Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rusty/linux-2.6-for-linus

* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rusty/linux-2.6-for-linus:
  params.c: Use new strtobool function to process boolean inputs
  debugfs: move to new strtobool
  Add a strtobool function matching semantics of existing in kernel equivalents
  modpost: Update 64k section support for binutils 2.18.50
  module: Use binary search in lookup_symbol()
  module: Use the binary search for symbols resolution
  lib: Add generic binary search function to the kernel.
  module: Sort exported symbols
  module: each_symbol_section instead of each_symbol
  module: split unset_section_ro_nx function.
  module: undo module RONX protection correctly.
  module: zero mod->init_ro_size after init is freed.
  minor ANSI prototype sparse fix
  module: reorder kparam_array to remove alignment padding on 64 bit builds
  module: remove 64 bit alignment padding from struct module with CONFIG_TRACE*
  module: do not hide __modver_version_show declaration behind ifdef
  module: deal with alignment issues in built-in module versions

1 files changed, 29 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/string.c b/lib/string.c
index f71bead1be3..01fad9b203e 100644
--- a/lib/string.c
+++ b/lib/string.c
@@ -535,6 +535,35 @@ bool sysfs_streq(const char *s1, const char *s2)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sysfs_streq);
 
+/**
+ * strtobool - convert common user inputs into boolean values
+ * @s: input string
+ * @res: result
+ *
+ * This routine returns 0 iff the first character is one of 'Yy1Nn0'.
+ * Otherwise it will return -EINVAL.  Value pointed to by res is
+ * updated upon finding a match.
+ */
+int strtobool(const char *s, bool *res)
+{
+	switch (s[0]) {
+	case 'y':
+	case 'Y':
+	case '1':
+		*res = true;
+		break;
+	case 'n':
+	case 'N':
+	case '0':
+		*res = false;
+		break;
+	default:
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(strtobool);
+
 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_MEMSET
 /**
  * memset - Fill a region of memory with the given value