c
index e0802b8755a0..553acb2e93d5 100644
--- a/net/ieee80211/ieee80211_module.c
+++ b/net/ieee80211/ieee80211_module.c
@@ -269,5 +269,31 @@ module_exit(ieee80211_exit);
 module_init(ieee80211_init);
 #endif
 
+
+const char *escape_essid(const char *essid, u8 essid_len) {
+        static char escaped[IW_ESSID_MAX_SIZE * 2 + 1];
+        const char *s = essid;
+        char *d = escaped;
+
+        if (ieee80211_is_empty_essid(essid, essid_len)) {
+                memcpy(escaped, "<hidden>", sizeof("<hidden>"));
+                return escaped;
+        }
+
+        essid_len = min(essid_len, (u8)IW_ESSID_MAX_SIZE);
+        while (essid_len--) {
+                if (*s == '\0') {
+                        *d++ = '\\';
+                        *d++ = '0';
+                        s++;
+                } else {
+                        *d++ = *s++;
+                }
+        }
+        *d = '\0';
+        return escaped;
+}
+
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(alloc_ieee80211);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(free_ieee80211);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(escape_essid);