3 files changed, 91 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/cmdline.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/cmdline.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e01f7f7ccb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/cmdline.h
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#ifndef _ASM_X86_CMDLINE_H
+#define _ASM_X86_CMDLINE_H
+
+int cmdline_find_option_bool(const char *cmdline_ptr, const char *option);
+
+#endif /* _ASM_X86_CMDLINE_H */
diff --git a/arch/x86/lib/Makefile b/arch/x86/lib/Makefile
index eabcb6e6a90..4d4f96a2763 100644
--- a/arch/x86/lib/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/lib/Makefile
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ clean-files := inat-tables.c
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_SMP) += msr-smp.o cache-smp.o
 
-lib-y := delay.o misc.o
+lib-y := delay.o misc.o cmdline.o
 lib-y += thunk_$(BITS).o
 lib-y += usercopy_$(BITS).o usercopy.o getuser.o putuser.o
 lib-y += memcpy_$(BITS).o
diff --git a/arch/x86/lib/cmdline.c b/arch/x86/lib/cmdline.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..422db000d72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/x86/lib/cmdline.c
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+/*
+ * This file is part of the Linux kernel, and is made available under
+ * the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2.
+ *
+ * Misc librarized functions for cmdline poking.
+ */
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
+#include <linux/ctype.h>
+#include <asm/setup.h>
+
+static inline int myisspace(u8 c)
+{
+	return c <= ' ';	/* Close enough approximation */
+}
+
+/**
+ * Find a boolean option (like quiet,noapic,nosmp....)
+ *
+ * @cmdline: the cmdline string
+ * @option: option string to look for
+ *
+ * Returns the position of that @option (starts counting with 1)
+ * or 0 on not found.
+ */
+int cmdline_find_option_bool(const char *cmdline, const char *option)
+{
+	char c;
+	int len, pos = 0, wstart = 0;
+	const char *opptr = NULL;
+	enum {
+		st_wordstart = 0,	/* Start of word/after whitespace */
+		st_wordcmp,	/* Comparing this word */
+		st_wordskip,	/* Miscompare, skip */
+	} state = st_wordstart;
+
+	if (!cmdline)
+		return -1;      /* No command line */
+
+	len = min_t(int, strlen(cmdline), COMMAND_LINE_SIZE);
+	if (!len)
+		return 0;
+
+	while (len--) {
+		c = *(char *)cmdline++;
+		pos++;
+
+		switch (state) {
+		case st_wordstart:
+			if (!c)
+				return 0;
+			else if (myisspace(c))
+				break;
+
+			state = st_wordcmp;
+			opptr = option;
+			wstart = pos;
+			/* fall through */
+
+		case st_wordcmp:
+			if (!*opptr)
+				if (!c || myisspace(c))
+					return wstart;
+				else
+					state = st_wordskip;
+			else if (!c)
+				return 0;
+			else if (c != *opptr++)
+				state = st_wordskip;
+			else if (!len)		/* last word and is matching */
+				return wstart;
+			break;
+
+		case st_wordskip:
+			if (!c)
+				return 0;
+			else if (myisspace(c))
+				state = st_wordstart;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return 0;	/* Buffer overrun */
+}