1 files changed, 61 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/string.c b/tools/perf/util/string.c
index 5352d7dccc61..c397d4f6f748 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/string.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/string.c
@@ -227,16 +227,73 @@ fail:
         return NULL;
 }
 
-/* Glob expression pattern matching */
+/* Character class matching */
+static bool __match_charclass(const char *pat, char c, const char **npat)
+{
+        bool complement = false, ret = true;
+
+        if (*pat == '!') {
+                complement = true;
+                pat++;
+        }
+        if (*pat++ == c)        /* First character is special */
+                goto end;
+
+        while (*pat && *pat != ']') {   /* Matching */
+                if (*pat == '-' && *(pat + 1) != ']') { /* Range */
+                        if (*(pat - 1) <= c && c <= *(pat + 1))
+                                goto end;
+                        if (*(pat - 1) > *(pat + 1))
+                                goto error;
+                        pat += 2;
+                } else if (*pat++ == c)
+                        goto end;
+        }
+        if (!*pat)
+                goto error;
+        ret = false;
+
+end:
+        while (*pat && *pat != ']')     /* Searching closing */
+                pat++;
+        if (!*pat)
+                goto error;
+        *npat = pat + 1;
+        return complement ? !ret : ret;
+
+error:
+        return false;
+}
+
+/**
+ * strglobmatch - glob expression pattern matching
+ * @str: the target string to match
+ * @pat: the pattern string to match
+ *
+ * This returns true if the @str matches @pat. @pat can includes wildcards
+ * ('*','?') and character classes ([CHARS], complementation and ranges are
+ * also supported). Also, this supports escape character ('\') to use special
+ * characters as normal character.
+ *
+ * Note: if @pat syntax is broken, this always returns false.
+ */
 bool strglobmatch(const char *str, const char *pat)
 {
         while (*str && *pat && *pat != '*') {
-                if (*pat == '?') {
+                if (*pat == '?') {      /* Matches any single character */
                         str++;
                         pat++;
-                } else
-                        if (*str++ != *pat++)
+                        continue;
+                } else if (*pat == '[') /* Character classes/Ranges */
+                        if (__match_charclass(pat + 1, *str, &pat)) {
+                                str++;
+                                continue;
+                        } else
                                 return false;
+                else if (*pat == '\\') /* Escaped char match as normal char */
+                        pat++;
+                if (*str++ != *pat++)
+                        return false;
         }
         /* Check wild card */
         if (*pat == '*') {