Merge branch 'linus' into core/urgent

1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/string.c b/tools/perf/util/string.c
index b9a985dadd0..d5836382ff2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/string.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/string.c
@@ -294,3 +294,22 @@ bool strlazymatch(const char *str, const char *pat)
 {
 	return __match_glob(str, pat, true);
 }
+
+/**
+ * strtailcmp - Compare the tail of two strings
+ * @s1: 1st string to be compared
+ * @s2: 2nd string to be compared
+ *
+ * Return 0 if whole of either string is same as another's tail part.
+ */
+int strtailcmp(const char *s1, const char *s2)
+{
+	int i1 = strlen(s1);
+	int i2 = strlen(s2);
+	while (--i1 >= 0 && --i2 >= 0) {
+		if (s1[i1] != s2[i2])
+			return s1[i1] - s2[i2];
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+